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How to use ala in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Ala means a wing or winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone. Example: “There are 61 students in Ripple Rock Elementary’s Kwak̓wala Liq̓ʷala Bilingual program.”

More sentences with ala

  • There are 61 students in Ripple Rock Elementary’s Kwak̓wala Liq̓ʷala Bilingual program.2024, 2024 Campbell River’s Vital Signs, Campbell River Community Foundation, page 15. From the entry Liq’wala
  • In this film Ida tells the story in the Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala language.2023, “2023 RUNNER-UP / Indigenous (IPLC) Film: Məca, Ritchie Hemphill, Ryan Haché”, in Films for the Forest. From the entry Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala
  • In Liq̓ʷala, the word Liǧwiłdax̌w refers to a large sea worm that cannot be easily killed.2022-2024, “About”, in Wei Wai Kum Treaty. From the entry Liq̓ʷala
  • And in the Haíɫzaqvḷa, It7Nuxalkmc, ‘Wuik̓ala, and Xai’xais languages, bears are called nan.2021 August 5, Gloria Dickie, “The Language of Bears: New research reveals a curious connection between British Columbia’s Indigenous…. From the entry Kitasoo
  • We began with a worksheet exemplified in Example 6 Match the emojis to the Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala.2021, Peter John Wilson, Developing Indigenous language materials for schools and land-based documentation: Gwa'sala-'Nak'waxda'xw Nation…. From the entry Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala
  • That’s a tip-off that the film is a fantasy musical, ala Baz Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge”).2019 June 13, L. Kent Wolgamott, “'Rocketman' and its knowing look at Elton John is a better rock biopic than 'Bohemian Rhapsody'”, in…. From the entry Broadwayish
  • The term apparently consists of the root ʔəwik- ‘back, inland’ and the suffix -k̓ala ‘speech’.2000, Darin Mathew Howe, Oowekyala segmental phonology, University of British Columbia, page 1. From the entry Oowekyala
  • The 'Wuìk̓inux̌v people speak 'Wuìk̓ala, a northern Wakashan language.2025 September 19 (last accessed), “Vancouver Coastal”, in First Nations Health Authority, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2025. From the entry 'Wùik̓ala
  • Each of her pieces is named with a x̄á’isla title, allowing Walker to gradually learn and reclaim her x̄á’islak̓ala language skills.2023 September 11, “Artisan market at Come Toward the Fire festival spotlights Indigenous-owned businesses, September 16”, in Stir. From the entry x̄á'islak̓ala
  • The Kʷak̓ʷala and Lik̓ʷala bilingual program is a district program housed in Ripple Rock Elementary aimed to develop Kʷak̓ʷala and Lik̓ʷala bilingual speakers.2025, “Kʷak̓ʷala & Lik̓ʷala Bilingual K-5”, in Campbell River School District 72. From the entry Lik̓ʷala
  • Ben Lanyon said he thought the changes would benefit tourism but added that he found the Likʷala name for Discovery Passage difficult to pronounce.2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”…. From the entry Lanyon
  • Just as Kwak̓wala can refer in a narrow sense to the Kwagu’ł dialect, the dialect of the Liǧʷiłdaʔx̌ʷ, for example, is called Liq̓ʷala.2009, Marianne Nicolson and Adam Werle, An investigation of modern Kwak̓wala determiner systems, University of Victoria, archived from the…. From the entry Liǧʷiłdaʔx̌ʷ
  • I speak the ‘Wuík̓ala (Oweekino) language.2007, Evelyn Windson Wákas, “Heiltsuk place names: a Wakashan perspective”, in Kristin M. Jóhannsdóttir and Martin A. Oberg, editors…. From the entry 'Wùik̓ala
  • While the name “Hənλikʷənas” does not seem to be fully analyzable in Kwak’ala, it is, apparently, analyzable in W̓uik̓ala, a closely related language spoken by the Wuikinuxv people.2024, Daniel Frim, Understanding Composite Text Structure: A Problem in the Comparative Study of Oral-Traditional Literature, Harvard…. From the entry W̓ùik̓ala

Meaning of ala

  1. noun A wing or winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone.
  2. noun The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or one of the two side petals of certain flowers in the pea family.
  3. noun In ancient Rome, a small room opening into a larger room or courtyard.

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Questions about ala in a sentence

How do you use ala in a sentence?
Ala is used as a noun. For example: “There are 61 students in Ripple Rock Elementary’s Kwak̓wala Liq̓ʷala Bilingual program.”
What is a short sentence with ala?
“I speak the ‘Wuík̓ala (Oweekino) language.”
What does ala mean?
Ala means a wing or winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ala (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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