ꟛúgválá

Heiltsuk

Etymology

Cognate with Kwak'wala ꟛugʷala (“acquire a treasure”).

Noun

ꟛúgválá

  1. to find a treasure.

Usage notes

  • The Latin characters uppercase Ꟛ U+A7DA and lowercase ꟛ U+A7DB were added to the Unicode Standard 16.0 released on 10 September 2024 (Delta Code Charts, Latin Extended-D, Range: A720–A7FF). Before its adoption, only the Greek character λ was available to represent the letter used in Latin orthographies, λúgválá was or is written with the Greek character.

References

  • Heiltsuk Language & Culture Mobilization Partnership (2025), “Híɫzaqvḷa Dictionary”, in Mother Tongues‎[1]
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