-əla

Kwak'wala

Alternative forms

  • -a̱la (U'mista)

Suffix

-əla

  1. Suffix forming iterative, continuative or agentive verbs (after a voiceless consonant, otherwise -ala).

Synonyms

Derived terms

Kwak'wala terms suffixed with -əla
gukʷəla

References

  • Franz Boas, Helene Boas Yampolsky & Zellig S. Harris (1947), “Kwakiutl Grammar with a Glossary of the Suffixes”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society‎[1], volume 37, number 3, page 306
  • Daniel Frim (2024), Understanding Composite Text Structure: A Problem in the Comparative Study of Oral-Traditional Literature‎[2], Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, page 355
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