Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bakʷəmk̓ala

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bakʷəmkala
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Kwak'wala (in the broad sense)

Example Sentences

"Kʷak̓ʷala was my first language but after 40 years of not using it very much, I worked to relearn Kʷak̓ʷala when I joined the community driven language group Bakʷəmk̓ala where I first learned to read and write Kʷak̓ʷala in 2001."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Kwak'wala bakʷəmk̓ala (NAPA).

Inflected Forms

Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala (alternative) Bak̓ʷəmgala (alternative)

Questions

What does bakʷəmk̓ala mean?: Kwak'wala (in the broad sense)
Where does bakʷəmk̓ala come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Kwak'wala bakʷəmk̓ala (NAPA).

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