вʼала
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Вʼала
Etymology
From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *wala (“knife”). Cognate to Chukchi валы (walə), Kerek вала (wala) and Koryak вала (wala).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwa.la/
Noun
вʼала (wala) (dual вʼалат, plural вʼалавʼвʼи)
- knife
- Матка талгуӈи гавʼалата?
- Will he kill the reindeer with a knife?
- Гымнан такмитын уттин вʼала.
- I bought a wooden knife.
Derived terms
- вʼалаткук
- вʼалаюлгын
References
- Yukari Nagayama, Grammatical sketches from the field