ꟛugʷala

== Kwak'wala == === Etymology === Possibly from ꟛugʷē (“treasure”) +‎ -ala (iterative, continuative or agentive aspect). Cognate with Heiltsuk ꟛúgválá (“find a treasure”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡lu.ɡʷa.la/ === Verb === ꟛugʷala to acquire a treasure or, in particular, a supernatural power. ==== 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 their adoption, only the Greek character λ U+03BB was available to represent the letter used in Latin orthographies, λugʷala was or is written with the Greek character. === 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 307 Franz Boas, Helene Yampolsky, and George Hunt (1948), Kwakiutl Dictionary‎[2], page 423 Daniel Frim (2024), Understanding Composite Text Structure: A Problem in the Comparative Study of Oral-Traditional Literature‎[3], Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, page 355