вʼала

Alutor

Вʼала

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *wala (knife). Cognate to Chukchi валы (walə), Kerek вала (wala) and Koryak вʼала (wala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwa.la/

Noun

вʼала (wala) (dual вʼалат, plural вʼалавʼвʼи)

  1. 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

Koryak

Etymology

From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *wala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [walɐ]
  • Hyphenation: вʼа‧ла

Noun

вʼала (wala)

  1. knife

References

  • T. A. Moll, editor (1960), “вʼала”, in Корякско-русский словарь [Koryak-Russian dictionary], Учпедгиз, page 16
  • A. N. Zhukova (1972) Грамматика корякского языка [A grammar of the Koryak language], Leningrad: Наука, page 9
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