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Bakʷəmk̓ala en · NOUN

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Kwak'wala bakʷəmk̓ala (NAPA).

Meanings

1. Kwak'wala (in the broad sense)
   • 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. 2025, “Board of Directors”, in The Language Conservancy Canada, retrieved 15 Sep 2025:

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