ʔaƛ-

Makah

Etymology

Cognates include Nootka ʔaƛ-

Prefix

ʔaƛ-

1. two

Derived terms

• ʔaƛa (“two”)
• ʔaƛacx̌i (“have two wives”)
• ʔaƛakʷiduk (“two together, a couple”)
• ʔaƛasuba (“eight”)
• ʔaƛačeyaɫ (“for two days, Tuesday”)
• ʔaƛista (“two-man canoe, two persons in a canoe”)
• ʔaƛisteyakʷ (“two-man canoe”)
• ʔaƛi·q (“forty”)
• ʔaƛi·wiƛ (“become two”)
• ʔaƛi·ɫta (“seal harpoon prongs”)
• ʔaʔaƛʔakƛi (“ swallow (bird), any variety”)

 

References

• Matthew Davidson, Studies in Southern Wakashan (Nootkan) Grammar (2002)