Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ

A form of Kwakwaka'wakw — A member of an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

OriginKwak'wala Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ →
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Meanings

proper nounKʷakʷakəw̓akʷ sg or pl
  1. alternativepluralsingularAlternative form of Kwakwaka'wakw.

    As Liǧʷiɫdax̌ʷ, as Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ, we are entering a time and space where there are people all throughout the Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ nations that are learning Bak̓ʷəmgala in all its forms and dialects.

    2021 December 8, Kirsten Dobler, ʔəx̌ʔex̌stamas k̓ak̓adəxʷsila λuw̓ən?: Q̓aq̓uƛ̓ən x̌a k̓ak̓adəxʷsila lax̌a Bak̓ʷəmgala, University of Victoria, page 7
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    In addition to the academic sources just mentioned, members of the Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ community and their allies have for decades been actively creating language materials for pedagogical and community purposes.

    2017, Katherine Ann Sardinha, The Semantics of Kʷak̓ʷala Object Case, University of California, Berkeley

Origin

  1. Kwak'walaKʷakʷakəw̓akʷ
  2. EnglishKʷakʷakəw̓akʷ

Unadapted borrowing from Kwak'wala Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ.

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APA

Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K%CA%B7ak%CA%B7ak%C9%99w%CC%93ak%CA%B7

MLA

“Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K%CA%B7ak%CA%B7ak%C9%99w%CC%93ak%CA%B7. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K%CA%B7ak%CA%B7ak%C9%99w%CC%93ak%CA%B7.

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