ʔaƛ-

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Etymology

Cognates include Nootka ʔaƛ-

Prefix

ʔaƛ-

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)

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