This is the view from my backyard in Victoria. Please feel free to help correct my kwak'wala. G̱ig̱iwas is my guess for pluralizing g̱iwas.
G̱ilakas'la. X̱at’ła̱gila’ma̱n Kwak’wala. Welcome. I know a little Kwak'wala. Here are some resources that have been helpful in my journey with my language.
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There's an app for that! The FirstVoices Keyboard App is available for free. CBC Radio Unreserved Listen to Rosanna Deerchild'...
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Lama̱n gwatł. I am finished. A link to my dissertation, Ḵ̓a̱ngex̱tola: Sewn-on-Top
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CBC Ideas - Legends of the Kwakwaka'wakw You can listen to this program at the CBC website. "In these legends you will hear some...
My guess was wrong. Giwas does not need to be pluralized. The correct phrase is dux̱w'ida's giwas.
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