Contionary:cwaklō

Classical Meskangela

Etymology

From Meskangela këlawan (“to dig out”), combined with the plant classifier prefix *cwa-.

Pronunciation

IPA: [t͡sʷak.ˈloː]

Noun

cwaklō n

1. weed, unwanted plant

   cwaklō-tau thai lamtuhe lak – there were a lot of weeds on the road.

Declension

Case	Singular		Dual		Plural
	non-focused	focused	non-focused	focused	non-focused	focused
Absolutive	cwaklō	cwaklowa	cwaklōse	cwaklōsaŋ	cwakloweda	cwaklōdaŋ
Ergative	cwaklowi	cwaklowis	cwaklōsi	cwaklowissīŋ	cwaklōtī	cwaklowistīŋ
Instrumental	cwaklowo	cwaklowon	cwaklōsën	cwaklōsnoŋ	cwaklōnī	cwaklowonīŋ
Vocative	á cwaklowo	—	hí cwaklowo	—	í cwaklowoda	—
Locative 1	cwaklōna	cwaklōmpā	cwaklōsin	cwaklōpaŋ	cwaklōdin	cwaklōpiŋ
Locative 2	cwaklōta	cwaklōtau	cwaklōtas	cwaklōttuŋ	cwaklowetū	cwaklōtūŋ
Locative 3	cwaklōtuhe	cwaklōtuhu	cwaklōthis	cwaklōthuŋ	cwaklowetud	cwaklōtudaŋ
Comitative	cwaklōd	cwaklōllō	cwaklōsid	cwaklowissaŋ	cwaklowedal	cwaklōdalaŋ
Ablative	cwaklōgi	cwaklōgis	cwaklōski	cwaklōskiŋ	cwaklowekka	cwaklōkkaŋ
Essive	cwaklōlwa	cwaklōlwas	cwaklōsilwa	cwaklōsilwaŋ	cwaklowedza	cwaklōdzaŋ
Allative	cwaklōl	cwaklōlas	cwaklōsla	cwaklōslaŋ	cwaklowella	cwaklōllaŋ

Possession
Prefix	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	ŋocwaklō	kascwaklō	kaicwaklō
2nd person	nacwaklō	cucwaklō	kyecwaklō
3rd person	kacwaklō	khucwaklō	meicwaklō
Inanimate	acwaklō	hucwaklō	maicwaklō

Dual and plural forms are grammatically possible, but are not used.