Description:

The term 'wala' can be used on its own to mean 'tool' or 'device' and refers to some often hand-held piece of equipment without animacy or agency of its own made by a human to serve a purpose. It is also commonly applies as a head term compounding derivational suffix to derive words for tools. It has no special phonological rules for compounding and obeys normal repair stratgies. An example would be 'zeulwala', or 'eye tool', used to refer to binoculars or a handheld electronic visor.