Where does “tłʼyah” come from?

tłʼyah (Gwich'in) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *tɬʼuˑɬ — rope.

tłʼyah (Gwich'in): rope

Definitions

  1. rope

Ancestry of “tłʼyah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*tɬʼuˑɬrope
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *tɬʼuˑɬ
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