Where does “-lok'a” come from?

-lok'a (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana -lo', from Proto-Athabaskan *-laˑ — hand.

-lok'a (Lower Tanana): palm of the hand

Definitions

  1. palm of the hand

Ancestry of “-lok'a”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanana-lo'hand
2Proto-Athabaskan*-laˑhand
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-laˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana -lo' →