Where does “kwlą́yi” come from?

kwlą́yi (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana -i, from Lower Tanana yo, from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ — sky.

kwlą́yi (Lower Tanana): zero, nothing

Definitions

  1. zero, nothing

Ancestry of “kwlą́yi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanana-iA nominal suffix for non-human nouns with the meaning of 'the one who...,' 'with it [verb] is done.' Used to derive nouns from verbs, adverbs, and other nouns
2Lower Tananayosky
3Proto-Athabaskan*yaˑsky

Words derived from “kwlą́yi”

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *yaˑ →Every word from Lower Tanana -i →Every word from Lower Tanana yo →
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