Where does “niɬk'a tok'i” come from?

niɬk'a tok'i (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana niɬk'a, from Lower Tanana niɬ-, from Proto-Athabaskan *niɬ- — An reciprocal prefix; each other.

niɬk'a tok'i (Lower Tanana): six things

Definitions

  1. six things

Ancestry of “niɬk'a tok'i”, step by step

niɬk'a tok'i traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Tanana niɬk'a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanananiɬk'aboth sides, in all directions
2Lower Tanananiɬ-A reciprocal prefix, used as a possessive prefix or a verbal/postpositional object prefix. Often translated as 'each other'
3Proto-Athabaskan*niɬ-An reciprocal prefix; each other

via Lower Tanana tok'i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananatok'ithree things
2Proto-Athabaskan*taˑqʼəthree

Words derived from “niɬk'a tok'i

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *niɬ-Every word from Lower Tanana niɬ-Every word from Lower Tanana niɬk'a
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