Where does “nits'wxt'ana” come from?

nits'wxt'ana (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana -nits'e, from Lower Tanana na'a — upstream.

nits'wxt'ana (Lower Tanana): the people living along the Tanana River above Salcha, Alaska

Definitions

  1. the people living along the Tanana River above Salcha, Alaska

Ancestry of “nits'wxt'ana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanana-nits'e—
2Lower Tananana'aupstream
Every word from Lower Tanana na'a →Every word from Lower Tanana -nits'e →
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