Where does “nolyeyh” come from?

nolyeyh (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana ɬ-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ — Forms instrumental nouns from verbs.

nolyeyh (Lower Tanana): he/she is resting

Definitions

  1. he/she is resting

Ancestry of “nolyeyh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tananaɬ-One of four "classifier" valency prefixes mandatory on all Lower Tanana verbs. The ɬ-classifier has the following uses
2Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬForms instrumental nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Lower Tanana ɬ- →