Where does “toka'a” come from?

toka'a (Lower Tanana) comes from Lower Tanana -ka', from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ — foot.

toka'a (Lower Tanana): red-necked grebe

Definitions

  1. red-necked grebe

Ancestry of “toka'a”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Tanana-ka'foot
2Proto-Athabaskan*-qeʔfoot
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-qeʔ →Every word from Lower Tanana -ka' →
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