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Where does “-KʼĄĄD” come from?

-KʼĄĄD (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan qʼanʸ — slant, slope.

-KʼĄĄD (Navajo): to form an angle, to tilt, to slant; {|...

Definitions

  1. to form an angle, to tilt, to slant; {|...

Ancestry of “-KʼĄĄD”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskanqʼanʸslant, slope
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