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Where does “-NAʼ” come from?

-NAʼ (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan na — to live, to move, to work; to capture, to enslave.

-NAʼ (Navajo): 1. to live; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;...

Definitions

  1. 1. to live; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;...

Ancestry of “-NAʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskannato live, to move, to work; to capture, to enslave
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