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Where does “-TʼÉ” come from?

-TʼÉ (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan tʼe — roast, cook; to be thus.

-TʼÉ (Navajo): to roast, cook, fry, broil; {|...

Definitions

  1. to roast, cook, fry, broil; {|...

Ancestry of “-TʼÉ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskantʼeroast, cook; to be thus
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