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Where does “-YEʼ” come from?

-YEʼ (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan ɣe — to call a name.

-YEʼ (Navajo): to be called, to be named; {|...

Definitions

  1. to be called, to be named; {|...

Ancestry of “-YEʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskanɣeto call a name
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