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Where does “-ZĄ́Ą́ʼ” come from?

-ZĄ́Ą́ʼ (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan zan — to beat wife or spouse.

-ZĄ́Ą́ʼ (Navajo): to beat one's wife, to have a violent domestic...

Definitions

  1. to beat one's wife, to have a violent domestic...

Ancestry of “-ZĄ́Ą́ʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskanzanto beat wife or spouse
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