Where does “-ZHĮ́Į́ʼ” come from?

-ZHĮ́Į́ʼ (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *žəŋʸ — to be black, blackish, dark in color.

-ZHĮ́Į́ʼ (Navajo): black; {| style="margin-bottom:.1em;...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “-ZHĮ́Į́ʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*žəŋʸto be black, blackish, dark in color

Words derived from “-ZHĮ́Į́ʼ

Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *žəŋʸ
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