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Where does “bá” come from?

bá (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *-aˑ.

bá (Navajo): for him/her/it/them, for his/her/its/their sake;...

Definitions

  1. for him/her/it/them, for his/her/its/their sake;...

Ancestry of “bá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*-aˑ—

Words derived from “bá”

  • áháchįʼ
  • Bylilly
  • báʼóltaʼí
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