Where does “hooghan bikááʼ” come from?

hooghan bikááʼ (Navajo) comes from Navajo hooghan, from Navajo ho-, from Navajo hw-.

hooghan bikááʼ (Navajo): roof

Definitions

  1. roof

Ancestry of “hooghan bikááʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajohooghandwelling, home, hogan
2Navajoho-indefinite deictic 3rd-person subject pronoun...
3Navajohw-—
Every word from Navajo hw- →Every word from Navajo ho- →Every word from Navajo hooghan →
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