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Where does “jaaʼabaní” come from?

jaaʼabaní (Navajo) comes from Navajo ajaaʼ, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ǯəɣəʼ.

jaaʼabaní (Navajo): bat

Definitions

  1. bat

Ancestry of “jaaʼabaní”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoajaaʼear
2Proto-Athabaskan*-ǯəɣəʼ—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ǯəɣəʼ →