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Where does “kǫʼ” come from?

kǫʼ (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ.

kǫʼ (Navajo): fire

Definitions

  1. fire

Ancestry of “kǫʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼ—

Words derived from “kǫʼ”

  • akʼahkǫʼ
  • tókǫʼí
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