Where does “kʼaalógii bitʼaʼ disxǫsgo łikizhígíí” come from?
kʼaalógii bitʼaʼ disxǫsgo łikizhígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo łikizh, from Navajo łi-, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.
kʼaalógii bitʼaʼ disxǫsgo łikizhígíí (Navajo): metalmark butterfly
Ancestry of “kʼaalógii bitʼaʼ disxǫsgo łikizhígíí”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Navajo | łikizh | he/she/it is spotted, has spots |
| 2 | Navajo | łi- | An adjectival prefix that forms neuter imperfective verbs, especially those relating to color |
| 3 | Navajo | -ł- | The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a... |
| 4 | Proto-Athabaskan | ɬ | — |