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Where does “nihí” come from?

nihí (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *nax̣(ə)-neˑ.

nihí (Navajo): "first-person duoplural pronoun" we;...

Definitions

  1. "first-person duoplural pronoun" we;...

Ancestry of “nihí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*nax̣(ə)-neˑ—

Words derived from “nihí”

  • nihił
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