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Where does “sáanii” come from?

sáanii (Navajo) comes from Navajo -n-, from Navajo -ígíí — nominalizer, the particular one that; the...

sáanii (Navajo): womenfolk, women; matriarchs

Definitions

  1. womenfolk, women; matriarchs

Ancestry of “sáanii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajo-n-—
2Navajo-ígíínominalizer, the particular one that; the...
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