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Where does “táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ” come from?

táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ (Navajo) comes from Navajo táłtłʼááh, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.

táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ (Navajo): seahorse

Definitions

  1. seahorse

Ancestry of “táłtłʼááh łį́į́ʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajotáłtłʼááhthe bottom of the water
2Navajo-ł-The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a...
3Proto-Athabaskanɬ—
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