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Where does “taʼneeskʼání” come from?

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

taʼneeskʼání (Navajo): muskmelon, cantaloupe, melon

Definitions

  1. muskmelon, cantaloupe, melon

Ancestry of “taʼneeskʼání”, step by step

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