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Where does “tsʼaaʼ” come from?

tsʼaaʼ (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼakʼʸ.

tsʼaaʼ (Navajo): basket; pod; shell

Definitions

  1. basket; pod; shell

Ancestry of “tsʼaaʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskan*tsʼakʼʸ—

Words derived from “tsʼaaʼ”

  • łeetsʼaaʼ
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