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Where does “yi-” come from?

yi- (Navajo) comes from Navajo ní-, from Navajo ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ.

yi- (Navajo): night, dawn

Definitions

  1. night, dawn

Ancestry of “yi-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajoní-—
2Navajoł-—
3Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬ—

Words derived from “yi-”

  • yoołkááł
  • yoołkááłígíí
  • yiyiʼ
  • yoołkáłí
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