łichxííʼ

Navajo

Etymology

łi- (adjectival prefix) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -chííʼ (“to be red”, imperfective verb stem), with -x- (intensifier infix). The łi- prefix appears to have originated historically from the -ł- classifier.

Verb

łichxííʼ

1. he/she/it is orange (color)

   Díí chʼilátah baa hózhónii éí łichxííʼ.

   This flower is orange.

Usage notes

This is a neuter verb that only uses the imperfective stem.

Łichxííʼ is on the redder side of orange, as compared to łitsxooí or yéego łitso on the yellower side of orange.

Conjugation

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	łinishchxííʼ	łiniichxííʼ	dałiniichxííʼ
2nd person	łiníchxííʼ	łinohchxííʼ	dałinohchxííʼ
3rd person	łichxííʼ		daalchxííʼ
4th person	jilchxííʼ		dajilchxííʼ

Synonyms

• łitsxo
• yéego łitso

See also

Noun forms:

• łichxíʼí
• łitsxooí
• yéego łitsooí