łizhin

Navajo

Etymology

łi- (“color”) + -Ø- (“3rd person subject prefix”) + -Ø- (“classifier”) + -zhin (“imperfective verb stem”). The łi- prefix appears to have originated historically from the -ł- classifier.

Verb

łizhin

1. it is black.

   Mósí łizhin — The (one or two) cat is black.

   Mósí daalzhin — The (three or more) cats are black.

Usage notes

This is a neuter verb. As such, it has only the imperfective stem.

Conjugation

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	łinishzhin	łiniijin	dałiniijin
2nd person	łinízhin	łinohzhin	dałinohzhin
3rd person	łizhin		daalzhin
4th person	jilzhin		dajilzhin

Derived terms

• Kéʼ łizhiní (Blackfeet)
• łizhiní
• naalʼeełí łizhinígíí (scoter)
• shash łizhin dóó łigaígíí (panda)
• wóláchííʼ yildeełí łizhin dóó łigaígíí

See also

• (basic colors) nidaashchʼąąʼígíí; dibéłchíʼí, dinilchííʼ, dinootłʼizh, dootłʼizh, łibá, łichííʼ, łichxíʼí, łigai, łitso, łizhin, tsédídéehgo dootłʼizh ^{(Category: nv:Colors)}