łichxíʼí

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NavajoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From łichxííʼ (“he/she/it is orange / reddish orange”) + -í (nominalizer)

NounEdit

łichxíʼí

1. the color orange
2. that which is orange, the orange one

Usage notesEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

• łitsxooí
• yéego łitsooí

See alsoEdit

Verb forms:

• łichxííʼ
• łitsxo
• yéego łitso

Colors in Navajo · nidaashchʼąąʼígíí (layout · text)
łigai	łibá (dark gray: dinilzhin)	łizhin	dibéłchíʼí, yishtłizh (dark brown: dinilzhin)
dinilchííʼ	łichííʼ, ?	łichxíʼí (light orange: diniltsxo)	łitso (light yellow: diniltso), dinilgai
?	dinooltłʼizh, chʼilgo dootłʼizh	{{{mint green}}}, {{{dark green}}}	dootłʼizhii, ?
yágo dootłʼizh	dootłʼizh	?, diłhiłgo dootłʼizh	?, tsédídéehgo dootłʼizh