dinooltłʼizh

Navajo

Etymology

dini- (“approximate color”) + -oo- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -tłʼizh (neuter perfective stem of root -TŁʼIIZH, “to be blue, green”).

Verb

dinooltłʼizh

1. he/she/it is bluish, greenish

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi).

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dineeshtłʼizh	diniiltłʼizh	dadiniiltłʼizh
2nd person	dinííníltłʼizh	dinoołtłʼizh	dadinoołtłʼizh
3rd person	dinooltłʼizh		dadinooltłʼizh
4th person	dizhnooltłʼizh		dazhdinooltłʼizh

Note: unlike other dini- adjectives of approximate color, dootłʼizh and dinooltłʼizh are conjugated in the perfective.

See also

Colors in Navajo · nidaashchʼąąʼígíí (layout · text)

łigai	łibá (dark gray: dinilzhin)	łizhin
łichííʼ	łichxíʼí (light orange: diniltsxo); dibéłchíʼí, yishtłizh (dark brown: dinilzhin)	łitso (light yellow: diniltso); dinilgai
	dinooltłʼizh, chʼilgo dootłʼizh
dootłʼizhii	yágo dootłʼizh	dootłʼizh
diłhiłgo dootłʼizh	tsédídéehgo dootłʼizh	dinilchííʼ