dootłʼizh
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Pronunciation edit
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Etymology 1 edit
di- (“color”) + -oo- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -tłʼizh (neuter perfective stem of root -TŁʼIIZH, “to be blue, green”).
Verb edit
dootłʼizh
Usage notes edit
This word is used to refer to all shades of blue or green (especially the blue), including turquoise, which is approximately halfway in between. The related term dootłʼizhii is limited to the narrow turquoise spectrum.
This is a neuter verb that only uses the perfective stem.
Conjugation edit
Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), with some irregularities.
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
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1st person | dinishtłʼizh | diniitłʼizh | dadiniitłʼizh |
2nd person | dinítłʼizh | dinohtłʼizh | dadinohtłʼizh |
3rd person | dootłʼizh | dadootłʼizh | |
4th person | jidootłʼizh | dazhdootłʼizh | |
Other forms | |||
Unspecified person | Spatial person | Passive A | Passive B |
— | hodootłʼizh | — | — |
Note: the forms in the 1st and 2nd persons are suppletive forms from the dini- (neuter imperfective) paradigm, but without the l-classifier and keeping the perfective stem -tłʼizh. See dinilgai, diniltso.
Derived terms edit
- chʼil dootłʼizhí díkʼǫ́zhígíí (“lime”)
- chʼilgo dootłʼizh (“plant green”)
- dinooltłʼizh (“light blue, light green”)
- dootłʼizhii (“turquoise”)
- dzidzé łikaní dootłʼizhígíí (“blueberry”)
- łóóʼ hashkéhé dootłʼizhígíí (“blue shark”)
- mágí bíchį́į́h dootłʼizhígíí (“mandrill”)
- naadą́ą́ʼ dootłʼizhí (“gruel”)
- naalʼeełí bitsiiʼ dootłʼizhí (“mallard”)
- nahachagii dootłʼizhí (“katydid”)
- níłchʼi dootłʼizhí (“argon”)
- tátłʼidgo dootłʼizh (“algae green”)
- tóidoozohii dootłʼizhígíí (“swamphen”)
- tsé dootłʼizh (“olivine, peridot”)
- tséʼédǫ́ʼii dootłʼizhí (“blowfly”)
- yágo dootłʼizh (“sky blue”)
Etymology 2 edit
The use of dootłʼizh (green) to refer to the dime coin comes from the green color of the fractional currency note for this denomination during the Civil War.
Noun edit
dootłʼizh
- dime (coin)
See also edit
łigai | łibá (dark gray: dinilzhin) |
łizhin |
łichííʼ | łichxíʼí (light orange: diniltsxo); dibéłchíʼí, yishtłizh (dark brown: dinilzhin) |
łitso (light yellow: diniltso); dinilgai |
dinooltłʼizh, chʼilgo dootłʼizh |
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dootłʼizhii | yágo dootłʼizh | dootłʼizh |
diłhiłgo dootłʼizh | tsédídéehgo dootłʼizh | dinilchííʼ |