łichxíʼí

Navajo

Etymology

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

Noun

łichxíʼí

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

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• łitsxooí
• yéego łitsooí

See also

Verb forms:

• łichxííʼ
• łitsxo
• yéego łitso

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