diniltsxo

Navajo

Etymology

dini- (“approximate color”) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -tsxo (neuter imperfective stem of root -TSOII, “to be yellow”), with emphatic infix -x-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

diniltsxo

1. it is light orange

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dinistsxo	diniiltsxo	dadiniiltsxo
2nd person	diníltsxo	dinołtsxo	dadinołtsxo
3rd person	diniltsxo		dadiniltsxo
4th person	dizhniltsxo		dazhdiniltsxo

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