yishtłizh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (peg element) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -tłizh (neuter perfective stem of root -TŁIIZH, “to be dark brown, stained”).

Compare Koyukon tłɨs (“to be crushed”), Sarcee dlish (“be spotted”).

Verb

yishtłizh

1. he/she/it is bruised, dark
2. he/she/it is dark brown, dark-skinned, brown-skinned

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si).

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