Where does “łichxíʼí” come from?
łichxíʼí (Navajo) comes from Navajo łichxííʼ, from Navajo łi-, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.
łichxíʼí (Navajo): the color orange; that which is orange, the...
Definitions
- the color orange; that which is orange, the...
Ancestry of “łichxíʼí”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Navajo | łichxííʼ | he/she/it is orange |
| 2 | Navajo | łi- | An adjectival prefix that forms neuter imperfective verbs, especially those relating to color |
| 3 | Navajo | -ł- | The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a... |
| 4 | Proto-Athabaskan | ɬ | — |
Words derived from “łichxíʼí”