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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

  1. the color orange; that which is orange, the...

Ancestry of “łichxíʼí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Navajołichxííʼhe/she/it is orange
2Navajołi-—
3Navajo-ł-The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a...
4Proto-Athabaskanɬ—

Words derived from “łichxíʼí”

  • chʼil łichxíʼí
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