Where does “chʼil łichxíʼí” come from?
chʼil łichxíʼí (Navajo) comes from Navajo łichxíʼí, from Navajo łichxííʼ, from Navajo łi-, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.
chʼil łichxíʼí (Navajo): tomato; red radish
Definitions
- tomato; red radish
Ancestry of “chʼil łichxíʼí”, step by step
chʼil łichxíʼí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo łichxíʼí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | łichxíʼí | the color orange; that which is orange, the... |
| 2 | Navajo | łichxííʼ | he/she/it is orange |
| 3 | Navajo | łi- | An adjectival prefix that forms neuter imperfective verbs, especially those relating to color |
| 4 | Navajo | -ł- | The -ł- classifier or valence-change prefix, a... |
| 5 | Proto-Athabaskan | ɬ | — |
via Navajo chʼil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | chʼil | annual plant, weed, vegetable, vegetation |