Where does “chʼil łitsooí díkʼǫ́zhígíí” come from?
chʼil łitsooí díkʼǫ́zhígíí (Navajo) comes from Navajo łitsooí, from Navajo łitso, from Navajo łi-, from Navajo -ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan ɬ.
chʼil łitsooí díkʼǫ́zhígíí (Navajo): lemon
Definitions
- lemon
Ancestry of “chʼil łitsooí díkʼǫ́zhígíí”, step by step
chʼil łitsooí díkʼǫ́zhígíí traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo łitsooí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | łitsooí | The color yellow; That which is yellow; the... |
| 2 | Navajo | łitso | it is yellow; nickel |
| 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 |
via Navajo díkʼǫ́ǫ́zh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | díkʼǫ́ǫ́zh | it is sour, alkaline, salty |