Talk:chʼil łitsooí díkʼǫ́zhígíí

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Should this entry title have an "x" in it, as in chʼil łitsxooí ntsxaaígíí? 71.66.97.228 09:45, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

No, chʼil łitsxooí means an orange. —Stephen (Talk) 23:22, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Also tree?

Can this term refer to the tree, or just to the fruit? 71.66.97.228 05:35, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

It is just the fruit, although people would probably use it if they encountered a tree. Strictly speaking, the tree should be chʼil łitsooí dikʼǫ́zhígíí bitsin. —Stephen (Talk) 23:22, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

díkʼǫ́ǫ́zh

In the Etymology section, shouldn't the translation of díkʼǫ́ǫ́zh be "it is sour" rather than just "sour"? 204.11.186.190 17:58, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

I don’t see what you're describing on that page. —Stephen ^(Talk) 23:29, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

I'm referring to the entry for chʼil łitsooí díkʼǫ́zhígíí, where the Etymology section reads as follows:

chʼil ‎(“plant”) + łitso ‎(“it is yellow”) + -í ‎(nominalizer) + díkʼǫ́ǫ́zh ‎(“sour, alkaline”) + -ígíí ‎(nominalizer)

204.11.186.190 18:06, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Parts of speech vary considerably among different languages. Some languages are considered to have as few as two parts of speech. Others have more than English does. Adjectives and verbs, particularly stative verbs, have a lot in common and in many languages a verb is also used as an adjective. Navajo has no adjectives, but verbs can work as adjectives, and even as nouns. I think the etymology is fine as is. If anyone wants more information about a term, they just have to click on it. —Stephen ^(Talk) 05:58, 13 April 2016 (UTC)