chʼil łichxíʼí

Navajo

Etymology

chʼil (“plant, vegetable”) + łichxíʼí (“red”)

Noun

chʼil łichxíʼí

1. tomato
2. red radish

   Synonym: chʼil łichíʼí

3. beet

References

• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical Lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 91