yishtłizh
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]y- (peg element) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -tłizh (neuter perfective stem of root -TŁIIZH, “to be dark brown, stained”).
Compare Koyukon tłɨs (“to be crushed”), Sarcee dlish (“be spotted”).
Verb
[edit]yishtłizh
- he/she/it is bruised, dark
- he/she/it is dark brown, dark-skinned, brown-skinned
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si).
See also
[edit]łigai | łibá (dark gray: dinilzhin) |
łizhin |
łichííʼ | łichxíʼí (light orange: diniltsxo); dibéłchíʼí, yishtłizh (dark brown: dinilzhin) |
łitso (light yellow: diniltso); dinilgai |
dinooltłʼizh, chʼilgo dootłʼizh |
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dootłʼizhii | yágo dootłʼizh | dootłʼizh |
diłhiłgo dootłʼizh | tsédídéehgo dootłʼizh | dinilchííʼ |