łichxííʼ

łi- (adjectival) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chííʼ (neuter imperfective stem of root -CHIIʼ, “to be red”), with emphatic infix -x-.

The łi- prefix appears to have originated historically from the -ł- classifier. When this prefix appears immediately in pre-stem position, it takes the shape of a -l- classifier.

• IPA^(key): /ɬɪ̀t͡ʃʰxíːʔ/

łichxííʼ

1. he/she/it is orange (color)

   Díí chʼilátah baa hózhónii éí łichxííʼ.

   This flower is orange.

This is a neuter verb that only uses the imperfective stem.

Łichxííʼ is on the redder side of orange, as compared to łitsxooí or yéego łitso on the yellower side of orange.

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni).

• łitsxo
• yéego łitso

Noun forms:

• łichxíʼí
• łitsxooí
• yéego łitsooí