nidaashchʼąąʼígíí
Navajo
Nidaashchʼąąʼígíí
Alternative forms
- ndaashchʼąąʼígíí
Etymology
From naashchʼąąʼ (“painting”) + da- (“pluralizer”) + -ígíí (“nominalizer”)
Noun
nidaashchʼąąʼígíí (base nidaashchʼąąʼígíí)
- colors
- Díí haitʼáo naashchʼąąʼ? ― What color is this?
- Díí éí tátłʼidgo dootłʼizh. ― This is green.
- Áádóó nááná dííshąʼ? ― And what about this one?
- Díí yágo dootłʼizh. ― It’s blue.
See also
| Colors in Navajo · nidaashchʼąąʼígíí (layout · text) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| łigai | łibá (dark gray: dinilzhin) | łizhin | ||
| łichííʼ | łichxíʼí (light orange: diniltsxo) ; dibéłchíʼí, yishtłizh (dark brown: dinilzhin) | łitso (light yellow: diniltso) ; dinilgai | ||
| dinooltłʼizh, chʼilgo dootłʼizh | ||||
| dootłʼizhii | yágo dootłʼizh | dootłʼizh | ||
| diłhiłgo dootłʼizh | tsédídéehgo dootłʼizh | dinilchííʼ | ||