łitsxo

łi- (adjectival) + -Ø- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -tso (neuter imperfective stem of root -TSOII, “to be yellow”), 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.

łitsxo

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

   Díí nidaashchʼąąʼígíí éí łitsxo.

   This color is orange.

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

Łitsxo is on the yellower side of orange, as compared to łichxííʼ on the redder side of orange.

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni).

• łichxííʼ
• yéego łitso

• diniltsxo (“light orange”)

Noun forms:

• yéego łitsooí
• łitsxooí
• łichxíʼí