dibéłchíʼí

Etymology

From dibé (“sheep”) + łichííʼ (“red”) + -í (nominalizer).

Verb

dibéłchíʼí

  1. to be brown
    Ayání dibéłchíʼí ― The (one / two) buffalo (is / are) brown.
    Ayání daalchííʼ ― The (three or more) buffalo are brown.

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
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