Color

♦ The table below shows two ways of talking about colors in Arikara. The left‐hand column shows how to say that something is a certain color (i.e. It is gray.). The right‐hand column shows how to refer to something by its color (i.e. the gray one). The following exercises illustrate some of the ways these phrases can be used. ♦

 

It is ____.

the ____ one

blue

titaree’ux. nataree’uuxU

purple

titšuu’Us. natšuusU

(bright) red

tičiRAhpAhaa’At. načiRAhpAhaatU

• (dull) red

tipAhaa’At. napAhaatU

(bright) yellow

tiraaNUstAhkataa’A. naraaNUstAhkataaNU

• (dull) yellow

tiRAhkataa’A. naRAhkataaNU

black

tikatii’It. nakatiitU

gray

titaraawiš. nataraawiišU

white

tičiišawataa’A. načiišawataaNU

• light, white

titaakaa’A. nataakaaNU

dark

tikaatii’It. nakaatiitU

light

teewataa’A. naawataaNU

striped (horizontally)

tooNAsariWIš. nooNAsariWIš

striped (vertically)

tooNAsaape. nooNAsaapeeRA

Other Adjectives:

new

tičipirii’I. načipiriiNU

New expressions:

color

naawiišu’

What is the color?

tiče nuhnaawišu’?

It is blue.

titaree’ux

It is purple.

titšuu’Us

It is (bright) red.

tičiRAhpAhaa’At

• It is (dull) red.

tipAhaa’At

It is (bright) yellow.

tiraaNUstAhkataa’A

• It is (dull) yellow.

tiRAhkataa’A

It is black.

tikatii’It

It is gray.

titaraawiš

It is white.

tičiišawataa’A

• It is white, light colored.

titaakaa’A

It is dark.

tikaatii’It

It is light.

teewataa’A

It is striped (horizontally).

tooNAsariWIš

It is striped (vertically).

tooNAsaape

Other Adjectives:

It is new.

tičipirii’I
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New expressions:

Which one do you want?

tiče naasšo’?

• I want the black one.

tikoosšo’ nakatiitU.

I want the __________.

tikoosšo’ __________.

blue one

nataree’uuxU

purple one

natšuusU

(bright) red one

načiRAhpAhaatU

• (dull) red one

napAhaatU

(bright) yellow one

naraaNUstAhkataaNU

• (dull) yellow one

naRAhkataaNU

black one

nakatiitU

gray one

nataraawiišU

white one

načiišawataaNU

• light, white one

nataakaaNU

dark one

nakaatiitU

light one

naawataaNU

striped (horizontally) one

nooNAsariWIš

striped (vertically) one

nooNAsaapeeRA

Other Adjectives:

new one

načipiriiNU

New expressions:

What is the color of the one you have?

tiče nuhnaawišu’ niiNAxtaahNA?

• I have a gray one.

tAhna nataraawiišU.

I have a __________.

tAhna __________.

blue one

nataree’uuxU

purple one

natšuusU

(bright) red one

načiRAhpAhaatU

• (dull) red one

napAhaatU

(bright) yellow one

naraaNUstAhkataaNU

• (dull) yellow one

naRAhkataaNU

black one

nakatiitU

gray one

nataraawiišU

white one

načiišawataaNU

• light, white one

nataakaaNU

dark one

nakaatiitU

light one

naawataaNU

striped (horizontally) one

nooNAsariWIš

striped (vertically) one

nooNAsaapeeRA

Other Adjectives:

new one

načipiriiNU
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