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Etymology [dibéłchíʼí]
From dibé (“sheep”) + łichííʼ (“red”) + -í (nominalizer).
Verb
dibéłchíʼí
- to be brown
Ayání dibéłchíʼí ― The (one / two) buffalo (is / are) brown.
Ayání daalchííʼ ― The (three or more) buffalo are brown.
Source:
Wiktionary
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dib%C3%A9%C5%82ch%C3%AD%CA%BC%C3%AD
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:nv:Colors
Wikizionario (the word "dibéłchíʼí" is also classified as a noun, "il colore marrone" / the color brown; literally, the meaning is "il rosso della pecora" / the color red of the sheep)
https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/dib%C3%A9%C5%82ch%C3%AD%CA%BC%C3%AD