-WOZH
Navajo
Etymology 1
From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣ʊšʷ (“thorn”). The noun hosh (“cactus”) comes from this root.
Root
-WOZH
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| di | adjectival | S is thorny, prickly
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuter | -wozh | — | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -WOZH (be thorny)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Athabaskan *ɣ̇ətšʼ (“to tickle”).
Root
-WOZH
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | operative | S is ticklish
|
S tickles O
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -wóósh | -wozh | -wosh | -wosh | -wóósh |
| Repetitive | -wozh | -wozh | -wosh | -wosh | -wozh |
| Neuter | -wozh | — | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 660