-WOZH

Navajo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣əš (“thorn”). The noun hosh (“cactus”) comes from this root.

Root

-WOZH

1. to be thorny, be prickly, be spiny

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
di	adjectival	S is thorny, prickly diwozh (NEUT)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
NEUT	-wozh	-	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to be prickly:

• -JIL

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -WOZH (be thorny)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *ɣ̇ətšʼ (“to tickle”).

Root

-WOZH

1. to tickle, be ticklish

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅	operative	S is ticklish yiwozh (NEUT)	S tickles O yiłhozh (REP) ↳ ahilwozh ↳ ádílwozh (+d refl.) yiʼniiłhóósh (MOM)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-wóósh	-wozh	-wosh	-wosh	-wóósh
REP	-wozh	-wozh	-wosh	-wosh	-wozh
NEUT	-wozh	-	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -WOZH (ticklish)