hosh

Navajo

Etymology

From the root -WOZH (“to be thorny, be prickly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xòʃ/

Noun

hosh (possessed form biwozh)

1. thorn
2. cactus

   Hosh ayóo adijił. ― Cacti are full of thorns.

Inflection

Possessives of hosh

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shiwozh	nihiwozh	danihiwozh
2nd person	niwozh	nihiwozh	danihiwozh
3rd person	biwozh
4th person (3o)	yiwozh
4th person (3a)	hawozh
Indefinite (3i)	awozh

Derived terms

• hosh aditsahii (“cholla cactus”)
• hosh aditsahiitsoh (“saguaro”)
• hosh bineestʼąʼ (“cactus fruit”)
• hosh niteelí (“Opuntia”)
• hosh yiyání