hahoodzo
Navajo
Etymology
ha- (thematic) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -oo- (yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -zo (perfective stem of root -ZO, “to mark”).
Verb
hahoodzo
- it (area) is marked out (with a line around it)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only.
Noun
hahoodzo
- (by extension) a U.S. state
Derived terms
- Ahééháshį́į́h hahoodzo (“California”)
- Bimááʼ hahoodzo (“Vermont”)
- Dibé nitsaa hahoodzo (“Colorado”)
- Dzígaii Chʼíńlį́ Hahoodzo (“South Dakota”)
- hahoodzooígíí biyiʼ
- Hoozdo hahoodzo (“Arizona”)
- Kin Yótʼááh Deezʼá Hahoodzo (“New York State”)
- Naʼazhǫǫsh hahoodzo (“Nevada”)
- Nímasii Kʼidadilyéhé Hahoodzo (“Idaho”)
- Shádiʼááhjí Kééláanah hahoodzo (“South Carolina”)
- Téʼsiz hahoodzo (“Texas”)
- Tóʼííbézhí Hahoodzo (“Wyoming”)
- Yootó hahoodzo (“New Mexico”)
See also
- Hakʼaz Dineʼé Bikéyah (“Alaska”)