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

1. it (area) is marked out (with a line around it)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only.

Noun

hahoodzo

1. (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”)