hosh

Navajo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xòʃ/

Noun

hosh (possessed form biwosh)

1. thorn
2. cactus

   Hosh ayóo adijił. ― Cacti are full of thorns.

Inflection

possessives of hosh

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shiwosh	nihiwosh	danihiwosh
2nd person	niwosh	nihiwosh	danihiwosh
3rd person	biwosh
4th person (3o)	yiwosh
4th person (3a)	hawosh
Indefinite (3i)	awosh

Derived terms

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