hózííd

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -zííd (momentaneous stem of root -ZIID, “to grab”)

Verb

hózííd

1. to come/arrive groping one's way (as in the dark)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni)

References

• Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 456.
• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 748