hoozkʼaz

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -si- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼaz (neuter perfective stem of root -KʼAAZ, “to be cold”).

Verb

hoozkʼaz

1. it (a space or area) is cold

Usage notes

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective mode.

Conjugation

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

See yééhoossįįd for a similar lengthening of ho- in the si-perfective.

Related terms

• sikʼaz