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Navajo
Etymology
ho- (“space, area, things”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)
+ -zhǫ́ (neuter imperfective stem of root -ZHǪǪD, “to be nice, peaceful, beautiful”).
The high-tone comes from the ni- deletion characteristic of the ni-imperfective. See niteel, nineez for similar examples.
Pronunciation
Verb
hózhǫ́
- (impersonal) it is beautiful, peaceful, harmonious, nice
Bił hózhǫ́.- With him, things are beautiful. → He is happy.
Baa shił hózhǫ́.- About it, with me, things are beautiful. → I am happy about it (that it is done well in terms of quality).
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni), third person only.
In other modes, hózhǫ́ is suppleted by the active verb hoozhǫǫh (momentaneous ∅/yi), reproduced here for reference.
Noun
hózhǫ́
- (nominalization of the verb) beauty and harmony, peace, balance, happiness and contentment, wholeness, goodness
Hózhǫ́ náhásdlį́į́ʼ- it has become beauty again; beauty is restored.
Adverb
hózhǫ́
- well
- very, extremely
- very much
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