hózhóní

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“spatial”) + ni- (“adjectival”) + -Ø- (“3rd person subject prefix”) + -Ø- (“classifier”) + -zhǫ́ (“imperfective verb stem”) + -í (“nominalizing suffix”); resulting noun later repurposed as a verb.

Verb

hózhóní

1. Spatial form of nizhóní:
   1. a space or area is pretty, beautiful
   2. a space or area is clean, good, nice, fine, neat

Related terms

• nizhóní
• hózhǫ́
• nizhǫ́