asdzoh

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -s- (stative perfective marker) + -d- (classifier) + zoh (perfective verb stem), from -zóóh (“make a mark, draw a line”)

The noun sense is a direct nominalization of the verb, and likely derives from the way that inches would be marked out, either on a ruler or on the item being measured.

Noun

asdzoh

1. inch

   naakitsʼáadahdi asdzoh ― twelve inches

Synonyms

• ashtʼish
• dah alzhin

Verb

asdzoh

1. a mark was made