hatsoh
Navajo
Etymology
ha- (areal) + -tsoh (neuter imperfective stem of root -TSOH, “to big”).
Verb
hatsoh
- it (an area) is big
- to be stingy, ungenerous, be a tightwad
Derived terms
- hatsohgo (“stingily”)
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 422.