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"Then the thorny plants also:

(5.45)[45]
"'Áshíͅ hoshditsinídó:
  • hoshnaadeeyei,
  • hoshdishtoͅoͅtí,
  • hoshgóͅts'iͅiͅsí.
'Ichoͅoͅsh góńt'ishé:
  • hoshbéíí,
  • gołchídí,
  • hoshbizáͅáͅyéíłitsoí.

"Then the thorny plants also:
  • ocotillo,
  • cholla,
  • nipple cactus.
All varieties of thorny roses:
  • hedge-hog cactus,
  • prickly pear cactus,
  • strawberry cactus."

 
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(5.45) Linguistic Notes

hoshditsinídó 'the thorny plants also'. hosh 'thorn, cactus'; ditsiní, relative of ditsiͅ 'tree'; -dó 'also'.

The next two terms cannot be analyzed.

hoshgóͅts'iisí [this form appears in the text as hoshgóͅts'iͅiͅsí--MEC] 'nipple cactus' is a compound of hosh 'cactus'; góͅts'iis- 'it is small [i. e., small-bodied]' [imp. neut. intr. with place subj. and ni adj.].

hoshbéí 'hedge-hog cactus'. -béí ?.

gołchídí 'prickly pear cactus'. Place subj. plus -łchíd-, a bound form of łichí 'it is red'.

hoshbizáͅáͅyéíłitsoí 'strawberry cactus'. bizáͅáͅyé 'little, small'; łitso 'it is yellow'.

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