Navajo Etymology di- (adjectival) + -wozh (neuter imperfective stem of root -WOZH, “to be thorny”). Verb diwozh it is thorny 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 340.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.