kʼistsʼóóz
Navajo
Etymology
From
kʼish
(
“
alder
”
)
+
áłtsʼóózí
(“it is slender”, from
-TSʼÓÓZÍ
, “to be slender”).
Noun
kʼistsʼóóz
(
botany
)
speckled alder
,
hoary alder
(
Alnus incana
)