Dec. igoi. The Oraibi Powamu Ceremony — Voth. 



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FOURTH SONG. 



1. To the North. 

 Haowhaow inguu, Towanashabee 

 Takuri kae haiinguu, .... 

 Utumu namaa akwiniwii asika iola 

 Atimuuya turn wangwayiihi, . . 

 Hapi, yepe umungem passiohti/ 

 Nayawunhoputa chorowunhoputa- 



paassiohti, 



2. To the West. 

 Haowhaow inguu, Towanashabee 

 Sakwapu kae haiinguu, ... 

 Utumu namaa tawanee asakwa iola 

 Atimuuya turn wangwayiihi, . . 

 Hapi, yepe umungem passiohti, 

 Choronakhoputa palanakhoputa' 



paassiohti, 



3. To the South. 

 Haowhaow inguu, Towanashabee 

 Pawala kae haiinguu, .... 

 Utumu namaa atatoee pala iola, 

 Atimuuya turn wangwayiihi, . . 

 Hapi, yepe umungem passiohti, 

 Palanakhoputa shaatsinhoputa 

 paassiohti, 



4. To the East. 

 Haowhaow inguu, Towanashabee 



Qoyawi kae haiinguu 



Utumu namaa ahopoo aqocha iola 

 Atimuuya turn wangwayiihi, . . 

 Hapi, yepe umungem passiohti, 

 Shaatsinhoputa nayawunhoputa* 

 paassiohti, 



Haowhaow,' my mothjer, Towanashabee.* 



(The) yellow corn ear, my mother. 



Let us go together north to the yellow iola.' 



The children, let us call (them). 



Hapi, here we have for you a ceremony. 



'See note. 



Haowhaow, my mother, Towanashabee. 



The blue corn ear, my mother. 



Let us go together west to the green iola. 



The children, let us call (them). 



Hapi, here we have for you a ceremony. 



■See note. 



Haowhaow, my mother, Towanashabee. 



The red corn ear, my mother. 



Let us go together south to the red iola. 



The children, let us call (them). 



Hapi, here we have for you a ceremony. 



■ See note. 



Haowhaow, my mother, Towanashabee. 



(The) white corn ear, my mother. 



Let us go together east to the white iola. 



The children, let us call (them). 



Hapi, here we have for you a ceremony. 



-See note. 



1. An exclamation, difficult to translate; similar to " oh." 



2. See note on Towanashabee under third song. 



3. Iola is an archaic word. It very likely means corn ear. One priest said that he had 

 heard it meant mother. 



4. The exact meaning of the word passiohti is somewhat obscure. Sometimes it is used 

 where we would use such terms as "ended," " finished." " completed." But it also seems to have 

 a meaning that refers to religious exercises, and further investigations will probably show that it 

 may properly be translated: "to hold a ceremony," to "worship," etc. And some such a meaning 

 it very likely has here in this song. Different forms of the word exist. 



5. Having thus far been unable to find the meaning of archaic word hofiuta, I am at a loss 

 how to translate this line. One priest thought lioputa referred to the beads and ear pendants worn 

 by the priests and also by various fetishes in the ceremonies. But I am much more inclined to 

 believe that it refers to the small stones and pieces of shell lying by the sides of the corn ears 

 around the medicine bowl in nearly every ceremony. In the first place, certain Hopi songs do refer 

 to them; secondly, an old man, one of the best authorities on songs in Oraibi, gave me the following 

 " old " words for these objects. Some of them occur in this song: 



