Dec. 1901. The Oraibi Powamu Ceremony — Voth. 135 



1. Because while sung: one of the priests, in this case the chief priest, blows with the bone 

 whistle, totdeqpi, into the medicine bowl at stated intervals. 



2. An archaic word whith may mean, " come here! " 



3. When this line is sunt; the whistle is blown. 



4. This word is not understood; someone' thought it meant "good," but that is very 

 doubtful. 



5. Also an archaic word; but one of the priests suggested that it meant happy, saying that 

 it is derived from wimaa. 



6. May mean beautiful, from kuwawauna? 



7. These two words are sung after the sixth stanza only. 



SIXTH SONG. 

 Chochong {Smoking) Song. 

 Tomuhoviyooonahay, ... . 

 Toohomuhoviyooonahay, . 

 Tomuhoviyooonahay, . . 

 Tohohomohoviyooonahay, 

 And hawiyoonahay, . . . 

 Aaahanahaviyooonahay, . 

 Anahaviyoonahay, . . . 

 Ahahanahaviyooonahay,* . 



♦This song is sung four times without any variations. It is probable that it is a remnant of 

 an obsolete song, this being all the priests know about it. The author has noticed on other occa- 

 sions that where parts of old songs seem to be forgotten, the parts that are Icnown are sung instead 

 and frequently repeated. An old priest said he had heard that ana was an old word for 

 tobacco. It is not quite apparent why the song is called Smoking Song, no special smoking taking 

 place while it is being sung. This may, however, be the case in other ceremonies, several of the 

 Powamu songs also being used by other societies. 



SEVENTH SONG. 

 ( Yonawi.'^) 



Ha ayo ayo ayo aye ayo ayo nayiwaa,* • . . 

 Ha ayo ayo ayo ayo ayo ayo nayiwaa, . . . . 

 Hatumu tumu tiimu tumu tumu tumu nayonaa," 

 Hatumu tumu tumu tumu tumu tiimu nayonaa, 



*This song is sung four times without any variations. 



1. From yona, to owe something, to be indebted to. 



2. The words in this line seem to be archaic. Someone suggested that ayo meant "here," 

 and an old man from another village stated that nayiwaa meant " cold," but neither could thus far 

 be confirmed. 



3. //<z/«»«« means " Let us go!" "Go we!" and nayonaa, "we owe each other," or are 

 "indebted to each other." Several members of the Powamu fraternity, when asked independently 

 of each other, insisted that, while they did not know the meaning of the first line, the second was 

 supposed to be a response, as it were, by the cloud deities or chiefs {mongvitu), the sense being 

 this: "We are indebted to the Powamu priests because they have made prayer offerings for us, so 

 let us go and bring them rain." A knowledge of the meaning of the first line would, of course, 

 throw light on the meaning of the second line. This is very likely a fragment of an old song. 

 Fragments of ancient songs are not infrequently sung over and over again in Hopi ceremonies. 



One priest also suggested that this last word was derived from tiagung-wa, an old form for 

 "glad," " happy." 



