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XX. Name Giver belonging to the PIhrash (Young Corn-Ear) 



Clan. 



Mocmomka. (f.) The One That Folds or Covers Up a Corn-Husk 

 Packet. 

 Derived from m6ci, the corn-husk packet on prayersticks, 

 No. 5 and No. 4. 



The little Name Bearer is imagined as grown up and as pre- 

 paring prayer-offerings in some ceremony. 

 Natwantiwa. (m.) Have Been Planted. 

 From natwanlawu, plant, and No. 2. 

 A field in which corn has been planted is referred to. 

 Qoyavi. (m.) A Particular Whitish Corn-Ear. 

 Lomangakioma. (m.) Coming Out Beautifully. 



From loloma, good, well, beautiful, and nongakioma (plural), 

 emerge, come out. 



Refers in all probability either to the corn coming out of the 

 ground or to the corn-ears coming out of the stalks. 

 Ehpetavi. (m.) Leave, Put, By the Side. 



From ehpe (hardly ever used alone), beside, aside, and 

 taviima, leave, put down, place, etc. 



Refers to a second planting of corn beside or near the first 

 corn hills, in case the latter were destroyed. 

 Ahpa. (m.) Bed, Pad, Cover (on the floor or earth). 



Refers here, it is claimed, to the layer or covering of green 

 corn-stalks that is placed on the plaza early in the morning on 

 certain ceremonial days, such as the Marau ceremony. 

 Humihoynoma. (f.) Shelled Corn Blows Away. 



From humita, shelled corn, or shell corn; hdhoya, blow away, 

 and No. 10. 



This is one of the names that permits of different interpreta- 

 tions. It may refer to shelled corn that is covered up and the 

 chaff from shelling blowing away ; or it may mean that the shelled 

 corn is covered up by the chaff that is blown over it; or it may 

 even mean that that which is blown away from the corn that is 

 being shelled — namely, the chaff — is covered up. Only the 

 Name Giver herself could state definitely what she had in mind 

 when coining the name. In case the idea "covered up" be 

 referred to, the ending noma would, of course, be No. 5, instead 

 of No. 10, as given above. 

 Humita. (m.) Shelled Corn. 



