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House cats of many varieties are common at the Tewa pueblos. 

 They are called to: musd, musd, musa. They are sometimes given 

 proper names, as dogs are. 



lCse,&quot;rj (akin to Isleta Ic imiM, mountain lion). 

 Felis Jiippolestes Merriam. Rocky Mountain Cougar, Puma, 

 Mountain Lion. 



The Southern Ute name for mountain lion is toku. 



The mountain lion is reported for this region by both whites and 

 Indians. The Tewa say that the animal crouches or sits waiting for 

 its prey. The carved figures of the &quot; Stone Lions&quot; shrine on the 

 Pajarito plateau are identified by the Tewa as Jc & y, and the name 

 of that place in the Tewa language is Ic ze yda se ydlwe, where the two 

 mountain lions crouch (Yx y, mountain lion; da, they two; & y, 

 to sit, to crouch; } iwe, locative). 



Hodge gives as Mountain Lion clans of various pueblos: San Juan 

 and San Ildefonso, Kd n -tdoa; Nambe, Qe-tdoa; Isleta, Kim-t aimn; 

 Pecos, SMank yd + ; Laguna, M6kaiqch-Mno cU ; Sia and San Felipe, 

 Mokaich-hdno; Cochiti, Mohkach-Jidnucli. 



sR y (suku, circus, &amp;lt;Span. circo; Ic sR y, mountain lion, 



lion) . 

 Lion. 

 NfryTcsp/ t), earth mountain lion ; (n&y, earth; se y, moun 



tain lion) . 



Whether the animal thus called is mythic or real has not been 

 determined. It is the sacred beast of the nadir. It is said to be a 

 small animal which burrows in the earth. It is not the pocket- 

 gopher, which is called tfugi. We have no record of shrews or moles. 



Kwse ji (? &amp;lt;Span. caballo). 

 Kafiaju (&amp;lt;Span. caballo). 

 Domestic Horse. 



The Tewa apply both Jcw% ji and Jcaftaju to any kind of horse, 

 but use the former term when they talk about horses in the presence 

 of a Mexican and fear that Tcafiaju will be understood. It is possible 

 that both Jcwse ji and Icafiaju are borrowed from Spanish caballo, the 

 former being an earlier, the latter a later borrowing. 



For female horse jewd (&amp;lt;Span. yegua) seems to be the common 

 term, though Tcabajukwi , horse female Qcaftaju, horse; Icwi , female) 

 is also in use. For young female horses jewitd ( &amp;lt; Span, yeguita) and 

 potaykd (&amp;lt;Span. potranca) are heard; young male horses are called 

 potriju (&amp;lt;Span. polrillo). A stallion is regularly called 

 ( &amp;lt; Span, garanon) . 



