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The San Ildefonso, Nambe, and San Juan dialects have wci sl; the 

 Tesuque and Santa Clara dialects wa ga. The Hano Tewa name is 

 unknown. Both wa si and wa ga may be adapted from Navaho 

 wegafi, cow/ or wa si may come from Navaho wegafi and wa ga 

 directly from Spanish vaca. The Franciscan fathers x give Navaho 

 &quot;b&gashi&quot; as derived from Spanish vaca (in their spelling vacca or 

 bacca, influenced by Latin vaccal) plus an element &quot; shi&quot; The Zuni 

 name is wdkashi. 



A milch cow is called wa po wa sl (wa m , breast; po , water; wa sl, 

 cow) or wa po wa ga (wa , breast; po , water; wa ga, cow). A cas 

 trated ox or steer is called weje (&amp;lt;Span. ~buey), and a- bull todu 

 (&amp;lt;Span. toro}. To usewa sls^ i}, male cow (w& sh, cow; se y, male) 

 is likely to make a Tewa smile. The young of the species is desig 

 nated by adding the diminutive V to wa si, wa ga, weje, to$u, etc. 

 Dehorned cattle are frequently called pelyy (&amp;lt;Span. pelon). 



The Tewa keep a considerable number of cattle and use the milk 

 as well as the flesh and other products. Women usually do the 

 milking. Cattle dung (wa sisa or wagasa ) is considered the superior 

 sort for kneading into the cakes used in firing pottery. 



Petsude. 

 Swine. 



This word is applied to either sex of swine, or the ordinary sex-age 

 elements may be added. Tewa petsude is possibly borrowed from 

 or at least of the same origin as Navaho &quot; bisode/ swine . 2 The Fran 

 ciscan fathers say of the swine: &quot;It was most likely first brought 

 to their (i. e., the Navahos ) country from Old Mexico, as the name, 

 bisode, a corruption of the Aztec pitsotl, seems to indicate.&quot; None of 

 the common New Mexican Spanish words for swine (marrano, cochino, 

 puercOj marrana, cochina, puerca) is used much in Tewa speech. 



The Tewa keep a few swine in sties and are very found of the flesh. 



Elep^ayte ( &amp;lt; Span, elefante] . 

 Elephant. 

 The trunk of the elephant is called simply fu, nose . 



tywi y rs% i H , white rat, (ywi y, rat, mouse; tsx , white). 

 Domestic White Rat. 

 / One of our informants knew of these animals and their use as pets. 



1 Franciscan Fathers, Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language, St. Michaels, Ariz., 1910, p. 143. 



2 Ibid,, p. 142. 



