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The San Ildefonso, Narabe, and San Juan dialects have uxr.n; the 

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

 unknown. Both wa'si and wa'gja, may be adapted from Navaho 

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

 directly from Spanish vaca. The Franciscan fathers ^ give Navaho 

 "begashi" as derived from Spanish vaca (in their sj^elling vacca or 

 bacca, influenced by Latin vaccal) plus an element " sM." The Zuni 

 name is wdkashi. 



A milch cow is called wa'po'wa'sl {wa' , breast; po', water; vm'sI, 

 cow) or wa'po'wa'ga {wa: , breast; po' , water; wa'gcb, cow). A cas- 

 trated ox or steer is called weje (<wSpan. hiiey), and a bull i^o^-u 

 (<Span. toro). To \\se.wa's%s^"r), 'male cow' (wa'sl, cow; se'y, male) 

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

 nated by adding the diminutive '^' to war si, wa'ga, weje, todu, etc. 

 Dehorned cattle are frequently called pelij,y (<Span. felon). 



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

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

 milking. Cattle dung (iva'sisa' or wagasa') is considered the su])erior 

 sort for kneading into the cakes used in firing j^ottery. 



Petsiue. 

 Swine. 



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

 elements may be added. Tewa petsiue is possibly borrowed from 

 or at least of the same origin as Navaho '' bisode," 'swine'. ^ The Fran- 

 ciscan fathers say of the swine: "It was most hkely first brought 

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

 bisode, a corruption of the Aztec pitsotl, seems to incUcate." None of 

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

 puerco, marrana, coclnna, puerca) is used much in Tewa speech. 



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



'Elep'ayte (<Span. elefante). 

 Elephant. 

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



jywi'y tSc^'^V^, 'wliite rat, ' {ywi'tj, rat, mouse; tsse' , white). 

 Domestic Wliite Rat. 

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



1 Franciscan Fathers, Ethnologic Dietionarj' of the Navaho Langiia5:e, St. Michaels, Ariz., 1910, p. 14S. 



2 Ibid., p. 142. 



