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is thus in marked contrast with some other languages, such as Navaho, 
with regard both to etymology and neologisms. 
a-hina—a dance to celebrate the taking of a scalp. 
Actitco’me.—the ‘‘pole” carried in the dance for the Blessed Virgin 
on August 15 (See p. 312). 
dtemn’'—wooden slat altar of a curing society. 
atse’epanyli—ceremony performed for a scalp taker to free him from 
supernatural danger in which he has been placed by taking the 
scalp. 
Bewits*—ceremonial word for food; opewi is the ordinary word. 
caiye-ik”* (also heard caiyaik’*)—the Hunters society. 
cibo-k’°—a generic term for any plant that produces cottonlike fibers, 
e.g., milkweed; unspun cotton. 
cécgaina—a guard, or doorkeeper; he keeps unauthorized people from 
entering the house of a secret society on certain occasions. 
crvtsi—raw, uncooked; plant foods customarily eaten raw are called 
crutsi opew: (food); it sometimes means ‘uninitiated’ (White, 
1935, p. 9). 
Diaminy:—the head of the political and religious organization of the 
pueblo; village chief; often called cacique (Sp.); spelled tiamunyi 
in this work. 
pyalyatcra’ny:—ceremonial word for mountain; ko-t is the ordinary 
word. 
Gacputice—a word of uncertain meaning; has to do with the summer 
retreats for rain and crops. 
caodyac—applied to a person who is taking emetics, fasting, and 
observing continence before a ceremony; also to a place that is 
tabooed. 
cdéotcanyi—plural, edwatcanyi; war chief’s helpers. 
Gawail’aiti—the name of a class of edibles such as grain, seeds, corn, 
beans, pifion nuts, berries, etc. 
cotiyamonice—edible wild plants. 
céwatcanyi—see Gdotcanyi. 
Goyaiti—game animals. 
h‘4’atsi—literally, earth; a sand or meal painting. 
h‘a-Dawe—pollen of any kind. 
H‘a-Di—parched corn, then ground, then parched brown. 
HabDi—obsidian. 
h‘a-tcaminyi—prayersticks. 
h‘éwirana—egrain: corn, wheat. 
hicami—two eagle wing feathers used by medicinemen in treating 
illness and in exorcizing evil spirits. 
hi-ctci—generic name for plants that have flowers that produce seeds, 
.- such as sunflowers; nonedible. 
