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ho-nawai’aiti—a difficult and abstruse concept; the highest order in 
a medicine society; see p. 138. 
ho-tcanyi—chief. 
hétcanitsa—the official residence of the tiamunyi or cacique; see p. 49. 
fariko—corn-ear fetish representing tatiku, the mother of the Indians. 
i-kanyi—generic term for squash, pumpkin, melons, cucumbers—but 
not gourds—‘ that grow on long vines.” 
Vnawi—any kind of flour: corn, wheat, rice. 
iniyatsa—human beings in their spiritual capacity. 
itsa-tyuny:—beads, at least as they are used ceremonially; this may 
be a ceremonial term. 
ka’dotiye—‘a person coming out into the open, or winning honors or 
advantages.”’ 
kacaipime—summer solar ceremony; also called sina (middle) pyit*! 
cukotse. 
kachina—see k’dtsina. 
kahera—the drummer who beats a European type drum with two 
sticks in ceremonies of Spanish-Catholic derivation. 
k’fnapyaiya— witch” ; a person who uses supernatural power to injure 
others. 
kéotsmy:—‘a person doing miracle things.” 
kéowiye—‘luck”’; “‘when one finds, or obtains, something of value by 
chance.” 
k’4tsina—anthropomorphic spirits who bring rain; impersonated in 
masked dances; also called ciwana (shiwana) by the Keres and 
kachinas generally in ethnographic literature. 
kiva—see tcikya. 
kocair. (or kocail:)—name of a society; commonly spelled koshare. 
ko’6ko— a hideous woman corpse; see p. 306. 
k’oBictaiya—‘sacred, holy’; spirits; masked personages at Acoma. 
k’otemmak’o—Yellow Woman of the North (see ‘‘Cosmology’’). 
ko-t‘—ordinary word for mountain; pyaiyatcra’nyi is the ceremonial 
word. 
ma-ca’inyi—the skins of the forelegs of a bear, worn by medicinemen 
in curing rituals and during initiations. 
maiydnyi—generic term for spirits. 
matsinyi—wafer bread; equivalent of Hopi pki. 
néowetsa’nyi—ritual emesis as a prelude to participation in a 
ceremony. 
notr6wapyac—sexual continence before a ceremony. 
nowatdnite*—work, either ceremonial or technological. 
o-kast*"—bandoleer made of leather cords worn by scalp takers; 
commonly called matalotes. 
épaiyak’anyi—poker; stick used to poke or stir a fire; used to represent 
the deceased in mortuary ritual. 
