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owapydémi—the pueblo council. 
petana—coarsely ground cornmeal, used in ceremonies when it is 
called yaya (mother) @’aco (her flesh)—“‘like the wafer that is 
Christ’s body.” 
shiwana—see k’dtsina. 
sil-cti—a common person; not a medicineman, priest, or officer. 
stcamu-na—a natural mixture of magnetite (Fe,0,) and hematite 
(Fe,O3); see White, 1942 a, pp. 19-20, for discussion and com- 
parative data. 
tcalya-nyi—medicineman; a member of a society having iarikos. 
tcapiyo—the masked personage who accompanies equestrian imper- 
sonation of saints; may be seen by White people. 
tcikya—one of the two round, aboveground ceremonial houses of the 
pueblos in the Rio Grande Valley; often called kiva (a Hopi 
term); sometimes called estufa (oven), the term used by the 
early Spaniards. 
tcraik’atsi—assistant to the piamunyi, or cacique. 
tiamunyi—see Diaminyz. 
ti-mi—a small cotton felt blanket used in ceremonies; see p. 312 and 
also White, 1935, n. 4, p. 178. 
tsapac’oma—a sacred spot, or shrine; each has a name, frequently 
ending in ko-t‘, mountain. 
tsa-ts—breath, soul. 
tsipanyi—a difficult term; refers to ‘“‘cold, dry’’ (winter) ceremonies; 
also ‘full-fledged curing’’; ‘‘any dance where participants wear 
eagle feathers dyed red and wear red ocher on the face.”’ The 
Buffalo dance is “‘one-half tsipanyi; one-half Gacpvti.” The 
tcakwena dance is tsipanyi, for snow. 
tsiyak’atse—domestic animals. 
waBanyi—feather bunch, often tied to prayersticks. 
wa-Béctc*—fine white bird down used in ceremonial costumes. 
waicti—a large pottery bowl. 
waictiranyi—a medicine bowl. 
wa-stitc—a bird, or the young of an animal. I have heard parents 
speak of their own children as wa:stite. 
wicBi—a ceremonial object something like an iariko and also like a 
prayerstick; see p. 311. 
winock’*—heart; witches sometimes ‘‘steal’’ them. 
witcatse—quartz crystal; see p. 318. 
wiya’ait‘—wealth, long life; ‘‘anything that one prays for.” 
yaBa-cony:—a h‘d’ats: (sand or meal painting) upon which iarikos 
(corn-ear fetishes) have been placed. 
ya-k’atca—red ocher. 
yuBina—pod plants: beans, peas. 
