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T(>^ 'pifion nut,' 'nut.' As stated above, an examination of cognate 

 words in other Tanoan languages leads us to believe that to is ety- 

 mologically related to to, 'pinon tree,' and that the original sig- 

 nification of to is ' pinon nut. ' The present application of to to 

 the seeds of the rock pine and to introduced nuts is probably a 

 more recent extension of the use of the word. Thus: ywaento, ' seed 

 or nut of the rock pine' {yiusey rock pine; to, piiTon nut, nut); for 

 names of introduced nuts see under names of plants, below. 



^ewe, 'small roundish object,' 'cone of coniferous tree.' Bewe is 

 said to be used of the cones of coniferous trees only in the coin- 

 -pounds tdmhewe, 'cone with seeds in it' {tqy seed; bewe, small 

 roundish object, cone), and iohewe, 'cone with nuts in it' {to, 

 pinon nut, nut; ^eioe, small roundish object, cone). Like h/ju 

 (see below) bewe refers of course to the shape. An empty cone 

 may be distinguished by postjoining Jcowh, 'skin,' 'husk,' or by 

 using Tcowa alone; also by saying winq^tainmnjn, 'it has no 

 seeds' {ivi, negative; nq, it; tqy, seed; m^, to have; jn, negative). 



Buju, 'small roundish object,' 'cone of coniferous tree.' Cf. bcv\', 

 above, the usage of which this word exactly parallels. 



ICe (Hano Tewa Vili), 'grain of corn,' 'small bud of cottonwocd 

 flower.' The commonest compounds are said to be: I'uijVe, 

 'grain of corn' ij^uy, corn plant; Ve, grain, in this sense), and 

 telce, 'flower bud of valley cottonwood' {te, valley cotton- 

 wood; h'e, grain, bud, in bud,, in this sense), 



Ivode, 'ear of corn husked or not husked.' The word has this one 

 meaning only. 



ICa, 'acorn', 'fruit of the skunk-bush.' This word appears to be 

 used of these two fruits only. The commonest compounds are 

 said to be MoseFa, 'acorn' {1'we§, oak tree; Ji'a, acorn, fruit of 

 the skunk-bush), and IcyJca, ' fruit of the skunk-bush' 0iu, skunk- 

 bush; ¥a, acorn, fruit of the skunk-bush). 



K'ape, 'acorn', 'fruit of the skunk-bush' {¥a, acorn, fruit of the 

 skunk-bush; pe, seed, fruit, crop). The use of the word is simi- 

 lar to that of k'a, above. 



Be, 'roundish fruit', 'apple', 'any kind of introduced fruit.' Thus: 

 Tio'^-be^ 'fruit of the wild or introduced rose' {¥a)^, rose; be, 

 apple, introduced fruit) is heard as well as h'a'^^fie {Fa'"', rose; 

 pe, seed, fruit, crop). Be evidently refers to roundish shape 

 and is connected with begl, 'small and roundishlike a ball,' &t^y^, 

 'large and roundish like a ball,' etc. 



