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These adjectives have also predicative forms of course. Thus: 

 nqp'omu, 'it is hairy' (^irf, it; p'o^ hairy; ?;m, to be); n4tsibeto, 'it is 

 sticky' {?iq, it; tsite, sticl^y; to, to make). 



MARGIN OF LEAVES 



Kahiyqe^ 'edge of a leaf (/«, leaf; Jdjjge^ edge). 



Ka kiyge'qns&'iij, 'smooth-edged leaf {ka, leaf; liyge^ edge; 'dfi^, 

 smooth). 



KakiygesseyioViy, 'zigzag-edged leaf {ka, leaf; kiyge, edge; ssrijwI, 

 zigzagged). 



Ka kiyflerjwa'iij, 'tooth-edged leaf,' 'dentate leaf {hi, leaf; Ivjge, 

 edge; yioq, toothed). 



Ka liygesibeiy, 'torn-edged leaf {ka, leaf; kijj<je, edge; site, torn 

 crosswise to the grain or liber). 



Tendril 



^Aqwi, 'tendril.' The etymology of this word is uncertain. The 

 syllable qiol clearly means liber; see below. ^A may be the 

 verb meaning ' to grow ' or may be the same as the first syllable 

 of ''ajfs^, 'vine'; or, it is connected perhaps with Hano Tewa ''awo, 

 'tendril,' 'to spread' (said of plant). A slender tendril is called 

 ^aqwi segViy, 'slender tendril' i^aqw'i, tendril; seq'i, slender). A 

 curled tendril is called ''aqwihe^^, 'tendril curl' {^aqioi, tendril; 

 he^, small roundish thing). Tendrils are said to be imlyyicagj^, 

 'like hands' {may, hand; tjwagl, like). 



Stalk, Trunk, Stump, Stem, Branch, Twk;, Joint 



r\', 'stick,' 'stalk,' 'pole,' 'trunk,' 'log,' 'wood,' 'plant.' F'e 

 refers to almost an}^ long stitf object. It is the only Tewa word 

 meaning 'plant' in general, but is rarely used with this meaning. 

 The start' of authority of the Pueblo governors is called p'e, or 

 sometimes tajope, 'governor's stick' {tujo, governor; j!>'t^, stick). 

 Forj?'eJ meaning 'wood' see page 23. 



' TlMdo, 'walking stick.' Walking sticks were made of various kinds 

 of wood and were used mostly by old or crippled people. Per- 

 haps this word hardly belongs here. Cf. 'udupe, below. 



^Udup'e, 'prayer stick.' Cf. 'uduto, above. 



Puge, 'lower part,' 'base or trunk of a tree' {pu, base, buttocks; 

 ge, locative). When the trunk of a tree is referred to, one usually 

 names the kind of tree, postpounding^>i^gd. Thus: tepuge, 'lower 

 part or trunk of a cottonwood tree' {te, Populus wislizeni; page, 

 lower part, trunk). 

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