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' OF aim, 'bark' (\>, unexplained; Fo7va, tegument, bark). Tbis word 

 has been heard only at San Juan Pueblo, where k'owa is also in 

 use. Thus: te'oFowa, 'cottonwood bark' (?'e, Populus wislizeni; 

 ^o¥owa^ bark). 



Qwiie (Hano Tewa, qwi), 'shreddy bark' {qwi, fiber; he ?). So far as 

 could be learned, qwi^e is said of the bark of the one-seeded juni- 

 per only. This is very shreddy and is a favorite substance for 

 kindling fires. Thus: huqwi'be {\l?iX\oTe^A, hiiqwi)^ 'bark of the 

 one-seeded juniper ' (/m, one-seeded juniper; qvnie^ shreddy bark). 

 II\iFowa^ 'bark of the one-seeded juniper' (/m, one-seeded juni- 

 per; k'owa, tegument, bark) may also be used.* 



Hair, Spine, Thorn 



i^'o, 'hair.' This word is said of any kind of hair on animals or 

 plants. The down of birds is called thus. The diminutive form 

 is />'o'e, 'little hair' (p'o, hair; '(?, diminutive). 



K(>, 'sharp-pointed thing.' This is the adjective Ice, 'sharp-pointed', 

 used as a noun. Thus: pake^ 'sharp point at the end of a yucca 

 leaf (/?'«, Yucca baccata; Ice., sharp-pointed thing). 



ISios^^ 'spine', 'thorn.' This word is applied to cactus spines and all 

 kinds of thorns. Thus: joyws^, 'spine of the long cactus' {jo, 

 long cactus; ywx, spine); TccC°"r)W2E,, 'rose thorn' (A'a'^, rose; 

 Xiwse,, spine). 



^Agusa, 'needle' (< Span, aguja). This word may be used of cactus 



spines: jcPagusa, 'spine of the long cactus' {jo, long cactus; 



^agtisa, needle). 



One might mention here also verbs, as nd'ke, 'it is sharp' {nq, it; Ice, 



to be sharp); ^//Vz?j 'it pricks me' {dl, it me;ju7}, to pierce, to prick). 



lis Gatschet's "Keres udka, Rinde" (in Ziviilf Spraclien aus dein Siidwcsten Nor darner ikas, p. 61, 

 Weimar, 1876), amisprint for Rind or Rinder? The Cochiti call cattle w6ka; the Tewa of Hano, loakd 

 (< Span, vaca, cow). 



