COLOR OF PLANTS 



Light, Darkness, Color, Fainting, Lines, Spots 



Ki^ 'to be light.' Thus: nq^hlnq,^ 'it is light' {n4, it; hi, to be light; 

 TiQ, present). This verb seems to refer only to daylight. 



T'e (Hano Tewa, fele), 'to shine.' Thus: n(lfe7ui, 'it shines' {nd, it; 

 fe, to shine; na, present). This verb is used of the sun: n(lfant'e, 

 'the sun shines' {nd, he; fay, sun; fe, to shine). 



Ko, 'a light.' This noun is used of the light of a candle, lamp, lan- 

 tern, fire, firefly, glowworm, etc. Of the light shining one may 

 say: rnj^o/^'^, 'the light shines ' (?irt, it; ^"6>, alight; ^'e, to shine); or 

 ndkcike, ' the light is bright' {nd, it; ho, a light; he, to be strong), 



PcCoui or parage, 'sunny place,' 'sunny side of a pueblo' {j)d)a,% akin 

 to Jemez pe, 'sun'; d\, g^, locative). 



ICy,7j, 'to be dark.' Thus: nq,h'y,nnQ, 'it is dark' {nd, it; h^'iiy, to be 

 dark; nq,, present). ICiiy is used as an adjective in the form 

 h'y,ywl {h'li, to be dark). Thus: jpoh^^ywT^i''^, 'dark hole' Q^'o, 

 hole; Fiiyiot, dark). 



"'Oh's^y, 'shade,' 'shadow.' 



Kse,nnuge or hse.niyqe, 'shady place,' 'shady side of a pueblo' {]i,s£,r), 

 ci. ^oFs^y, above; 7inge, ''iyge, at the side). 



^ Ofsa, 'glittering.' Thus: leu ^otsaH^^, 'glittering stone' {Jku, stone; 

 ^otsa, glittering). 



^Otsapi, 'dull,' 'glossy' {^oisa, glittering; ^^, negative). The usage 

 of this term with the meaning 'glossy' is curious. Thus: ''a 

 ^ofsapi^iy, 'glossy cloth' ('«, cloth; ^ofsa, glossy). 



There is no word meaning 'color.' One asks: hawVdy ^iibi hataju 

 ''y,mmy,, 'howls your horse?', meaning 'what color is your horse?' 

 {JiawVqy, how; ^yhi, of you 1; haiaju, horse; "'uy, it with reference 

 to you 1; 7)111, to be). If this is not definite enough one might follow 

 the question with ha piH''^ ha tss^H'^, 'is it red or is it white?' {ha, or; 

 pi, red; ha, or; tss^, white). 



TqJ'^y (Hano Tewa, fa), 'painted,' 'painting.' Thus: n4f^Qmm'\L,^\t\s 

 painted' {nd, it; ;ia'-y, painted; my,, to be); toba td'sydii'\ 'painted 

 cliff' (^6»^«, cliff; ^ct'-??5 painted). 



T'li, 'spotted.' The attributive form is fmol{fu, spotted). Thus: 

 nqfumy, 'it is spotted' {ml, it; fy, spotted; mii, to be); tsefyioV^^ 

 'spotted dOg' {tse, dog; fy,iv\, spotted). 

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