S^^?p^"l;f,™r™'''l ETHNOBOTANY OF THE TEWA INDIANS 31 



Pin4h {K&no Tewa, pinth)^ 'spotted' (< New Mexican Span, 'pinto). 



Meaning and use are the same as those of t'y,. Thus: Uej^iniUC'i;^^ 



'spotted dog' (^-^^^ J dog; pin^u, spotted). 

 QioaJ^, qwiA (Hano Tewa, Icwsels^), ' line,' qwaA referring to a broad 



line and qwUl to a narrow line. 



Color Adjectives 



"fsse, 'white,' 'whiteness.' Thus: nqtssemu^ 'it is white' {na^ it; fsse, 

 white; mii, to be); poVi isse^iy^ 'white flower' {poil, flower; fsse, 

 white). 



P'^y, 'black,' 'blackness.' Thus: nq-p^ennny,, 'it is black' {nq, it; 2^'^V'> 

 black; inu, to he);potlp'^n'iy, 'black flower' (poil, flower; j/^y, 

 black) . 



Pi (Hano Tewa, p^ill)^ 'red,' 'redness.' Thus: nqph/iu, 'it is red' 

 (ng, it; pi, red; my,, to be); p<M pi^iy, 'red flower' {potl, flower; 

 pi, red). 



Tse, 'yellow,' 'yellowness.' The attributive forms are fstjV^, fsejlHy. 

 Thus: nqtsemu, 'it is yellow ' {nq, it; fse, yellow; mu, to be); j)oVi 

 tsejViy, 'yellow flower' {jxJbi, flower; tseji, yellow). 



Ts^ywse, 'blue,' 'blueness,' 'green,' 'greenness.' In tsqywse,, 'hot,' 

 the second syllable is lower than the first. Tsqywse, is applied 

 to the sky, vegetation, unripe fruit, blue or green stones, 

 turquoise, etc. Thus: nqtsqywse,mii, 'it is blue or green' {nq, it; 

 tsqywse,,h\viQ or green; my^to be); potl tsdywse,Hy, 'blue or green 

 flower' (pdbl, flower; tsqywx, blue or green). 



Posiwi, 'watery green,' 'watery greenness' {po, water; si, ? to stink; 

 w%, miexplained. Cf. Posi, Ojo Caliente). Posiwi is applied to 

 water of greenish appearance, as that of the mineral spring at Ojo 

 Caliente, Taos county. New Mexico; also to cloth and paint of 

 similar color. Thus: nqposiwimy, 'it is watery green' {nq, it; 

 posiwi, watery green; tnu, to be); po posiwVi'\ 'greenish water' 

 {po, water; posiwi, watery green). 



^A, 'brown,' 'brownness.' The attributive' form is '(]?w. Thus: 

 nq'qmy,, 'it is brown' {^m, it; 'a, brown; my, to be); jt^oSl 

 ^qwViy, 'brown flower' {poil, flower; ^qwl, brown). 



lib, 'gray,' 'grayness.' The attributive form is /toiv). Thus: 

 nqhomy, 'it is gray' {nq, it;,^ ho, gray; my, to be); pdb\ howtiy, 

 'gray flower' (potl, flower; howt, gray). 

 Hano Tewa ^o^jti, 'glimmering,' 'grajash;' ''olcjutse, 'graj^isli j^el- 



lowness,' was used, for instance, in referring to the fir tree. 



Tss^to, 'buff,' 'buffness.' The attributive form is the same. Thus: 

 nqisseto'Tny 'it is buff'' {nq, it; tsseto, buff'; my, to be); jmM, 

 tssRto^iy, 'buff flower' {poh), flower; tsseto, buff). 



