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Color-adjective Modifiers 



Jo^ augmentative postpound, 'veiy,' 'intensely.' Thus: 'pijo^ veiy 

 red (j?/, red; jo^ aug-mentative); nqpijoinit, 'it is very red' 

 {7\q, it; fyi^ red; jo^ augmentative; my,^ to be); pdb\ pijo'iy, 

 'intensely red flower' (jxJbi, flower; pi, ved; jo augmentative). 

 Jo can not be postjoined to any color adjective the attributive 

 form of which ends in wl. Thus it can not be added to k'u, fy,, 

 a, ho. T'ujo is the name of the "Black Mesa" north of San 

 Ildefonso pueblo, but has no other meaning. 



Ko<ii^i, 'very.' This precedes the color adjective as a separate 

 word. Thus: hoMdi nqphnu, 'it is very red' (Icodi^i, very; 

 n^, it; pi, red; my,, to be); j^obl kodidi pPiv-, 'very red flower' 

 {pdbi, flower; ko-iidi, very; pi, red). 



IIse,iva^i, 'very.' This precedes the color adjective as a separate 

 word. Thus: hs§.wag:i nqpimu, 'it is very red' {hspywaal, very; 

 nq, it; pi, red; my, to be); potl hs^wag^ piiy, 'very red flower' 

 {poVi, flower; hs^ioag^, very; pi, red). 



Piwojj, 'very,' 'too.' This precedes the color adjective as a separate 

 word. Thus: piwqy nqpimy, 'it is very red' {piivqy, ver}'; 

 71(1, it; pi, red; my, to be); poVi piwqy pi'iy, 'very red flower' 

 {/jobl, flower; jAwqy, very; pi, red). 

 Hano Tewa, ^imo, 'very.' Thus: ^imo nqtsqyws^my, 'it is very blue 

 or green' i^imo, augmentative; nq, it; tsqyxox, blue, green; i)iy, to be); 

 ^imo nqfamy, 'it is highly decorated,' 'it is variegated' {^imo, aug- 

 mentative; nq, it; t'a, variegated; fny, to be). 



He, 'somewhat,' 'slightly,' 'a little.' This precedes the color adjec- 

 tive as a separate word. Thus: he nqpimy, 'it is somewhat 

 red' (he, somewhat; nil, it; pi, red; wm, to be); poil he pi'iy, 

 'somewhat red flower' (j?obl, flower; he, somewhat; pi, red). 



