''""f^^'^,'r?„'*;fi^l^'"™^''l ETIINOBOTANY OF THE TEWA INDIANS 99 



I' REIUE-MARRECO J 



The women of the Corn clan at Hano have the right to give personal 

 names referring to corn and all kinds of vegetal food, as — 

 7/y,Iu)i fit'yiy, 'yellow corn.' i\[. and F. 

 k'ulum priy, 'red corn.' F. 

 k'ulunisfe,, 'white corn,' F. 

 i^'uZ'^miS^Ji^, 'bluish- white corn.' F. 

 k'ulliifc', 'little corn,' alluding to the forced corn-plants distributed 



at the Water Snake performance. M. 

 jele, the old name for a dwarf corn which the old people had. 

 J;'^«^>^^, 'dwarf corn.' F. 

 lcy,luhioi, 'corn tied,'? alluding to ears of corn taken to the estufa 



at the Winter Solstice. M. 

 ■ V ^ly,m.puy a) a, 'corn at the bottom of the stack' {pu^ base; j'/a'a, 



spread on the ground). M. 

 I-'^?i^//'« 'dressed corn.' (Hopi, ^2^imi.) M. 

 po'se.lc^illiij^ 'old-time corn,' alluding to the l''yJurfa. M. and F. 

 tschjwsenele^'i 'blue (or green) standing alone.' M. 

 I'alatsay, ^ QQW lea.i.'' F. 

 kalatsd7jwce, 'green leaf.'' F. 

 A'alatiti, 'leaf quivering.' M. 

 ssel^pllifsqij, 'new red corn-silk.' F. 

 M'*WZe, 'tassel alone.' M. 

 kdtu^ 'pollen.' F. 

 hltutsqyiox^ 'green pollen.' F. 

 ssep&ie^ 'corn-smut.' F. 

 ¥s^nsa, 'corn-meal put up.' M. 

 taniall, a cooked food (<Span. t(imale). M. 

 ^a?/;^'*, 'dough of parched sweet corn.' F, 

 laowanusege^ 'bread of unripe corn.' F. 

 ''akqniscjiy, 'yellow held.' F. 

 Xo?!6«^(;j, 'planting divided, cut.' M. 

 ■pci^'^Jbeko^ 'early planting.' M. 

 m^ifo^ 'sack.' M. 

 ^''(yVmit^'o, 'seed bag.' M. 



polontm)]^ 'new road,' alluding to a ritual line of corn-meal. F. 

 (^<?/^;;^mw, 'yellow pod.' M. 

 sannia, 'watermelon' (<Span. san.d)xi). M. 

 suVsigi^ ''m.mV {Monardamenthdef olio). M. 

 yg;;?^?^^^, 'peach flower.' F. 



Tu. 



? . Bean. New Mexican Spanish ^/r/;V>/'. 



Beans (Span, frijoles^ hahas) were cultivated b}' the Rio Grande 

 Pueblos at the time of the discovery. Castano de Sosa (1590) notes 

 that they were of several colors, "el maiz hera de muchas colores e lo 

 propio es el frisol," possibly alluding to distinct varieties. . 



