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T'yjivVir) is used especitilly when talking Tewa in the presence of 

 Mexicans, as it is feared that they will understand sqndia. 



At Santa Clara watermelons are mentioned in ritual formulas as one 

 of the principal crops. They are perhaps the favorite luxury of the 

 people^ — given as presents, and produced on festive occasions and for 

 honored guests, especially in winter. Watermelons and apples (per- 

 haps as being typically Spanish fruits) are the appropriate refresh- 

 ment when neighbors are invited for Christian prayers. At the 

 Christian rites of the Day of the Dead (November 2), apples, and 

 watermelons cut into ornamental patterns, form part of the offering in 

 the churchyard. 



Watermelons are gathered in September, just before corn harvest 

 begins. They are preserved until late in the winter by hanging them 

 from the rafters in a network of split yucca. 



Introduced Food-Plants not Generally Cultivated by the 



Tewa 



PupiHij, 'red root' {pu, base, root; pi^ red). 

 Beet. New Mexican Spanish remolaeha, hetavel. 

 A number of Tewa boys go to work in the beet fields in Colorado. 

 Pu tsse'iT), 'white root' {pu, base, root; fsse, white). 

 Sugar beet. New Mexican Spanish hetavel de azucar. 

 Turnip. New Mexican Spanish nabo. 



Pu, {sejVly, '3^ellow root' (pn,, root; fse, yellow). 

 Carrot. New Mexican Spanish zanahoria. 



Pu segVnir), 'slender root' (pu, root; segiy^ slender, narrow). 

 Parsley. New Mexican Spanish perejil. 



P'e'i'ise'bi tsse^ir), 'white weed' (p'e'ns^hi, weed; fsse, white). 

 Parsnip. New Mexican Spanish chirivia, zanahoria hlanca. 



Bedu {<SY>&n. derro). 



Water-cress. New Mexican Spanish herro. 



Kole (<Span. col). 



Cabbage. New Mexican Spanish col. 



Kolep'^lou, (<Span. coliflor). 



Cauliflower. New Mexican Spanish colifor^ col deflor {de dialec- 

 tically pronouced e). 



Sele^ii (< Eng. celery or New Mexican Span, celeri). 



^Api^{<S])B,n. apio). 



Celery. New Mexican Spanish apio. 



I^wape, ^egg fruit' {ywa, egg; pe, fruit; imitating English egg- 

 plant?). 

 Eggplant. New Mexican Spanish here-ngena. 



