BOBBINS, HARRINGTON 

 FEEIEE-MAREECO 



] ETHNOBOTANY OP THE TEWA INDIANS 113 



LetfuQjJb (<Span. lecliuga). 



Lettuce. New Mexican Spanish lechuga. 



Motash (<Span. mostaza). 



Mustard. New Mexican Spanish mostaza. 



Ben^ndji) e., ' little musknielon ' {be}iii7icri, niuskmelon < Span. 



vrielon; '^, diminutive). 

 Cucumber. New Mexican Spanish pepino. 



Ssegohe (ssego unexplained; he, roundish fruit), originally applied 

 to a wild bulbous plant as yet unidentified. 



Papa ( < Span, papd).^ and 



Wlmp'u, 'earth swelling' {nq^t), earth ;^^'?^, swelling). 



Potato. New Mexican Spanish j;ajt)«. 



Fatelp e'-hsefyb, 'pie weed'. (<Span. ^a.^zJ^?^, pie; jf/e'Tl^S^-, weed). 

 Rhubarb. New Mexican S^^niah planta de^Mstel^ rulharho. 



Pu sspJiy, 'root hot to the taste like pepper' [pu, root; s^, 



peppery to the taste). 

 Radish. New Mexican Spanish rdbano. 



P'e'nse'bl tsqywseHij, ^ green weed^ (j/e^nsetl, weed; tsqyws^, blue, 



green). 

 Spinach. New Mexican Spanish espinaca. 



Tomate ( < New Mexican Spanish tomate). 



Ts!g()'ot'e, originally Physalis neomexicana, q. v., page 59. 



Tomato. New Mexican Spanish tomate. 



Aspadagil (< Span, esparrago). 



Asparagus. New Mexican Spanish enparrago. 



'Qygu (< Span, hongo). 



Mushroom. New Mexican Spanish Kongo. 



Introduced Forage Plant 



''Alp alp a {< Span, alfalfa). 



Alfalfa. New Mexican Spanish alfalfa. 



Introduced Fruits^ 



Any kind of introduced fruit is called he, which probably has the 

 original meaning ' round thing,' hence 'ball,' ' roundish fruit,' 'berry,' 

 and is now in its uncompounded form especially applied to the apple, 

 which is, next to the peach, the most common and the most important 

 of the fruits introduced b}' the Spaniards into the Tewa country. 



> See footnote, p. 107. 



