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Wild walnuts used to be gathered by the Tewa when they hunted 

 buffalo in the Arkansas River valley. Walnuts are still called kq^^nto, 

 but more frequently merely to. 



Imported Nuts 

 To, 'nut.' 



^Almend-ta (<Span. almendrd). 

 Almond. New Mexican Spanish almendra. 

 Almonds are usuall}^ called ?^>, 'nuts.' 



Kolv (<Span. coco). 



Coconut. New Mexican Spanish coco. 



To, 'nut." 



Medil'anldo, 'American nut' {ineJihanU, American < Span. Ameri- 

 cano; to, piiion nut, nut). 

 Ehkawate (<Span. caaihuatc). 

 Peanut. New Mexican Spanish cacaJiuate. 

 Peanuts are usually called simply to, 'nuts.' Sometimes they are 

 called inedih:muto, 'American nuts' {ineMhanu, American < Span. 

 Aiiiericano; to, pinon nut, nut). The Jemez regularly call peanuts 

 'beliganiddf, 'American pinon nuts' (beliganu, American < Span. 

 Amerkano; taf, piiion nut, nut). The Franciscan Fathers report that 

 the Navaho call peanuts "American pinon nuts."^ 



In 1911 a man at Santa Clara raised peanuts, to the surprise of his 

 neighbors. 



FOREIGN PLANTS KNOWN ONLY AS COMMERCIAL TRODUCTS 



Kap'e (<Span. cafe). 



Pop'ey, "black water' {po, water; j^'^V-, black, blackness). 



Coffee. New Mexican Spanish cafe. 

 Coffee is drunk with every meal by all wno can afford it; tea is sel- 

 dom used except in sickness; but at Hano tea is drunk almost as 

 much as cofi^ee. 



Te (<Span. te). 



Tea. New Mexican Spanish te. 



' Ule (<Span. Tiule). 



Tx'^y, 'stretch}' stuff' {tse, stretchy, to stretch). 

 . Rubber. New Mexican Spanish hule. 

 Rubber tree would be called \ile, ''ulep'e, ' rubber plant' i^ide, rubber, 

 <Span. }ade\ pe, stick, plant), or ^«'/'* p'e, 'stretchy stuff plant 

 {ts^''V\ stretchy stuff; jr/t, stick, plant). 



I The Franciscan Fathers, An Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language, St. Michaels, Arizona, 

 1910, p. 193. 



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