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vult'qmp'i'ie.'s 'the sun rises', lit. 'the sun tomes out' (na 'it' 'he'; t'qi]f 

 'sun'; pi 'to come out' 'to go out' 'to issue'; '«'* 'to come'). Nql-wa- 

 jemsETjf 'it goes high' {n(j, 'it' 'he'; kwaje 'height' 'high' 'on top'; 

 mierjf 'to go'). Nqtsiuiemstrj f 'it sets', lit. 'it enters' {nq, 'it' 'he'; tsiue 

 'to enter'; nixyf 'to go'). 



Of the winter solstice is said: t'^qn nqwiijf or nqt' qyv^iy f 'the sun 

 stands still' {t'quf 'sun'; nil 'it' 'he'; loiyf 'to stand'). The conception 

 is that the sun rises at the same place for a number of days. (Cf. the 

 etymology of "solstice". ) The winter solstice marks the beginning of the 

 year (jmJo), which is then called j/qjo tsqmhP^ 'new j'ear' {2>ljc 'j'ear'; 

 tsqi/tbp^ 'new'). Of the time following the winter solstice, when the 

 sun rises a little farther south each day, the Tewa say t'qnf ^ik'qdihqijf 

 {t'qijf 'sun'; '* 'it'; h'q^i.1 said to indicate motion in steps or grades; 

 hqrif 'to go away'); also: fan nx^s^^ 'the sun is coming' (t'qijf 

 'sun'; nd 'it' 'he'; ^'* 'to come'). The summer solstice is called 

 t'qn, nqt'a or nqVqnfa 'the sun lives' {t'qijf 'sun'; nq, 'it' 'he'; t'a 'to 

 live'). When the sun rises a little farther north each day the Tewa 

 say: t'qnf ■t'k'q.itmq'- {t'qijf 'sun'; '«' 'It'; ¥qM said to indic^ate motion 

 in steps or grades; w^g's said to indicate the direction). Also: t'qn 

 nqnixyf 'the sun is going' {t'qyf 'sun'; nq. 'it'; meeyf 'to go'). When 

 the sun runs low, as in the period about the winter solstice, it is said: 

 fqnf X'Vi/etage nqji'' 'the sun moves low' (t'qyf 'sun'; ''qij^etage 'low' 

 'on the lower part of a slope' <'<lyf 'foot'; g6' locative; te'a 'gentle 

 slope'; nq 'it' 'he'; jT' 'to move' 'to go about'). When the sun runs 

 high, as in summer, it is said: t'qn hwaje iiqji^' 'the sun moves high' 

 {t'qi)f 'sun'; hwaje 'height' 'high' 'on top'; nq 'it' 'he';^T' 'to move' 

 'to move about'). 



The Tewa have no designation for the equinoxes and say that these 

 are not recognized. 



The calendar is determined by noticing the point at which the sun 

 rises. This is done by sighting along race-courses, hills, or merely 

 marking the rising place on the outline of the eastern mountains. At 

 Santa Clara the sun appears always to rise at different points in the 

 great gap in the Santa Fe Range known as Wijo [22:29]. Who does the 

 determining of the rising place and just how it is done remain to be 

 learned. The Tewa believe that the sun has a house in the east, and 

 has a wife. The father of the War Gods, according to Tewa ye,v- 

 sions, is ^ Ok'uwapi 'red cloud' i^oh'uwa 'cloud'; ^i ' red'), who lives 

 on top of Sandia Mountain [29:83], and not the Sun. 



The spots on the moon are said to be his clothing: Pos^n^dbi 'a ' the 

 Moon Old Man's clothing' {pos^ndo, see above; ii possessive; '« 'cloth 

 'clothing'). 



The terms applied to the rising and setting of the sun are also 

 applied to the moon. 



