48 ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



The new moon is called po tsainbr' 'new moon' (po 'moon'; tsqmM 

 'new';'i'' locative and adjective-forming postfix). Its appearance 

 marks the beginning of the Tewa month. Of the slender crescent 

 is said: tfse'P' nqpoJco 'the moon is little' (tfig' littleness' 'little'; 

 T'' locative and adjective-forming postfix; 7iq, 'it'; po 'moon'; h) 

 'to lie' 'to be'). As the crescent grows fuller they say: nupr/x'^ 

 'the moon is coming' («a 'it' 'he'; po 'moon'; a:'* 'to come'). The 

 full moon is called po t'agi'' 'round moon' {po 'moon'; t'agP^ 'large' 

 'round'). Asthemoon wanes they say: nqpoms^yy 'the moon is going' 

 {7iq, 'it'; po 'moon'; jruT.ij,/ 'to go'). When the moon disappears they 

 say: ■nCipohoyf 'the moon is gone' («4 'it' 'he'; po 'moon'; hqyf 'to 

 be gone'). Why the moon has phases the Tewa do not pretend to 

 know. 



Other expressions are: hwqndl'^ po 'rainy moon' 'moon seen in 

 rainy weather' {kwqyf ' rain'; T' locative and adjective-forming post- 

 fix; po 'moon'). Of the moon on top of a cloud is said Pos^ndo^ok'u- 

 wakeice nq' 3Ry f 'Moon Old ]Man sits on a cloud' (pon^/ido, see above; 

 ^ok'uwa 'cloud'; hnve 'on top of; nq, 'it' 'he'; ^seyj' 'to sit'). Po- 

 sivdo jiqhwtna 'Moon Old Man has a ring' {Pos^ndo, see above; nq 'it' 

 'he'; ba 'ring' 'circle'; mq 'to have'). The writer learnedat Sanllde- 

 fonso that this is a sign that it will rain in three or four daj's. The 

 information was obtained at Santa Clara that if the ring is white it 

 means snow; if blue, rain; if red, wind. Mr. C. L. Linney, of the 

 United States Weather Bureau at Santa Fe, states that in this part 

 of New Mexico the lunar ring is truly a sign that it will rain in two 

 or three days. He says it is a scientific fact. The ring is seen only 

 when high clouds (cirrus or alta) are in the air. These clouds are 

 supposed to be in reality minute spicules of ice — frozen moisture sus- 

 pended in the air. 



SUN-DOG 



Tqnnuge n4fse 'under the sun it is yellow' {t'qyf 'sun'; niCii, 'un- 

 der'; ge locative; vq 'it'; ise 'to be j'ellow'). 



STAKS 



^ Ago jo 'star'. The gender is mineral. Makowa dPagojosa 'the 

 stars are in the sky' {makowa 'sky'; ^/ 'they 2+'; ''agojo 'star'; sa 'to 

 be in or at', said of 3+). 



Pueblo languages have the following words for star: Taos paqy,- 

 laenif, Islcta paJ/ylade, Piro (Bartlett) " a-hio-sa-e," Jemez wiihu, 

 Cochiti fe'i fata, Hopi sohy.. 



^ Agojo so'jo 'large star' {^agojo 'star'; so^jo ' large'). ^Agojo'e 'little 

 star' (■ agojo'' e 'star'; 'e diminutive). Pin,/' ''agojo kipo"" 'the stars 

 come out' {dijjf 'they 3-i-to me"; ''agojo 'star'; li 'light'; ^c'" causa- 

 tive). ^ Agojo dimse.yf ' the stars are marching' {'agojo 'star';^^ 'they 

 2+'; 7)1X1),/ 'to go' 'to march'). 'Agojo iniitv^k'qndi'' 'a dim star' 



