II. METEOROLOGY 



Fair ^Veather 



Kijag.iiq7}nq 'it is fair weather' (oi: obscure etyraologj': ^-/appar- 

 ently 'light' 'bright'; nq 'to be'). 



Ice 



'(T/i 'ice'. ''Ojl tsQVWse-i'' 'green or blue ice' Co/i 'ice'; tsdrjtvse 

 'greenness' 'green' 'blueness' 'blue'; 'i'' locative and adjective- 

 forming postfix). 'Ojl p'e'tidP' 'black ice' {^oji 'ice'; p\yf 'black- 

 ness' 'black'; T' locative and adjective-forming postfix). 'Black ice' 

 is found the year round on the east side of Truchas Peak [22:13], q. v. 



Ponq,\>ji 'the water is frozen' {po 'water;' nq, 'it'; ''oji 'ice' 'to 

 freeze'). JVq'ojiJuwa 'the ice is melted' {nq 'it': 'oji 'ice'; juiva 

 'to melt'). 



Icicle is called 'ojisat^ijj' 'long slender form in which the ice lies' 

 {'ojl 'ice'; sa 'to be in or at', said of 3+, here used with sing, of min. 

 gender; tv)J' 'tube' 'thing of long slender form'). 



Glacier 



There is no special term for 'glacier.' The Indians would say 

 merely 'oji nqico 'ice lies' i'oji 'ice'; nq 'it': ho 'to lie'). 



Heat, Cold 



jVqsmoa 'it is warm' {nq '■'it'; suwa 'to be warm'). Said of the 

 weather and of objects. JVdisdywse 'it is hot' {nq. 'it'; tsqtjwse 'to be 

 hot'). Said of the weather and of objects. JVijii 'it is cold' 'it is 

 cool' {)id 'it'; ii ''to be cold'). Said of the weather only. Ho' alii' jo 

 niiti 'it is very cold' {ho'ahi'jo 'very'; nq 'it'; ti 'to be cold'). Said 

 of the weather only. JVq'ok'aui 'it is cold' {nq 'it'; 'ok' adi ^ to be 

 cold"). Said of objects only. 



The winter is cold in the Tewa country-, and in the summer the 

 temperature rarely rises above 90° F. 



Smoke 



'Iiiyx ' smoke '. Tobacco is smoked in connection with ceremonies, 

 the smoke symbolizing clouds. 



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