54 ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ann.29 



Steam, Vapor 



'' OV\r)f 'steam' 'vapor'. The trails of the Sun and the Moon are 

 said to consist of vapor. See Sun and Moon. 



Ewii\ili' iy f 'rain vapor' {I'lca 'rain'; ''oJ/iijf 'vapor'). This is 

 applied to vapor or steam sometimes seen rising from the ground after 

 a rain. 



Mist, Fog 



Soiol'uwa 'mist' 'fog' (unexplained, cf. ^oFuwa 'cloud'), ^"q- 

 sdboh\iwana 'it is misty' {na 'it'; sdbok''uwa,a,s above; wd postpound). 

 JVqsoio^'uwajM 'the mist is coming out' (?;c' 'it'; sdbok\nna as above; 

 pi 'to issue'). ]Vqfioiol''mval'o 'the mist is out'(«(] 'it'; soiok'inva, as 

 above; h) 'to, lie'). Sometimes the mist comes strangely thick and 

 white. This is called KotoJi'uwa fsselca't^ ' thick white mist' {■w'bok'ifvja, 

 as above; fsse. 'whiteness' 'white'; ha 'thickness' 'thick'; 'r' locative 

 and adjective-forming postfix). 



Mist is rare in the Tewa country, but sometimes there are two or 

 three days of continuous mist. Mist is recognized by the Tewa as 

 being merely a cloud on the surface of the earth. It is often seen 

 rising from the river at nightfall in winter. 



Dew 



Pose 'dew' (po 'water'; se unexplained). ''Tposejemude'^ 'the dew is 

 falling' ('/ 'it'; pose 'dew'; jemu 'to fall', said of 3+, here used with 

 sing, of min. gender; de'''^ jjrcsent). 



Frost, Hoarfrost 



Tsx2)i 'white comes out' {tsx 'whiteness' 'white'; pi 'to issue'). 

 JV(itssepin4 'it is (hoar-) frosty' (nq 'it'; tssepi, as above; nd 'to be'). 



' OJegi is a peculiar sort of light frost with long spicules, seen espe- 

 ciallj' on the surface of snow when after a snowstorm a cold wind 

 comes from the northeast. Small spicules of ice come down as a mist, 

 and even fall in such quantity that they can be scooped up by 

 the handful where they have fallen as powder on top of the snow. 

 It is also called p^oy/ojeQi {p'oijf 'snow'). According to Mr. C. L. 

 Linne}', of the Weather Service at Santa Fe, ^ojeg.i is not hoarfrost — 

 there is no popular English name for it. Ifq^ojegiml 'the ground is 

 covered with this kind of frost' («« 'it'; ^ojegi, see above; ixl 'to be'). 



Clouds 



' OFuwa is applied to any kind of cloud. It is distinguished from 

 ^dk'imn 'spirit' 'cachina' bj' having its first syllable short; it is doubt- 

 less connected etymologically with the latter word. Cf. also so'toFuu-a 

 'mist'. "Words meaning 'cloud' in other Pueblo languages are: Jemez 

 wdhaf, Cochiti hx naie, Hopi (Oraibi) oi/nmy,. 



