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The shadow of a cloud is called ^ok'mva'oh'y, {^oJcuwa 'cloud'; \il'y, 

 'shadow'). 



Cloudiness is tiCt'otsiinnq. ' it is a little cloudy ' ' the sun is somewhat 

 obscured by clouds' (?i4 'it'; 'ofoa/;,/ unexplained; cf. tsqmpije, 'west' 

 and tsandi 'yesterday'; n4 'to be' postjjound). 



Rain 



"The rainy season is defined, inasmuch as it is limited to the months 

 of July, August, and September. . . . Weeks may elapse without 

 the discharge of a single shower; then again weeks ma}- luring a series 

 of thunder-storms accompanied by floods of rain. During the other 

 nine months of the year there are occasional days of i-ain, which 

 usually comes from the southeast, and lasts until the wind settles in 

 the opposite quarter. The same happens with snow-storms; the 

 southeasterly winds are their forerunners, while northwesterly cur- 

 rents bring them to a close." ' Most rains of the Tewa country come 

 from the southwest, not from the southeast as Bandehcr states.^ 



Rain is of supreme importance to the farmer in the Southwest. The 

 Tewa religion is replete with pi-actices and prayers the object of 

 which is to bring rain and insure crops. There are also special dances 

 held by the Tewa for producing rain. These are called l:wQ,nfaJ'e, 

 hwqnipafchie, or TiwiimpinqnJaM 'rain dance' 'rain-making dance' 

 'rain-power dance' {kwqyj' 'rain'; /(Mtf 'dance'; jm 'to xnakB'' ; j^inar) f 

 'magic power'). 



Rain is called l-wqijf. ^Il-uiq'ndo'" 'it is raining' ('» 'it'; kivqij,/ 

 'rain'; 'o'" progressive postpound, present). ^Ikwqnnq ' it has rained' 

 (' J ' it ' ; kwqyj' ' rain ' ; n4 verbifying postpoimd, perfect). JVq.kwqijka- 

 da^" 'it wants to rain' {nq. 'it'; hvqyf 'rain'; ^a causative; ^a''' 'to 

 want'). Kwqy/'i 'a drizzle' 'a little rain' (^-jCTi^y 'rain'; 'ediminu- 

 tive). Kwqyf hi'indi'^ 'a little rain' {kviqi)/ 'rain'; hi'yjf 'little'; 

 'z'Mocative and adjective-forming postfix). BajeM ^ikivqndu'" 'it is 

 raining much' (bajeki 'much'; '/ 'it'; hwqijf 'rain'; 'c'" progres- 

 sive, present). HPwqkwqiJf 'good rain' {hPviq 'goodness' 

 'good'; I'wqyf 'rain'). NqJcwqijiciyf 'the rain is standing', said 

 when rain is seen in the distance {7iq 'it'; hivqijf 'rain'; wiyf 'to 

 stand'). JVqkwqvwinfse 'the rain stands yellow', said when rain is 

 seen in the distance and looks yellowish (tiq, 'it'; kwqyf 'rain'; wiyy 

 'to stand'; ise 'yellowness' '}^ellow'). Nqkiaqn/x^^ 'the rain is 

 coming' («4 'it'; kwqyf 'rain'; '^'* 'to come'), fuwagi Hkwqykeynq 

 'soon it will rain' (/wwag^^ 'soon'; '/'it'; Z^/wJ^y 'rain'; ^v/wa future). 

 Ewqmpo 'rainwater' 'rain' (A;M)d/;y 'rain'; p" 'water'). Jijwd'ndiwe 



1 Bandelier, Final Report, pt. i, p. 15, 1890. 



2See Henderson, Geology and Topography of the Rio Grande Region in New Mexico, Bull. 5i, Bur. 

 Amer. Ethn. 



