58 ETHNOGEOGEAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ann. 29 



(or I'wclmpa'iwe) napopi 'springs come up in the rain' {kwqij_/ 

 'rain'; kw<p>ipo 'rain' 'rainwater' <kwq7jj' 'rain', po 'water'; 'iive 

 locative; mi 'it'; f^ 'water'; pi 'to issue'). 



A cloudburst is called I'wqm po so'qtjf ' big rain ' {hivqmpo ' rain ' ' rain 

 water' < hwqyf 'rain,' po 'water'; udojjf 'big'). 



Rainbow 



Kvnint^mhe 'rainbow' (^■wvj/;/' 'rain'; ^^f^y ' long cylindrical thing 

 or tube'; Jt? referring to" round or wheel-like shape; wagon wheel is 

 called timhe). The divinity of the rainbow is Kwqnt^mbesiiKlo ' Rain- 

 bow Old Man ' (soido ' old man '). A rainbow on top of another is 

 called hivqittimhe I'wagf'ijjj' 'rainbow on top' {lavage 'on top'; 'i?/y 

 locative and adjective-forming postfix.) Bandelier^ says: "The win- 

 ter rainbow [of Tewa symbolism] is white, the summer rainbow 

 tricolored." 



Hail 



Sakqmhe^^ 'hail' (of obscure etymology; 6<3'* seems to mean 'small 

 and round'). '' Isakqmhe o''" 'it is bailing' ('/'it'; '(/"progressive). 



Snow 



PlUf 'snow'. lj)'qnd/0'° 'it is snowing' ('*' 'it'; p'qyf 'snow'; 

 'o"" progressive). Snowball is called p qmhu.u or p'qmhe'e according 

 to its size {p>'ojjf 'snow'; huit, 'large and round'; h^e 'small and 

 round'). For 'snowy' the adjective is formed: lia p'o^n^i^^ 'snowy 

 stone' Qtu 'stone'; p'ojjf 'snow'; '/'»' locative and adjective-form- 

 ing postfix). 



HAIL-LIKE FLAKES OF SNOW 



P'qmhewe'e 'small i-ound snow' {p'qijf 'snow'; hewe 'small and 

 round'; 'e diminutive) is the name given to small flakes of snow, hard 

 like hail, which come down while it is snowing. 



RAINY SNOW 



Kvjqmpqijf 'rain snow' {kwq\]f 'rain'; 2^'oj]f 'snow'). Said of 

 snow mixed with rain. 



LITTLE HOLES IN THE SNOW 



Little holes seen in the crust of fallen snow are called j)i/o??i/>'o'e 

 (p'o??y 'snow'; jc'o 'hole'; '<? diminutive). 



' Kinal Report, pt. i, p. 311, 1890. 



