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



There is no Tewa name for 'thunderstorm-, although such storms 

 are xevy frequent in summer. The Tewa speak merely of kwqtq, 

 'thunder' and Tcwqyf ' rain'. 



' ' ELe at-lightning" 



Mij,ws[ 'heat-lightning' 'light of dawn which resembles heat-light- 

 ning' 'northern lights' 'brightness,' said of starlight (of obscure 

 etj'mology). JVqm\iwsetfa. 'the heat-lightning leaps up' {n<i 'it'; 

 m]iwse 'heat-lightuing'; tfa 'to leap'). ^Imii,wsed&' 'it is light- 

 ning with heat-lightning' ('i 'it'; muwsg. as above; ^e'^ present). 

 N(i.mij,iv^po'° 'it is lightning with heat-lightning' {nq, 'it'; my-wse &s 

 above; po'" verbifj-iug postpound). 3Iy,wse- appears in a number of 

 personal names. 



MiEAGE 



Nqpoktnvagl nqto or nqpokowagi 'imtf'qyj' 'it resembles water Iving' 

 (wy 'it'; 2^ 'water'; ho 'to lie'; wag.i ^ like' ; ■nq.''iV; to 'to resemble'; 

 ^Uyy 'it'; tj'tnjf 'to appear to one'). 



Echo 



jVqioio 'it echoes' (?«! 'it'; ioio 'to echo'). 



