III. PERIODS OF TEVIE 

 Yeak 



jPqJo 'year'; cf. pajog.e<ii '.summer'. N^s^T^ ''d^'^nfu'ke t^isi pojo 

 "'inamu 'this girl is sixteen years old' {n^ 'this'; '*"*' locative and 

 adjective-forming postfix; ''d^'^nfuke 'girl'; tB^isi ' sixteen '<^^ 'ten', 

 di 'from', s^'six'; pqjo 'year'; 'i 'she'; w^'she'; imt 'to have' 

 'to be'). 



The year began at the time of the winter solstice. The time of new 

 year was called j??ayt» tsqmb '' {pqj<i 'j^ear'; tsqmhi 'new'; '^'' locative 

 and adjective-forming postfix). 



SxH^^pqjo ' this year ' (/i^ ' this '; '*'' locative and adjective-forming 

 postfix). He pqjo 'last year' (he 'last' in this sense). NstiwPa pqjo 

 or 'owewi' a pqjo 'next year' (?i^ 'this'; wPa 'coming' 'other' 'dif- 

 ferent'; 'owe 'there'). Wije pqjo n4p'cue''-P^ 'two years ago' {wije 

 ^tyfo';pqjo ' year'; nq 'it' ; p'cue 'to pass'; 'i'*' locative and adjective- 

 forming- postfix). Wije pqjo 'twe ' in two years ' ' two years from 

 now' {wije 'two'; pqjo 'year'; Hwe 'at', 'in' in this sense). 



Seasons 



The Tewa distinguish only two seasons — ^^ummer and winter. The 

 summer {pajoge-'l, unexplained, but cf. j'^a/'o 'year') begins in the 

 spring and lasts until the fall, including the months of April, May, 

 June, July, August, and September. The winter {te^mul, unex- 

 plained) begins in the fall and lasts until the spring, including the 

 months of October, November, December, January, Februarj-, and 

 March. The Tewa speak also of ta'qyiiil ' the spring or planting time', 

 SiBd jiojeJ'i 'the harvest time', both of these words being obscure in 

 derivation and not considered to denote true seasons. Unlike the 

 • Tewa, the Jemez appear to distinguish four seasons: tqddgiu 'spring', 

 p^' 'summer', pM 'autumn', tijcil 'winter'. 



Ns^'v^ te-niul 'this winter' {n!§ 'this'; '/'* locative and adjective- 

 forming postfix; te'-mui 'winter'). JVsewPa te'niui 'next winter' 

 {nse 'this'; Wa 'other'; te'mui 'winter'). HetdnuM 'lastwinter' 

 (Jie 'last'; te'7iuJ,i 'winter'). 



All the clans of the Tewa villages belong to either the Summer or 

 the Winter phratry. The same clan, wherever it is found, alwaj's 

 belongs to the same phratry. The Summer phratry or division is 

 called Pqjog^eM'intawa 'summer people' {pqjogeui 'summer'; 'ivf 

 locative and adjective-forming postfix; toivh 'person' 'people'), 



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