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The Christian Week 



Jadi 'time between' Siinda3-s, 'week'. Domiygu 'Sunday' is fre- 

 quently used to render ' week'. Spanish semana ' week' is rarel.y used 

 in Tewa. 



Domyjgu. 'Sunday' (<Span. domingo). Lune 'Monday' (<Span. 

 lunes). Mcuite 'Tuesday' (<Span. martes). IMedkole 'Wednesday' 

 (<Span. miercoles). Qweie 'Tiiursday' (<Span. jueves). BieJ-ne 

 'Fridaj'' (<Span. viernes). Saiadu 'Saturday' (<Span. sabado). 

 No expressions meaning 'first day', 'second day', etc., are in use. 



Day, Night, Times of Day and Night 



T'a 'day': cf. fayy 'sun'. T'aii 'day' {fa 'day'; dl ablative, 

 locative). T'a refers to the period beginning when it becomes 

 light in the morning and ending when it gets dark in the evening. 

 For a day of twenty-four hours there is no expression current in 

 Tewa. 



N(ifarsuimx7)f 'the days are getting shorter' {na 'it'; t'a 'day'; 

 tsUi 'cut short ' ; inss.Vf ' to go ') . Tfseda^°' nqt'aml ' the days are short ' 

 {tfs^Jia!°' 'short'; nq 'it'; fa 'day'; nq. 'to be'). Nifammi^yf 'the 

 days are getting longer' («(j 'it'; fa 'day'; so' large'; Tnseyf 'to go'). 

 Ilehcf.nj'umfam 'the days are long' (A^A^wyw 'long'; nq, 'it'; fa 

 'daj^'; mj. 'to be'). 



ifO/k' y,nn4 'it is dark' {n4 'it' \^'wf 'dark' ; nq. 'io be'). Nqkipowa'x'^ 

 'the light is going to come' {nq. 'it'; hi 'light'; pou^a 'to arrive'; '«'* 

 'to come'). j\^qfex'^]i.o'">'^i\\e light is already coming' 'it is beginning 

 togetlight'(«4'it'; ;;'d 'light' 'clear light'; '«'* 'to come'; Ao'^'already'). 

 Nqfenq 'it is light' 'it is clear' {ml 'it'; fe 'light' 'clear light'; nq 'to 

 be'). Nqkipo"' 'it is light' (jiq 'it'; ki 'light'; po"> 'to make'). Nqkmq 

 'it is light' {nq 'it'; ki 'light'; nq 'to be'). Wa'dUi 'the time of the 

 early morning when already light but not yet dawn or* sun-up' (of 

 obscure etymology). Xqfa)iiua;'^ 'the dawn is coming' {nq. 'it'; fama 

 'dawn'; '^'* 'to come'). NqfamunA 'it is dawn' {nq. 'it'; famu 'dawn'; 

 nq. 'to be'). 2fmvxfe 'the light of dawn' {mmoi^ 'heat-lightning'; fe 

 'light'). Nqmrnosef epo'" 'the dawn is shining' {nq 'it'; fnuwxfe as 

 above; po'"' 'to make'). Nqfampi'sR^ 'the sun is about to come up' {nq, 

 'it'; fqijf 'sun'; pi 'to issue'; '^'* 'to come'). Nqfqmpi 'the sun 

 comes up' {nq 'it'; fqi)f 'sun'; pi 'to issue' 'to come out'). T'anfe 

 'sunshine' 'sunlight' {fayf 'sun'; fe 'light'). Nqfanfe 'the sun is 

 shining' {nq. 'it'; fqrjf 'sun'; fe 'to shine'). Hed^mho"> 'early morning' 

 {lieJ^yf- 'morning'; 60'" progressive). HeJ-^ndi 'morning' 'forenoon' 

 {heJ-iijf- 'morning' 'forenoon', absolute form never used; J,i ablative, 

 locative). He-iintaQ.iMl 'morning straight up time' 'time about nine 

 or ten o'clock in the morning' {heuejjf 'morning'; tagedi -as below; cf. 

 feHtagedP). 



