68 ETHNOGEOGEAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. anx. 29 



Tage 'straight up ', referring to tlie sun, ' noon' (cf. taje 'straight', 

 not crooked or bent). Tage^ii 'noon' ifag.e as above; di ablative, loca- 

 tive). T'an tag.eJ'i nqriq, 'the sun is at noon' {t'qyf 'sun'; tag&ii 

 'noon'; tiq, 'it'; nq, 'to be'). MUag.ejM'"' 'it makes straight up' 'it is 

 noon' {nq, 'it'; tage as above; po'° 'to make'), fuwagi nqtag.ejyo'"' 

 'noon comes very soon' {fawagi 'soon'; nqiagejjo^" as above). 

 JSfqtageulp'aJe 'noon is passed' {nq 'it'; tage.ii 'noon'; j^V/^^? 'to 

 pass'). Tagedip cueJ,i 'afternoon' ifage-ii 'noon'; pwie 'to pass'; di 

 ablative, locative). T'eHtage-ii 'evening straight up time' 'time 

 about two or three o'clock in the afternoon' {feH 'evening'; tagedi as 

 above). T'e'ul 'evening' (^'e'^i 'evening', absolute form never used; 

 di ablative, locative). Nxigepije nqt'ammxijf 'the sun is declining' 

 {nuge 'down' 'below' <niC\i 'below', ge locative; pije 'toward'; nq 

 'it'; t'qrif 'sun'; rnxrjf 'to go'). JVqHvj' 'it is twilight' {nq 'it'; 

 Hyj' 'to be twilight"). Kindl 'twilight' {Hyf 'to be twilight'; di 

 ablative, locative). Nqk'ipnpo'"' 'it gets dark' {nq 'it'; liy,r)f 'dark'; 

 ^0° 'to make'). Nqk'y,yf 'it is dark' 'it is night' {na 'it'; H'^.irjf 

 'to be dark'). NqMy,nnq 'it is dark' {nq 'it'; Fi^yf 'dark'; 7iq 'to 

 be'). ICydi 'night', especially used meaning 'last night' (Z'"?/, con- 

 nected with ¥y.7j,f 'to be dark'; di ablative, locative). K'y.didi 

 'night' (Ji'tiM as above; di ablative, locative). 



iV^i!'a 'to-day' («a 'this'; t' a 'day'). E'tidi 'last night', see 

 above. Tsq'ndi Jc'iidi 'last night' {fKq'ndi 'yesterday'; k'y,di as 

 above). Tsq^ndi''yesi^rda,j' {f.sqtjj', cf. tsqmpije 'west' and nn'otsqnn^ 

 'it is a little cloudy'; di ablative, locative). Tschnpseijge 'day before 

 yesterday' {tsqyf, as above; ppRyge 'beyond'). T'a^ndi 'to-morrow' 

 {far)f 'sun'; di ablative, locative). T'a'ndihc'itndi- 'to-morrow 

 morning' {fa^ndi 'to-morrow'; h&iejidi 'morning'). T'a'inpseijge 

 ' day after to-morrow ' {t'mjf, as above; ps^yge ' beyond '). 



Hours, Minutes, Seconds 



'Odii 'hour' (<Span. hora). Minutu 'minute' (<Span. minuto). 

 z&gzm^w 'second' (<Span. segundo). Wefiedijonu. ''oda %m, "day" 

 'twenty-four hours make a "day"' {wetc^dijonu 'twenty-four'; ''oda 

 'hour'; wi 'one'). Se.ginta^'^ minutu wi ^oda 'sixty minutes make an 

 hour' {segints^'^ 'sixty'; minutu 'minute'; ivi 'one'; 'oda 'hour'). 

 Segintx'^ segunduwi minutu 'sixty seconds make a minvite' {segintse'^ 

 'sixty'; .wgundu 'second'; wi 'one'; minutu 'minute'). 



Clock or watch is called fqnta 'sun measure' {t'qyf 'sun'; ta 

 'measure'), or fqm2>y,vwse. 'sun for looking at' {t'qijf ^ sun'; piiijw^ 

 'to look at'). G^mv^ii 'iimbi t'ampiiywie 'look at your watch!' {gse 

 'you 1' imperative; ?«.«.**' 'to look'; 'y,mbi ''youv'; t'qmpuyws^ 'watch'). 



'Ihedi 'o'clock' (said to mean something like 'long being' — cf. henfi 

 'long' — di ablative, locative; the 'i is unexplained). Tse 'ihe.ii 'y'^'* 

 'you will come at seven o'clock' {tse 'seven'; 'ihedi, as above; '■ji 'j'ou'; 

 'as'* 'to come'^. 



