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^a'a ' woman's belt'. It is also used figuratively of a belt or ."trip of 

 country. A man's belt is called s^mha-a {sejjf 'man '+&«'«). 



Bau 'ford' (<Span. vado 'ford'). 



Be 'pottery' 'vessel'. 



5e'e (1) 'small, low roundish place' 'dell' 'dale' 'small valley' 'small 

 corner ' of a space, as of a room. (2) ' of roundish ball-like shape ' 

 'ball' 'clod' 'mound'. 



Benii(}ite ' watchhouse for watching a melon field' {benu^i 'musk- 

 melon' + te). 



^epuk'aie 'potsherd' {he ' pottery '-i-/)w 'base'+Z,-'«5e 'to break'). 



Bc'su 'chimney' 'fireplace connected with a chimney' (apparently be'e 

 (1) or be'e {2)+su 'arrow'). 



Besu_p'o 'hole or opening of a chimney' (besu+j/o). 



B^rjf 'little bend'. 



Bvjfh.xl!u 'arroyo the course of which bends at short intervals' (1)^']^+ 



Bi- 'small and roundish". 



Bige 'sharp bend' (bi- +g.e). 



^Ui 'small roundish pile, grove, clump, hill or mound'. 



Bold, ' mouth of a canj^on ' ( < Span, boca ' mouth ' ' mouth of a canyon "). 



Bodi ' large roundish pile, grove, clump, hill or mound'. 



Buia 'dry dell' (bu'u (!)+?« 'dryness' 'dry'). 



Bu'ii (1) large roundish low place' 'dell' 'dale' 'valley' 'bottom' (in the 



sense of 'low dell') 'large corner of a space' 'courtyard' 'plaza' 



'placita' 'settlement surrounding a plaza' 'settlement' 'town' 



'city'. (2) 'of large roundish ball-like shajDe' 'large ball' 'large 



mound'. See diagram 1, p. 30.5. 

 Bmvate 'oven' (bmra 'bread' + te). 

 B^ijf 'large bend' 'large turn of a waterway'. 

 By.yj'hu^u 'arroyo the course of which makes large turns at intervals' 



iWf + ^ w' w) • 

 Dep'o 'coyote's den' {de 'coyote' + p^o). 

 Dejjf ' small point' 'small conical point'. 

 Dy,rjf 'large point' 'large conical point'. 

 '^ ' ofl'spring ' 'child', also used as the diminutive postpound. The 



tone in the singular is falling, in the 2 + jjlural it is rising-falling. 



When meaning 'offspring' 'child' two plural forms are in use: 'e 



and ''en.fse. 

 ''Ekwela 'school' (<Span. escuela 'school'). 

 '' Ekwelateqvxi 'schoolhouse' (Jehoela+ teqwa). 

 '' EA 'threshing floor' (<Spau. era 'threshing floor'). 

 ''Etap^eta ' post office ' ( < Span, estaf eta ' post office ') . 

 ''Etastqn 'railway station' (<Span. estacion 'railway station'). 

 "'Etiqia 'stove' (<Span. estufa 'stove'). 



