HABEiNGTON] GEOGRAPHICAL TEEMS 73 



Hnqwog.e 'delta of an arroj^o' 'place down where an arroyo cuts 

 through' {hii^u + q>cog.e). 



Ilutahuhi 'dry arroyo' {hu\i + ta 'dryness' 'dry' + hu'u). 



Huhi 'large groov^e' 'arroyo' 'canada'. 



^lie locative posttix meaning 'in' 'into', referring to rest or motion 

 in or motion into hollow object(s); '*'' + te unexplained). ^Tbe is 

 also used as a noun meaning ' room of a building'. 'In' contigu- 

 ous gas, liquid or solid is expressed by ''nve. 



^Iiepiy(fe 'in the middle' ('iSe + piygc). 



'/'* is primarily a locative postfix meaning 'at', referring to place at 

 about the same level as or above the speaker. It is also postfixed 

 to adjective stems to denote gender and number. '/'* never means 

 'in.' Its forms may be tabulated as follows: 



Sing. Dual 3 + Plural 



Mineral gender '*'' ''ivf '*'" 



Vegetal gender ^ivf ^ivf '*'* 



Animal gender '«'*' ^VJf ^ivf 



When postfixed to words ending in o, o, ;/ or y, icV\ i^ivf ma}' be 

 used instead of '/'', 'Vjf. T* appears as a part of man}' other 

 postfixes, as '/5e ('f* + Se), psendi'^ {pseijy + T'). '7'*' and its 

 compounds denote place either near or remote. This can be 

 observed by comparing 't^ye ('*'*+ />//(') 'to this place' 'to that 

 plsLce^ with nsepije {nse + pije) 'to this place', hxpije 'to yonder 

 place', ''opije 'to that remote place'. The forms in ^iyf are some- 

 times elided with the preceding syllable; thus ^ Oh^yf 'San Juan 

 people' for ''Okeiyf i^Oke 'San Juan Pueblo'). 



''Ije locative postfix meaning 'at', referring to two or moi-e places of 

 about the same level as or above the speaker (T' +je unexplained). 

 At two or more places 'in' contiguous gas, liquid or solid, is also 

 expressed by ''ije. Cf. ''iwe. 



''Ijejjije 'to' 'toward', referring to two or more places of alwut the 

 same level as or above the speaker {''ije + pije). 



^Ij&ii 'from' 'out of, referring to two or more places of about the 

 same level as or above the speaker {^Ije + -li). 



''hiu ' in ' ' within ', referring to motion which takes place entirely within 

 an object, as in the sentence 'eagles soar in the sky' ('^'' + mi). 



^Iwe locative postfix meaning ' at', referring to one place but to one or 

 moi'e objects of about the same level as or above the speaker 

 ('/"' -I- we). 'In' contiguous gas, liquid or solid is also expressed 

 by ''line. Cf. '{/(?. ''Iwe is also used as '4fee is used, especially if 

 the whole of an object is not inside, e. g. of a person's hand 'in' a 

 box. 



''Iwejyije 'to' 'toward', referring to one place but to one or more ob- 

 jects of about the same level as or above the speaker ('mv + pije). 



