76 ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OP THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ANN.29 



Kwseku^itequMiH'^ 'Mexican settlement' {Kwseku, cf. JiMSt,ky,ijf 'iron', 

 'Mexican' + Si possessive + tcqica +' *''). 



Kios^lcyhu'u 'Mexican placita' ' Mexican plaza ' 'Mexican settlement' 

 {KwxTcy, 'Mexican' + hii'u). 



Jijvs^kiimpo 'railroad' {kwxky.ijf 'iron' 'metal', cf. TcwxTcu 'Mexican' 

 + ^ivfi vegetal gender oi'i'*f). This term is frequenth' used for 

 railroad train, ttius: Jvicsehitm po nilmxyf ' the train is going,' lit- 

 erally 'iron road goes' {nq, 'it' + ms^yf 'to go'). 



KioBekiimpokop e 'railroad bridge' {<hvs^hj,mpo + l-op'e). 



Ewxdi 'winter person 'member of winter plu-atry' (unexplained.) 



KwseMte'e 'winter people's estufa' (kwsedi 'winter person' +<e'c)- 

 Synonyms: tenudi ' intowabite' e, pimpije 'iniowaiite'e, pote^e. 



Kirijekwio 'irrigating ditch' {hwije 'to iri'igate' + kwi^o). 



IlwPo 'irrigation ditch' 'ditch'. The Tewa made extensive use of 

 irrigation by means of ditches, in pre-European times. Ditch- 

 work is now done by the men. In olden times it was done by 

 men and women working together and the implements used were 

 narrow shovel-shaped digging-sticks. Ditehwork is still, as 

 formerly, conuuunal and compulsory. 



Kwi'ojtja 'main ditch', literally ' mother ditch ' (Zwi'ti +j; //a 'mother'). 

 The corresponding term in New Mexican Span, is acequia madre, 

 of which the Tewa name is prolmbly a translation. 



Kw€opo "irrigation ditch water' 'water from an irrigation ditch' 

 {kwPo + po 'water'). 



Ka 'denseness' 'dense' 'thicket' 'forest'. The word refers to any 

 thick growth of vegetal matter. 



Kahodi 'grove' 'clump-shaped thicket' Qca + ho-ii). 



KubiPu 'grove' [hi + biPti). 



Kasuge 'big forest' 'grove' (ka + so'o 'largeness' 'large' + g[e). 



Ke 'point' projecting more or less vertically, 'projecting corner' as 

 of a table, 'sharp point' as a cactus thorn. 



Ke ' neck ' of man or lower animal. The tone of the word is distinct 

 from that of Ice ' point. ' 



Kedug.i 'large pointed peak' {Jce + 4ugi 'largeness and pointedness' 



^ 'large and pointed'). 



Keg.e 'edge' (ke 'neck' + g.e). This is perhaps the commonest word 



meaning 'edge' of a cliff, 'shore' of a lake, 'bank' or 'edge' of 



a river, etc. 

 jE&^e 'dipper' 'ladle' (of obscure etymology). 

 Ec'/i 'on top' of an upward-pi'ojecting pointed object {I'e 'point' + 



.li). The term seems to refer to an edge at the top of an up\vard- 



projecting more or less sharp object. 

 Ke.i'iplje 'to the summit" QcimI+ pije). 

 Kewe 'on top' of an upward-projecting pointed object, 'point' 'peak' 



'dome' (^'f! 'point' + we). The term seems also to be used with 



