86 ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eih. iNN. 29 



Poipra 'water tauk' 'water reservoir' 'basin of water' {po 'water' + 

 <iwa). The artificial!}^ constructed reservoirs of ancient Tewa 

 pueblos were called thus. 



Poqwa^e ' little reservoir ' ' cistern ' (po/jwa + 'e) . 



Poqv)og.e 'delta of a stream' 'place where the water cuts through or 

 washes out ' {po ' water' + qwogi:^ . 



Poqwode 'water outlet' 'place where water cuts through or washes out 

 little by little, as at the outlet of a lake' i^po 'water' + qwoJ-e 'to cut 

 through little by little '< i^-iw 'to cut through', ./e seemingly 

 meaning 'little by little'). 



Posajen4iwe, posaje'iwe 'place of bubbling, boUing or turbulent water' 

 (po 'water' + saje, sajiyf 'to bubble' 'to boil' 'to be turbulent' 

 + Hiue). This term is applied to some hot springs and to the 

 water of the Eio Grande at Embudo Canyon [8:T5], north of San 

 Juan Pueblo. 



Pos{sy,'P^ 'stinking or stagnant water' {po 'water' + sisy. 'to stink' + 



PoM> 'high water', said of the Rio Grande when it is high {po 'water' 



+ so 'to be at flood' 'to be high'). 

 Posoge 'big river' {po 'water' + so'o 'bigness' 'big' + Q.e). This term 



is applied especially to the Rio Gi'ande. It is never applied to 



the ocean. 

 Posd'o 'big river' (pc ' water ' + so'o 'bigness' 'big'). This term is 



applied similarly to posog.e, above. 

 PosmraP^ 'warm water' 'place of warm water' (po 'water' + suwa 



'warmth' ' warm' + H''). This term is applied to hot springs. 

 Pfl/u'u 'bend of a body of water reaching into the land' 'projecting 



bend of water of a river,' literally 'water point' (po 'water' + 



J'ua). 

 Poto 'place where the water of a stream sets back' 'pool or place of 



stagnant or slowly flowing water beside a stream' {po 'water' 



+ to ""to set back'). 

 Potd'e ' small backset or pool by a stream ' {poto + ''e). 

 Potoge 'backset side of a stream' {poto + g,e). 

 Potoiyge 'place by the side of a stream where water sets back or a 



pool is formed {poto + ^i)j(/cj. 

 Poto 'drying or dry water' 'mud' (po 'water' + ?a 'dryness' 'dry' 



'to dry'). This is also used of low water in the river; opposite 



of poso ' high water.' 

 Potag.e 'place where water is drying up or has dried up' {po ' water' + 



ta 'dryness' 'dry' 'to dry' + ge). 

 Pola'i''^ 'place where water is drying up or has dried up' {po 'water' 



+ la ' dryness' ' dry' ' to dry' + 'Z'^. 



