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Pota'iwe 'place where water has dried up or is drying up' {po 'water' 



+ la 'dryness' 'dry' 'to dry' + ^iioe). 

 Potsa 'marsh' 'swamp' ' marshy meadow ', in Span, cieuega. Potsi 



'mud' is the diminutive form {po 'water' + tsa, which is said to 



be identical with foa ' to cut through' 'to cut across the grain', 



because water cuts or oozes through land in making a marsh, but 



this may be only a popular etymology). Cf. poisi. 

 Potmge ' marsh' {potsa + ge). 

 PotsaV ^ntotoHwe 'miry place', as in a marsh where persons or stock 



smk into the mud {potsa + k'^nto ' to sink in ' + to ' to be apt to ' + 



''iwe). 

 PotsapojaJe 'laud in a marsh or swamp' {potsa + pojoJ-e). 

 Potsqyw^^ P^ 'hot water' 'hot water place' {po 'water' + jsgj^w^ 



'hotness' 'hot' + '^''0- This term is applied to hot springs. 

 Potsi ' unkneaded and unworkable mud' 'nasty mud' 'puddly mud' 



'mud' 'muddy place' {po 'water' + tsi diminutive of the isa 



which appears in potsa). Cf. 7iqpo. 

 Potsihe'e 'muddy dell' {potsi + he's [1]). 

 Potsihu^u 'muddy dell' {potsi + hu-u [1]). 

 Potsige 'muddy place' {potsi + g.e). 

 Potsihii'u ' arroyo with muddy places in it ', as for instan(;e Tesuque 



Creek [26:1] {potsi + hu'u). 

 Pofew^em^w^iWplace where the water sinks into the earth' {po 'water' 



+ tsuM 'to enter '+wi^?;y 'to go' + ''iwe). 

 Pofsig.e 'canyon in which water is or runs' {po 'water' + fsi'i + gt). 

 Potsii 'canyon with water in it' {po 'water' + fsPi). 

 Powe 'river' 'creek' {po 'water' + we). Used only in the Namb^ dia- 

 lect. 

 PoijoVi 'gap through which a trail or road passes' {po 'trail' 'road' + 



wPi). 

 Powqndiwe 'confluence' of two streams {po 'water' + toqrjf 'to come 



down' + ''iioe). 

 P'ahe'e 'hearth' 'stove', literally 'fire corner' {p'a 'fire' + he'e [1]). 

 F'abug.e 'hearth' (jui 'fire' + biPu (1) + g.e). 

 Fahiiu 'hearth' {j/a 'fire' + 6w'm. [1]). 

 P'ahewe 'heai'th' {pa 'fire' + he'e + we). 

 Fq'mpije 'hither from' {p'(l''vf-+ pije)- P(Vmpije means 'from 



hither toward speaker'; ^i'and its compounds mean merely 'from' 



and denote nothing as to destination. 

 P'q'ijge 'hither from' {p>''q^Vf-+Q-e)- P'fVvQe means 'from hither to 



speaker'; M and its compounds mean merely 'from' and denote 



nothing as to destination. 

 P'q'ijj', in p'q'mpije, p'q'ijge. 

 Fe 'stick' 'timber' 'log' 'wood' 'plant'. 

 Pek'a 'wooden corral or fence' {p'e + Fa). 



