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Qwa-, qwi- 'line', in the compounds qira-il^ qiDijii. 



Qioa'awe 'surface of a wall' ' wall of a building' 'housewall' {qvM as 

 in qwap'i+\iwe unexplained). Cf. qwap'i, tepa, and iep'i. 



Qwakwage 'a mesa that resembles a pueblo houserow' {qwa+himtgi/). 



Qwaice, qwalce^ii 'upstairs' 'second story' 'upper stories' {qwa.+lce; 

 m). 



Qwap'i ' small, low housewall,' apparently used as diminutive of 

 qvjd'awe (qwa as in qwa'mffe+p'i as in tej/i, possibly identical with 

 ^/^ in /)'i^i 'narrowness' 'narrow'). Qivap'i is employed espe- 

 cially to designate the low pai'apet which runs around the flat 

 roofs of Tewa adobe houses. Cf. qtvn'aice, tej>a, and ii^'i. 



Qwapo ' window hole, through which people did not pass, in the wall 

 or roof of a building' {(pi^a. (l)+^/o). These holes were sometimes 

 closed by Pueblo Indians in ancient times by means of slabs of 

 selenite or mica or by stretching cornhusk. Cf. qxnapoJ-i. 



Qwap'oM ' window of the modern sort, fitted with panes of glass, and 

 capable of bemg opened'. Distinguished from the ancient y?<w/>'o 

 by their resemblance to doors (<]wa-^ poM). Cf. qtoap'o. 



Qwcui 'large long line' (r/wa- + m). Augmentative of q-wUL See 

 w(Ui, the San Juan form of the word. 



Qwasy, 'row of houses' 'houserow or side of a pueblo' (qwa + sy, 

 unexplained). 



QwaTsPi ' street ', as in Indian pueblos or Mexican or American settle- 

 ments {qwa + fsCi). 



Qwawi'i 'gap or passageway between houserows of a pueblo' 

 (qwa + wPi). 



QwawUi 'end of a houserow' {qwa + wl-ii). 



QwawiisPi 'street-like gap or passageway between houserows of a 

 pueblo' {qwa + wPi + ts'Pi). 



Qwi 'fiber' 'line'. Ci.qwaM^ qwiii. 



QwUi 'small slender line' {qwi- + •li). Diminutive of qwa.ii. See 

 wiM, the San Juan form of the word. 



Qwoge 'delta' 'place down where an arroyo or water cuts through, 

 breaks' through, or washes out' {qwo 'to cut through' + g.e). 



Qw(U6 'outlet of a lake or body of water' {qwo 'to cut through' 'to 

 break forth' +.<f). Cf. lulqwoJie. 



ipe is postfixed to many verb roots and denotes either continuous 

 or intermittent action. Cf. se 'to push' and se-iie 'to push in little 

 jerks'; qioo 'to cut through' and q^im^ie 'to cut through con- 

 tinually', as water through the outlet of a lake. 



2f i ' from.' The ablative meaning often goes over into almost locative 

 meaning. }fi and its compounds mean merely ' from' and denote 

 nothing as to destination; p'<ri)'Je, p'o'mpije mean 'from', in a 

 direction to or toward the speaker. 



