HARRINGTON] PLACE-NAMES 141 



Two pueblo ruius are shown on the sheet. These two seem to be 

 the only ruins in this area which are known to the San Juan people. 

 They are claimed by the Tewa, who have definite traditions that they 

 were built and occupied by their ancestors. 



[4:1] (1) PPqpiij,/, Ppqkivaje, PPupyjhvr/J,) 'light-reddishness moun- 

 tains' ' light-reddishness heights', referring to tiie color of the 

 mountains {pPq old absolute form of pPqwP', pPqioiyf 'light- 

 reddishness' 'light red' 'pinkness' 'pink' <p! 'redness' 'red', 

 ^(j.wP', ''q'wiyf 'brownness' 'brown' but when postpounded to 

 other color names indicates light and faint quality of color; pyjf 

 'mountain'; hwaje 'heiglit"). With the use of the absolute form 

 of the color-adjective in this name, that is, of pi'q instead of 

 ppq.wi''^ pPqwivf compare posi 'greenness' 'green' in the name 

 [6:24] instead of posiun'', posiwiyf, and ho 'gra3'ness' 'gray' in 

 the name [6:21] instead of JtowP\ howirjf. The forms pPq, posi, 

 and ho do not occur in Tewa as it is spoken at the present time, 

 but they are understood. They are old nouns and correspond to 

 the noun-forms of other color- words, as pi 'redness', as compared 

 with pi'*'*', pPitjy 'red'. 



These mountains or heights are more noticeably reddish than 

 the plain [4:4] at their base, and it is not improbable that all the 

 other geographical features which are called I' A]- get their names 

 from them. The canyon [4:2] and creek [4:3], the town [4:.5], and 

 ruin [4:7] certainly get their names Ppq- from the mountains 

 [4:1] and the plain [4:4], and since the plain is less conspicuously 

 red than the mountains and bears the name PPqnuge ' over at the 

 foot of the pink' (see [4:4]), one is led to think that the mountains 

 give the names to all these places, or at least suggest the names 

 as strongl}' as does the plain. 



(2) ^itopivf-, ^itoimpiijf ' El Rito Mountains '(^^Vo <Span. 

 El Rito, Rito, see discussion under [4:3]; 'j^y locative and 

 adjective-forming postfix; piyy 'mountain'). =Eng. (3), Span. 



(3) Eng. El Rito Mountains. ( < Span.). = Tewa (2), Span. (4). 



(4) Span. Sierra del Rito Colorado, Sierra del Rito, Cerros del 

 Rito 'red creek mountains'. See discussion under [4:.3]. =Tewa 

 (2), Eng. (3). 



Cf. [4:2], [4:3], [4:4], [4:5], and [4:7]. The most easterly of the 

 mountains shown on the sheet is not as reddish as the others. 

 [4:2] (1) PPqnugepotsPi, PPq.nngeimpofsPi 'pink-below water can- 

 yon' {PPqnug.e, see [4:4]; Hijy locative and adjective-forming 

 postfix; potsPi 'canyon with water in it' < po 'water', isi'i can- 

 yon'). 



