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[8:64] (1) Pode^impohu^u, Pod^impotsi' i ' fishweir water-canyon ' (/w.<e 

 'fishweir': ''iyf locative and adjective-forming postfix; pohv^u 

 'arroyo or canyon with water in it' < po 'water', hiru 'large 

 groove' 'arroyo'; po^*'* 'canyon with water in it' < po 'water', 

 tsi'i 'canyon'). This name was given because the Tewa used to 

 construct tishweirs in this can3'on. Cf. l'ode''ciaq^lJa'be'nre\S^.Q'T\ 

 and Podelwe [8:73J. 



The Cochiti used to make fishweirs in the canyon of the Rio 

 Grande above the Keres country ; see [28: White Rook Canyon]. 



(2) Fosogeiii) poJui'u, PosogeHmpotst'i 'water canyon of the 

 great river', referring to the Rio Grande {Posogc, see [Large 

 Features: 3]; ''{ijf locative and adjective-forming postfix; 

 pohu'u 'arroyo or canj'on with water in it' < po 'water', 

 hu^u 'large groove' 'arroyo'; potsPl 'canyon with water in it' 

 < po 'water', /s?''i 'canyon'). This name could be applied to anj^ 

 canyon through which the Rio Grande jjasses. 



(3) DemhiiMi'impoku'u,I)aniiUuv)im-pohu^u,PemhiUu^impt)tsPi, 

 Pem.buUuwitnpotsPi 'Embudo water canyon' (Pemhiuu <Span. 

 Embudo, see Span. (6), below; 'i'', wi'*' locative and adjective- 

 forming postfix; pohu^u 'arroyo or canj'on with waterin it' <po 

 'water', hu\i, 'large groove' 'arroyo'; pofsii ' canyon with water 

 in it' <po 'water', fsi'i 'canyon'). =Eng. (5), Span. (6). 



(■i) Picuris "Pasxlapukwlix 'the whole Rio Grande or Embudo 

 Canyon' (pasxlapfuT 'canyon')".' 



(5) Eng. Embudo Canyon. (<Span.). =Tewa (3), Span. (6). 



(6) Span. Canon Embudo, Canon del Embudo, Embudo 'funnel 

 canyon' 'funnel'. =Tewa (3), Eng. (.5). 



This gorge extends from the mouth of [8:43] to the mouth of 

 [8:79], or according to other informants, to the mouth of [9:3]. 

 "The banks of the Rio Grande, from the San Luis vallej' [Un- 

 mapped] to the [lower] end of the gorge of the Embudo, appear 

 . . . not to have been settled in ancient times''.^ 

 [8:G5] (1) KqhutsiH 'barranca corner canyon' {kq 'barranca'; hii'u 

 'lai'ge low roundish place'; fsvl 'canyon'). The situation of the 

 large low roundish place from which the arroyo takes its name 

 was not made clear to the writer. 



(2) Taos Patsijuhualuna 'water locust creek' (pa- 'water'; Vsij-u- 

 ' cicada', equivalent to Tewa yw. Span, chicharra; hudlu- 'arro3'o', 

 the first sjdlable of which seems to be cognate with Tewa hii'u 

 'arroyo'; nd, noun postfix). Budd's vocabulary has a form 

 '"'' Rd'alnlilallcu 'arro3'0 Hondo'".'' This form the Taos in- 

 formant was unable to understand. It may refer to Arroj'o 

 Hondo [8:32]. 



' Spinden, Picuris notes, MS., 1910. 



= Bandelier, Final Report, pt. II, p. 13, 1892. 



^Budd, Taos Tocabulary, MS., Bur. Amer. Ethn. 



