HARRINGTON] PLACE-NAMES 189 



[8:72] (1) Eng. Comanche station. (<Span.). =Span. (2). 

 (2) Spun. Comanche, 'Comanche'. =Eng. (1). 



[8:73] (1) San Juan Podeive 'at the fishweir' {po.ie 'fishweir"; ^iice 

 locative). The name implies that there was formerly a fishweir 

 or tliat there were fishweirs built in the river at this place. Cf. 

 [8:6i] and [8:(i7]. 



(2) Enw. Embudo station. (<Span.). =Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Embudo 'funnel'. = Eng. (2). The name is perhaps 

 a recent one and is taken from the canyon [8:64]. 



. Cf. Dixon, Old Embudo, Embudo [8:78]. 



[8:74] Black ISlesa near San Juan, see [13:1]. 



[8:75] (1) San Juan Fomjeiwe 'where the water bubbles or boils' 

 (/w 'water'; saje 'to boil' 'to bubble'; 'iwe locative). This name 

 refers to the water bubbling over the rocks at the mouth of 

 Embudo Canyon [8:64]. 



(2) Podeimpohup'owUi 'projecting points at the mouth of 

 [8:64]' {P(Ue''impohu''u,see [8:64:]; p't/wui ' projecting point at 

 mouth' <j)o 'hole' ' mouth of canj'on, ' wu/' ' projecting corner or 

 point'). 



(3) Piisog.t'impo/iujj'o'wiul 'projecting point at mouth of 

 [8:64]' {Posoge ^i/npo/iriu, see [8:64]; p'owid 'projecting point 

 at mouth' <p'o 'hole' 'mouth of canyon', w!m 'projecting corner 

 or point'). 



(4) ^)eitiiiuuiiiipohuj/owui 'projecting points at the mouth 

 of [8:64]' (Pemburuimpohu'u, see [8:04]; p'owUi 'projecting 

 point at mouth' <p'o 'hole' 'mouth of canyon ',tyz'.// 'projecting 

 point or corner'). 



(5) Eng. Embudo Canyon mouth. (<Span.). =Span. (6). 



(6) Span. Boca del Canon del Embudo ' mouth of funnel can- 

 yon'. = Eng. (5). 



[8:76] San Juan Kiiieioekwaje 'roundish rock height' (hu 'stone' 

 'rock'; hev:e ' smallness and roundishness' 'small and roundish'; 

 I'lraje 'height'). The mesa probably gets this name from its 

 roundish appearance. 



This high mesa separates [8:79] from [9:3]. Its southernmost 

 part rises just north of La Joya corner [9:5]. Kahewehwaje is 

 about the same height as Canoe Mesa [8:74]. It may be the 

 "Table ISIountain" of some Americans. 



[8:77] (1) Picuris "Paotsona 'the mouth of Embudo Creek '".i 



(2) Eng. Kinconada. (<Span.). =Span. (3). 



(3) Span. liinconada 'corner'. =Eng. (2). A Tewa translation 

 of Rinconada would be '^^owiSu'ii ('a^oyy 'plain' ; Jm'm 'large 

 low roundish corner'), but the Tewa use tlie Span, name only. 



The low laud about the mouth of Embudo Creek [8:79] is called 

 Rinconada. 



'Spinden, Picuris notes, MS., 1910. 



