210 ETHNOGEOORAPHY OF THE TEVVA INDIANS [eth. ass. 29 



[11:11J San .Tuaii Pofupolcinage 'level bank \>y tlic licnd in the river' 

 {po 'water'; /m'w- 'projcctinjr corner or point', in tliis instance 

 referring to a bend in the river; fw 'water'; hrag.6 'liigL and 

 level place'). 



[ll:l"i] San Juan "" Ohi ahqnnu 'plain of OTce or San Juan Pueblo' 

 {;Oke, .see San Juan Pueblo, below; \d'qnnii 'plain' <\iknr)j' 

 plain; nu unexplained). The entire plateau on which the present 

 pueblo of San Juan stands is called thus. Cf. [12:6]. 



[11:13] (1) San Juan KirPo Jija 'mother ditch', translating the Span, 

 name {Iwi'o 'irrigation ditch'; jija 'mother'). =Span. (2). 

 (2) Span. Acequia Madre 'mother ditch'. =Tewa (1). 

 This is the chief irrigation ditch of the San Juan Indians, and 

 is therefore called V)y this poetic name. A part of it is shown on 

 the map. 



[11:14] San Juan ./qyl''^vi'bH'u of otjscuro etymology (jqrjf 'willow'; 

 Ii'ojy unexplained; birii 'large low roundish place'). 

 Cf. [11:15] and [11:16]. 



|11:15J San Juan Jqijk' cj/wUi of obscure etymology {JqyFnjf, see 

 [11:14]; ivi'l 'projecting corner or point'). Cf. [11:14]. This 

 name applies to a sort of pi'ojecting point of higher land east of 

 the ditch [11:13]. 



[11:16] San Juan Penibege 'dead body corner' 'graveyard' {pent 

 'corpse' 'dead body'; he'e 'small low roundish place'; ge'down 

 at' over at'). 



This is the Roman Catholic graveyard at San Juan at present in 

 use. In earlier times interments were made in the churchyard 

 [11:22]. The graveyard is on the level ground just north of the 

 north end of the race-track [11:20]. It is surrounded tjy a fence. 



[11:17] San Juan KuUg.ii''' 'bunched stones place' (ku 'stone'; tig.i 

 'in a bunch' 'bunched', as in Tig_"y)f^ San Ildefonso name for the 

 Pleiades; '^''' locative and adjecti\ e-forming postfix). This name 

 refers to the bunches or groups of stones, which are said to be all 

 that remain of the second pueblo called by the name ' Ol'e. See 

 Ki/Hg,i'</l-eqr/wikiji under [ll:unlocated], p. 219. The whole lo- 

 cality about this as j'et unlocated ruin is called KiiUg.ii'^. A 

 number of Mexican houses are at the place. See K^digjikioaje 

 [11:23], this name being applied to the height on which the present 

 San Juan Pueblo is built. 



[11:1!S] San Juan Pejehtvu of obscure etymology {jie is said to sound 

 likey;-', 'an unidentified species of rodent resembling the field- 

 mouse'; ^'e unexplained; 6m'm 'large low roundish place'). Cf. 



[11:19]. 



This low corner lies just west of the rise to the higher land and 

 east of Kutig.i'r* [11:17]. 



