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[13:4] A large white house with a red roof, owned by a Mexican. 



The southern end of Qwahe-^ti. [13:3] is ahuost due west of this 



Mexican villa. 

 [13:5] San Juan Ta'nj'senty.ywsejo^oku, Ta.^nyspntiiywsej</bou.i 'hill of 



the tall ia'nfceijf bushes' (tit'nfseyf an unidentitied species of 



bush; tiiijwsejo 'very high' <ty,ijwx 'high', jo augmentative; 



'oku 'hill'; b(hii 'large roundish pile' 'hill'). The adjective 



refers to tlie bushes, not to the hill. See [13:6]. 

 [13:6] San Juan Piikvi'i 'meat gap' {pibi 'meat'; ivi-i 'gap' 'pass'). 



This gap gives the name to P/iiwiiijlo [13:7]. 

 [13:7] San Juan I'iblwi'iijJiq 'meat gap arroyo' {PiiiwPi, see [13:6]; 



'i??y locative and adjective-forming postfix; ko 'barranca' 'arroyo 



with barrancas'). Wh}' the arroyo was thus named, was not 



known to the informants. 

 [13:8] San Juan Jefukqhu^u of obscure etymology {jeju unexplained; 



kqhu^u 'arroyo with barrancas' <lq 'barranca', Am'm 'large 



groove' 'arroyo'). 

 This arroyo is lost in the fields north of Pueblito [13:15]. 

 [13:9] San Juan Tobaj/okwajehj.ii "the roundish height of the cave 



in the cliff', referring to [13 :9](7'f>6«7/(', see [13:9]; hwaje 'height'; 



hou,i 'large roundish pile'). See [13:10J. 

 [13:10] San Juan fo^/w 'cliff hole' (UJba 'cliff'; j>'o 'hole'). 



This cave is situated on the southern side and near the top of a 



peculiar round knob [13:9]. The cave opens to the south. Its 



floor is level. The mouth is 8 feet wide; the depth of the cave is 



6 feet. From the innermost part of the cave and on the level of 



its floor a small tunnel-like hole runs back horizontally 5 feet or 



more. There is a niche in the western wall of the cave. The 



roof of the cave is arching, low, and sooty. 

 [13:11] ^a.ni\x&nfoiap'oke^i 'cliff hole height' (f«S«^/o, see [13:10]; 



IceJ'i 'height', here referring to a narrow ridge). 



This ridge incloses the low roundish place [13:13]. It is a 



thin neck of hill; one can walk along its top as along the ridge- 

 pole of a house. See [13:12]. 

 [13:12] San Juan fobafsse'i' 'at the white cliff' (ioba 'cliff'; fs^ 



'whiteness' 'white'; T^ locative and adjective-forming postfix). 

 At the place indicated by the circle, on the eastern slope of 



[13:11], is this white cliff. See [13:11] and [13:12]. 

 [13:13] (1) San Juan fobap'obii'u 'cliff hole corner', referring to 



[13:10] {Tobap'o, see [13:10]; bu'ii 'large low roundish place'). 

 (2) San Juan Tobafssebuu 'white cliff corner', referring to 



[13:12] {fobafsie, see [13:12]; buu 'large low roundish place'). 



This arid low place gives the arroyo [13:1-1] its name. 

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