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PLACE-NAMES 269 



[16:85] San Ildeionso l^ws^ijwi^iyj'ku' u ' rock-pine gap arroyo' {J^wse- 

 ywii, see under [16:uulocated], below; '-i'* locative and adjective- 

 forming posttix; hiou 'large groove' 'arro3'o'). 



[16:80] San WiXeionao fuwaiap (p]lw(ig.e 'dry louse not very narrow 

 mesa' (fwwa 'louse'; ta 'dryness' 'dry'; p'qyf as in p'qijhi 

 'largely narrow' 'not very narrow' and corresponding nouns; 

 hvag.e 'mesa'). P'qyli is the augmentative form of p'irjl-i 

 'narrow'. 



The flattish hill to which this name applies looks thin and nar- 

 row, like a dry dead louse. 



[16:87] San l\(\&io\\>io P' eqwapokwag.e 'drag pole or timber trail mesa' 

 {p't' 'pole' 'timber' 'log'; «/«'« 'to drag'; po 'trail'; ^u'agd ' mesa'). 



[16:88] San Ildefonso T(yw^y(iehwaQ.e 'mesa where the piiion trees 

 are all together' (to 'pifion tree' 'Pinus edulis'; w^^rjije 'together 

 in one place'; 1-wag.e 'mesa'). 



[16:89] San Ildefonso "" AtiiiJ) fhu\( 'arroyo with chokecherry grow- 

 ing at its little bends' ('«ftt; 'chokecherry' 'Prunus melanocarpa'; 

 b^ijf 'a small bend'; huu 'large groove' 'arro3'o') Cf. [16:90]. 



[16:90] San Ildefonso 'AieJ)eijfhuqwog,e 'delta of the arroj'o with 

 chokecherry growing at its little bends' i^AteheijfJiithi, see [16: 

 89]; qivog.e 'delta' 'down where it cuts through' < qwo 'to cut 

 through', g,e 'down at' 'over at'). See [16:89J. 



[16:91] San Ildefonso JayfJulnnu 'where the willow is all gone' 

 U'iVf 'willow'; Juiyf 'to be all gone'; nu locative). This name 

 is applied to the locality both north and south of the stream. 

 There are many cottonwood trees at this place and the inform- 

 ants think that the Mexicans call the place Bosquecito 'little 

 forest'. 



[16:92] San Ildefonso Mi'iporna of obscure etymology. (No part of 

 the word can be explained; ma occurs as the last element of 

 several place-names). 



This locality is on the southern side of the stream-bed. 



[16:93] (1) San Ildefonso Buduk'ekwage 'mesa where the donkey was 

 killed' (bu4u 'donkey' < Span, burro 'donkey'; Fe 'to be 

 killed'; Iwage 'mesa'). Cf. Span. (2). 

 (2) Span. Banco del Burro 'donkey bank'. Cf. Tewa {!). 

 The following story explains the name: A Navaho once stole 

 a donkey from the Tewa, taking it from a corral at night. He 

 was overtaken by armed Tewa somewhat east of this place on the 

 following morning. The Navaho made the donkey fall over the 

 cliff of tliis mesa, thus killing it, and escaped by fleeing afoot. 

 The Tewa found the dead donkey at the foot of the cliff'. 



