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in which water flows' < fy> 'water', /m'(t 'large groove' 'arroyo'). 

 = Eng. (6), Span. (7). Tiiis name is applied especially to the part 

 of the creek between Pojoaque [21:2'.t] and the Rio Grande: but 

 it is applied also to the creek which runs past Nambe Pueblo [23:4]. 



(2) J emez P (If u pa 'creek of San Ildefonso [19:22]' {Pdfu, 

 see [19:22]; pa 'water' 'creek'). 



(3) jVq.mMimpohu'u 'creek of [23:4]' {Mimbe, see [23:4]; T'' 

 locative and adjective-forming postfix; pokiru 'creek in which 

 water flows ' < })o ' water ', Am' » ' large groove ' ' arro^'o ') . = Eng. 

 (8), Span. (9). This name is sometimes applied only to the creek 

 which flows past Nambe Pueblo [23:4] and down only as far as 

 Pojoaque [21:29]; but it is applied also to the whole creek from 

 the mountains bacli of Nambe to the Rio Grande. 



(4) San Ildefonso Kqj>' ngehu'ii 'broad bank place arroyo' (Iq 

 'barranca'; p^a 'broadness' 'broad' 'largeness and flatness' 'large 

 and flat'; ge 'down at' 'over at'; ku'u 'large groove' 'arroyo'). 

 This name applies properly to the lower part of Pojoaque Creek 

 only, where it is a quarter of a mile or more wide; hence the 

 name. Of. Kop'ayi'irij' [11:6], a name of similar meaning applied 

 by the San Juan people to a wide arroyo just north of their pueblo. 

 For the application of the simple Kojiage, see [19:17]. 



(5) Nambe Po, Pohiiu 'the water' 'the creek' (fw 'water'; 

 pohiCii 'creek in which water flows' <po 'water', huu 'large 

 groove' 'arroyo'). The Nambe people often refer to the creek 

 merely by this simple designation; they mean the creek M'hich 

 flows past Nambe Pueblo [23:4] and less deflnitely the creek from 

 the mountains back of Naml)e to the Rio Grande. The Nambe 

 people regularly say pokt'g.e of going down to the river or the 

 river bank which refers to the creek, while the same word used 

 at San Ildefonso refers to the Rio Grande. See [23:1]. 



(6) Eng. Pojoaque Creek. (<Span.). =Span. (7), Tewa (1). 

 Applied the same as Tewa(l). 



(7) Arroyo de Pojoaque, Rio de Pojoaque 'arroyo of [21:29]' 

 'river of [21:29]'. =Tewa (1), Eng. (6). Applied the same as 

 Tewa (1). "Rio de Pojuaque, called in its upper course Rio de 

 Nambe ".1 



(8) Eng. Nambe Creek. (<Span.). = Span. (9), Tewa (3). 

 Applied the same as Tewa (3). 



('.») Span. Arroyo de Nambe, Rio de Nambe 'arroyo of [23:4]' 

 'river of [23:4]'. =Tewa (3), Eng. (S). Applied the same as 

 Tewa (3). "Rio de Pojuaque".' 



The most important tributary of Pojoaque Creek is Tesuque 

 Creek [26:1]. 



1 Bandelier, Final Report, pt. ii, p. 84, 1892. 



