362 ETHNOGEOGILVPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ann. 20 



[23:SJ Namb6 PimjyijtHjrjfhiCu 'north arroyo' {pimpije 'north' 

 <pivf 'mountain' "up countrj^', pije 'toward'; 'iyj' locative 

 and adjective-forming postfix; huhc 'large groove' 'arroyo'). 

 The part of the arroj^o [23:0] immediately north of Nambi'i 

 Pueblo is called thus. See [23:t;j, [23:7]. Cf. [23:li!]. 



[23:9] Nambd Mpo, ^^poge 'the race-track' 'place down at the race- 

 track' ('« 'to run': po 'track' 'trail' 'road'; g<? 'down at' 

 'over at'). 



This track for ceremonial foot-racing is now seldom used. It 

 extends several hundred feet in an east- west direction on the level 

 land north of the part of the T^rA^/'w [23:0] called /-'i«y><)>'i?; y- 

 /m'« [23:8] and due north of Nambe Pueblo. This is the only 

 race-track which at present exists at Nambe, so far as could be 

 learned. 



[23:10] Nambe Mlsate^ Mq.mbe'immisate 'the church' 'Naml)e church' 

 {m/'safe 'church' < inisa < Span, misa 'Koman Catholic mass', fe 

 'dwelling-place' 'house'; ]V(j7nbe'e, see [23:5]; '^T/y locative and 

 adjective-forming postfix). 



[23:11] Nambe Nu'ii, JVihnbemt'ii 'below' ' below the roundish earth' 

 referring to [23:5] {ni/'u 'below'; JV(imbe\', see [23:5]). This 

 name is applied to a strip of low land about a hundred feet wide 

 extending along Nambe Creek [23:1] at Nambe Pueblo. It is 

 appli id especially to the part of this low land due south of Nambe 

 estufa (see [23:5]) and just west of the gulch [23:12]. 



There is a spring at this place which is thought to contain better 

 water than that obtained from the creek or from the irrigation 

 ditches. 



[23:12] Nambe T'qm.pije'iykoJiu\i 'eastern arroyo' {fam-pije 'east' 

 <t'qT)f ''siin\ pije 'toward'; 'iyj' locative and adjective-forming 

 postfix; l-qhti'n 'arroyo witli barrancas' <l-q 'barranca', Jm^i 

 ' large groove ' ' arroyo '). 



This is a small gulch just east of Nambe Pueblo. Cf. [23:7] 

 and[23:,s]. 



[23:13] Nambe ' (yepir),/ of obscure etymology ("o'(? unexplained, possi- 

 bly meaning 'little metate' or 'little scar' but the intonation is 

 wrong for either of these interpretations; piiyj' "mountain'). 



The two circles on the map indicate the location and extent of 

 the hill or hills thus called. 



[23:14] Nambe PoqwawPl 'drag water gap' {po 'water'; qwa 'to 

 drag'; wPi 'gap'). Why the gap is thus called was not under- 

 stood by the informants. A San Ildefonso Indian said that it 

 refers perhaps to the sluggish manner in which water fiows through 

 the .sand. 



The main wagon road connecting Nambe with Santa Fe passes 

 through this gap. 



