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and luljectivc-foi'ining- postfix; kri'ii 'large groove' 'arroyo'). It 

 is well known at Nanibe and Tesucjue tliat the names ditier. 



(3) Span. Chupadcro Creek 'sucking place creek'. For the 

 name cf. [14:87], [22:51], [22:58]. The upper course of this 

 arro^'o is called hy the >iambe Pirpo, sec [23:34]. Kame [23:25] 

 and name [23:34] begin to be applied about where [23:33] joins 

 the watorwaj-. Whether the Tesuque and Span, names apply like 

 the Nambe name to the lower course oidy or include [23:34] has 

 not been determined. On the writer's first visit to Nambe it was 

 learned that '(>Ji/)r?MV is sometimes also called ''Upowe 'awl creek' 

 i'lj, 'awl' 'punch') but thi.-* information is probably incorrect. 

 Sec [23:37.], [23:34]. 



[23:2ti] Nambe Jatnp aQ:i'iPol:n 'hills of the broad, Hat place of the 

 willows', referring to [23:27] {■/(Imp'agi, see [23:27]; T' locative 

 and adjective-forming postfix; ^ol-it 'hill'). These low hills are 

 evidently named from the arroyo [23:27]. 



[23:27] Nambe Jqiii}iag.lkqhu'u 'broad, flat arroyo of the willows' 

 iJQVJ' 'willow'; p'ag.i 'largeness and flatness' 'large and flat'; 

 I'ohuri 'arroyo with barrancas' <lo 'barranca', hiPu 'large 

 groove' 'arroyo'). 



There appear to be now no willows in this arroyo. 



[23:28] Nambe Sqrjnixl-wag.e 'sandstone mesa' {sqywsp. 'sandstone'; 

 kwi!g.e 'mesa' 'height'). It is said that the Nambe people say also 

 Sqywsewag.e/ the last two syllables they do not understand, but 

 take them to be equivalent to -Jcwage. 



This is a flattisb hill. It gives the name to the arroyo [23:21*]. 



[23:29] Nambe Sdywxhwag.e'iysehn^ u , Sqyws^hwagevr) fhii^u 'arroyo of 

 sandstone mesa', referring to [23:28] {Sq.ywxkwag.e, Sq.yivsp.ivag.e, 

 see [23:28]; 'irj,f locative and adjective-forming postfix; Am'w 

 'large groove' arroyo'). 



[23:30] Nambe Tsewcui 'great yellow gap' {tse 'yellowness' 'yellow'; 

 vxi.il 'wide gap'). Cf. Ts^M'(^</ [15:23]. A j-ellowish hill appears 

 to be called bv this name. The name gives rise to that of [23:31]. 



[23:31] Nambe Tsewa.iihu'u 'great j-ellow gap arroyo', referring to 

 [23:30] (TsdWo^*, see [23:30]; hu'u 'large groove' arroyo'). 



[23:32] Nambe ^Infcgtebee 'round smoke house' {-inj'se 'smoke'; te 

 'dwelling-place' 'house'; bee ' roundishuess' 'roundness like a 

 ball'). Why the name is given was not known to the writer's 

 informants. 



[23:33] Nambe Tvituwx'iyqwog.e 'flute talkilelta' {tej) f 'hollow tube' 

 'flute'; i'jiw^ said to mean 'to talk' 'to whistle", the ordinary 

 word meaning 'to talk' beingsimply ^y; 'i^y locative and adjective- 

 forming postfix; qwoge ' delta' ' down where it cuts through ' < (jwo 

 'to cut through", ge 'doWn at' 'over at'). Why the name is 

 given was not known to the informants. 



