376 ETHNOfiEOGRAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ANN. 29 



[24:39] 'Sa.mhi' P/'biihiiu, Pibupxrjfjehii'u 'red corner arroj'o' 'arroyo 

 beyond red corner', referrinir to [24:41] {Pibii'u, see [24:41]; 

 peeijfje 'beyond'; Am'm ' large jj-roove ' 'arroyo'). 



This arroyo runs straig-ht toward Nambe Pueblo, but its course 

 becomes obliterated in the lowlands. 



[24:40] Nambe PopoVibu'ii 'sijuash flower corner' {po 'squash' 

 'pumpkin' ' calabash '; ywSl 'flower'; hu'u 'large low roundish 

 place'). 

 This is an arid corner amid low hills. 



[24:41] Nambe P/bi/'a 'redeemer' (pi 'redness' 'red'; bu''u 'large 

 low roundish place '). 

 This corner gives the names to [24:39] and [24:42]. 



[24:42] Namije Pibn^Tcwaj?' 'heights by red corner', referring to 

 [24:41] (Pibi/u, see [24:41]: l-waje 'height'). 



[24:43] Nambe TajeluCu 'the straight arroyo' (taje ' straightness ' 

 'straight'; /<m'i< 'large groove' 'arroyo'). 



The course of this large arroyo is very straight; it runs toward 

 Nambt^ Pueblo until it becomes obliterated in the lowlands. Its 

 uppermost course is called P' etmwlhv? u ; see [25:46]. Many 

 places on its upper course are known by name; see sheet [25]. 

 When returning from the mountains northeast of Nambe the bed 

 of the Tajehitii, is the favorite route. 



[24:44] Nambe Pawd'ohu, P'avyypiyf 'tire medicine hill' 'lire medi- 

 cine mountain' {2/ a 'fire'; wo 'medicine' 'magic'; ^oku 'hill'; 

 fiVf 'mountain'). 



This hill is very well known at Nambe Pueblo. The Indian 

 name of a boy at Nambe is P'awo. There is a small shrine 

 {kuk'dji^ on top of the hill. Cf.' [24:45]. A Nambe schoolboy 

 tried to etymologize the name as 'yucca medicine' (jia 'yucca' 

 'Yucca baccata'; wo 'medicine' 'magic') but the old cacique 

 laughed at this interpretation. The place gives the name to 

 [24:45]. 



[24:45] Nambe P'awopowi'i 'hole through road gap' {P'awo, see 

 [24:44]; f)o 'trail', here 'road'; wPi 'gap' 'pass'). 



An old wagon road passes through this gap between the hills 

 [24:44] and [24:4-6]. 



[24:46 1 'Miimhi j\/a/rafc!>ulcwaje, Mqhy,te)uilcwag.e 'heights at the foot 

 of the owl dwelling-place' {mqky, 'owl' of any species; f/^ 'dwell- 

 ing-place' 'house', also 'nest' in the sense of dwelling-place; ?;«'« 

 'below' 'beneath'; kwaje, Tcwage 'height'). The name indicates 

 that there was an owl dwelling-place or nest somewhere above or 

 on top of these heights, but no such dwelling-place was known to 

 the informants. 



This name is applied to the entire length of the ridge from 

 [25:5S] to |24:44]. The ridge is a large one, and its proximity to 

 Nambe Pueblo renders it especially well known. 



