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[25:24] Nambe f^f^nikwaje 'height of the sparkling blacii mineral 

 called /"ii'"' ifu'", see under Minerals; 9ii said to be for 'iyy 

 locative and adjective-forming postfix; Icwaje 'height'). Cf. 

 [25:25]. 



This is a height or mesa at which the black pigment called 

 fli'", used for body painting, is found. See Tslfukwaje under 

 [25:unlocatedJ. 



[25:25] Nambe /-ii"-'ni nu\t, 'place below the sparkling black mineral 

 called /■?/■-', referring, it is said, to [25:24] {/•u^ni-, see [25:24]; 

 mill 'below' 'at the foot of '). 



[25:26] NsLinhe Poksenfn-a'ci, Polcxij/u^afiyf 'bitumen slope' 'bitu- 

 men slope mountain', referring to [25:27] {Foksenfit, see [25:27; 

 'a'« 'steep slope'; piyj' 'mountain'). The deposit of bitumen 

 or tar-like earth [25:27] about half way up the southern slope of 

 this mountain gives the name. 



[25:27] Nambe FolcsenfuH'^ 'place of the bitumen or tarry earth' 

 {po]csp)ifu 'bitumen', see under Minerals; T' locative and ad- 

 jective-forming postfix). 



[25:28] Nambe DesewPi of obscure etymology {4e 'coyote'; se unex- 

 plained ; wPi ' gap '). This name refers to a narrow place in the 

 canyon. The creek at this place may be called Desewihiiu or 

 Desewipo {hiiu 'large groove' ' arroyo'; po ' water'). 

 The place is north of the pueblo ruin [25:30]. 



[25:29] Nambe Potsse/iwe ' place of the white water' {fo ' water'; isie 

 'whiteness' 'white'; ^iwe locative). This name is given to the 

 localitj' of a spring on the north side of the creek. 



The informants were not sure whether they found the spring, 

 but the place is certainly correctly located. 



[25:30] Nambe Ml/i/bf'oyurikejl, Wqmie'e 'pueblo ruin of the roundish 

 earth', probablj' referring to a mound of earth (nci??y 'earth'; 

 iee equivalent to iegi ' smallness and roundishness ' ' small and 

 round'). The name is said to refer to a small mound of earth, 

 and this meaning is confirmed by the Picuris form [23:5], (2). It 

 is possible, however, that the name refers to a number of small 

 mounds or humps of earth, or even to roundish clods or balls of 

 earth. The informants stated that the mound-like height on 

 which the ruin lies might be called a nqmbie. This pueblo ruin 

 gives the name to Nambe Pueblo [23:5]. For quoted forms of 

 the name see [23:5]; all of these forms refer to [23:5]. Cf. the 

 name Fih'iJiqy'wxkeji [25:18], which also refers to a mound. 



The remains of the village can be traced as disintegrated adobe 

 mounds on top of a slight elevation on the south side of the creek. 

 This is Old Nambe, one of the ancient villages of the Nambe peo- 

 ple. The ruin gives the names to the gulches [25:31]. 



