382 ETIINOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ans. 29 



[25:.".l] \amh('iV(]7»M«'« ' arrojos of [25 -.30 J {Mmbe'e, see [25:30]; 



// lii'. ' large groove ' ' arroyo '). 

 These gulches are respectively on each side of the height on 



which the ruin [25:30] lies. 

 [25:32_[^Naml)e fsijhui'ii ' helovr the yellow', referring to [25:33] 



{Tseji-, see [25^53]; ««,'« ' below'). 

 [25:33] iSTambe Tsejipiijf 'yellow mountain' {tseji 'yellowness' 



'yellow'; pi/;./ 'mountain'). Cf. [25:32]. 

 [25:34] Nambe Kuwa-ii'e 'little place of the strewn stones' {leu. l-o 



'stone'; waJ-i ^strewn'; 'e diminutive). One informant called 



the place also KiiwaJ.inu^u, whicli would presuppose a Kuwcuii- 



Icwaje {nu\t 'below'; Jcwaje 'above'). 

 [25:35] Nambe Tsc-wahe'c of obscure etymology {the 'yellowness' 



'yellow'; wa unexplained; he's 'small low roundish place'). 

 This dell is east of [25:26]. 

 [25:30] Nambe Qwxf'ipijjf of obscure etymology (yw* 'mountain 



mahogany '' Cei'cocarpus parvifolius'; fi unexplained, it is said 



to sound like j!'i 'fragment' and may well be this word; pijjf 



' mountain'). 

 [25:37] Nambe Siinital-woje 'coarse flour height' {simita 'a kind of 



coarsely ground flour"; 7i'!«a;e 'height'). 

 [25:3S] ^Mwhe Piijk'uhona; 'dark round mountain" (/>i//y 'mountain'; 



Vtj, 'darkness' 'dark'; ho 'roundlshness' ' i-oundish'; nx locati\e). 

 [25:39] Nambe Qwseteiikewe of obscure et3'mology {qwse 'mountain 



mahogany' 'Cercocarpus parvifolius'; tebi unexplained; ^eu)e 



•height' 'peak'). 

 [25:40] Nambe KiipifsPi, Knphixui 'red rock canyon' 'red rock gap' 



(kn 'rock' 'stone'; pi 'redness' 'red'; tsi'! 'canyon'; tvcui 'wide 



gap'). The uppermost course of the I[usog.e [24:1] is called by 



this name. See [25:41], [25:42], and Nambe Kupiisi^oywikeji, 



K'ipiwa.' /'' qywih'j / [25 :unlocated]. 

 [25:41] Nambe Ojlts^/nii'ii 'at the base of the white ice' {'oji 'ice'; 



fsae 'whiteness' 'white'; nuhi 'below'). 

 This is a spring. Cf. [25:42]. 

 [25:42] Nambe Dehaiiiiu 'below coyote thicket' {de 'coyote'; ka 



'denseness' 'dense' 'thicket' 'forest'; nuii 'below'). 

 This is a sjjring. Cf. [25:41]. 

 [25:43] Hamhe r;buhuh(, see [24:39]. 

 [25:44] Nambe PibuJcwqje, see [24:42]. 

 [25:45] Nambe /*'('^.vrrt/;/'?' 'cut wood gap' (7/ (? 'wood' 'timber' 'log'; 



ina 'to cut aci'oss the grain'; wTl 'gap'). Firewood is or was 



cut at this gap; hence the name, it is said. Cf. [25:46]. 

 [25:46] Nambe P'etmwihv'u 'arroyo of cut wood gap' {P^etsawi'i, 



.see [25:45]; laCii, ' large groove ' 'arroyo'). 



