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ama, cave). I fear that both these terms look equally frightful to the novice. There is no reason to suppose that the Tewa and Cochiti forms are not the pristine names of the place, despite their simple descriptive meaning.

PECOS [29:33]

Three different names for Pecos are .found in the Pueblo lan- guages.

1. The native Pecos name K'ak'ora, where the stone is on top (k'a, stone; k'o, to be on top; ra, loc.). It is from a Tiwa form cognate with this Pecos name (see Picuris Hiuqua, Isleta. Hiokuo-, etc., quoted under [29:33]; Tiwa hiu- = Pecos k'a, stone) that Cicuye, in its various spellings, is derived.

2. Tewa Tsu n ?7ge, place of an unidentified bush sp. (tsu n r;, plant sp.; ge, loc.).

3. Jemez P'ak y ula (obscure: p'a, water). Coch. Pseyokhona (obscure). It is apparently from the Ker. form that Span. Pecos (a pi. form used in the sing., cf. the name Taos) is derived.

PEDERNAL PEAK [2:9]

Although Span., Tewa, and Cochiti, names all mean obsidian mountain, informants who had visited the mountain volunteered that obsidian is not more plentiful there than at other mountains of the western range. The Tewa form is Tsip'i n ry (tsi'i, obsidian; p'i n rj, mountain); the Cochiti Hest'e'yan y ik'othe (hest'e'yan y i, obsidian; k'othe, mountain). The peak lies south of Abiquiu and its truncated cone is far visible and a prominent landmark.

PICURIS [8:88]

The Tewa and Jemez, forms mean mountain gap, mountain pass: Tewa P'i n rjwi'i (p'i n ?7, mountain; wi'i, gap); Jemez P'ekwile- (p'e, mountain; kwile-, pass), From some such form as the Jemez comes Span. Picuris (originally a Span. pi. form).

PLACITA LARGA [14:12]

The Span, name means 'long plaza..' The Tewa 'Owi n heyi or Buheyi ('o n wi n, town; heyi, long; bu'u, plaza, town) doubtless merely follows the Spanish.

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