HARRINGTON] INDIAN NAMES AROUND SANTA FE, N. M. 357
TAGS [8:45]
The Taos name for Taos is Taa-, whence doubtless Span. Taos (originally a pi. fo'rm) and Tewa Thawi'i, folk-etymologized to sound as if it meant 'gap or pass where they live' (tha, to dwell; wi'i, gap). Taos Taa- belongs to a family of words which appear in the various Tanoan languages with the meanings to dwell, house, pueblo.
A second Taos name for Taos is 'lalaphai-, red-willow trees ('ia, willow; la, wood, tree; phai, red). This has a counterpart in the Jem. name for Taos: Yu'la-.
The Cochiti Keres language again characteristically disposes of Taos as T y et y sok'otsae, north corner place (t y et y , north; sok'o, corner, dell; tsae, loc.).
TSIREGE [17:34]
The name of this pueblo ruin, which has given the name to the Pajarito plateau, is in Tewa Tsirege, bird place (tsire, any bird; ge, loc.). Cochiti Wastet-, bird, and Span. El Pajarito, have equivalent meaning.
TESUQUE [26:8]
Tesuque is from Tewa T'athu n r7ge, dry spotted place (t'a, dry; thu n r7, spotted; ge, loc.).
TIERRA AMARILLA [1:12]
A little northeast of Tierra Amarilla town is a deposit of yellow earth which was known to the ancient Tewa and was used by them for yellowing the interior walls of houses. This earth is called in Tewa na n nts'eyi n (na' n ?7, earth; ts'eyi' 1 , ts'eyi n ?7, yellow) and gives the name to the town and region: Na n nts'eyiwe ('iwe, loc.).
TIERRA AZUL [3:26]
The Tewa call Tierra Azul settlement, which lies on the south side of the Chama below Abiquiu, Na n ntsa n r?wae n bu'u, blue earth dell or town (na n 77, earth; tsa n ryw3e n , blue; bu'u, dell, also plaza, town). The ground is bluish or rather grayish in the locality. The Tewa name is probably old.
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