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16 BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [nnLU 55
T(>^ 'pifion nut,' 'nut.' As stated above, an examination of cognate
words in other Tanoan languages leads us to believe that to is ety-
mologically related to to, 'pinon tree,' and that the original sig-
nification of to is ' pinon nut. ' The present application of to to
the seeds of the rock pine and to introduced nuts is probably a
more recent extension of the use of the word. Thus: ywaento, ' seed
or nut of the rock pine' {yiusey rock pine; to, piiTon nut, nut); for
names of introduced nuts see under names of plants, below.
^ewe, 'small roundish object,' 'cone of coniferous tree.' Bewe is
said to be used of the cones of coniferous trees only in the coin-
-pounds tdmhewe, 'cone with seeds in it' {tqy seed; bewe, small
roundish object, cone), and iohewe, 'cone with nuts in it' {to,
pinon nut, nut; ^eioe, small roundish object, cone). Like h/ju
(see below) bewe refers of course to the shape. An empty cone
may be distinguished by postjoining Jcowh, 'skin,' 'husk,' or by
using Tcowa alone; also by saying winq^tainmnjn, 'it has no
seeds' {ivi, negative; nq, it; tqy, seed; m^, to have; jn, negative).
Buju, 'small roundish object,' 'cone of coniferous tree.' Cf. bcv\',
above, the usage of which this word exactly parallels.
ICe (Hano Tewa Vili), 'grain of corn,' 'small bud of cottonwocd
flower.' The commonest compounds are said to be: I'uijVe,
'grain of corn' ij^uy, corn plant; Ve, grain, in this sense), and
telce, 'flower bud of valley cottonwood' {te, valley cottonwood;
h'e, grain, bud, in bud,, in this sense),
Ivode, 'ear of corn husked or not husked.' The word has this one
meaning only.
ICa, 'acorn', 'fruit of the skunk-bush.' This word appears to be
used of these two fruits only. The commonest compounds are
said to be MoseFa, 'acorn' {1'we§, oak tree; Ji'a, acorn, fruit of
the skunk-bush), and IcyJca, ' fruit of the skunk-bush' 0iu, skunk-
bush; ¥a, acorn, fruit of the skunk-bush).
K'ape, 'acorn', 'fruit of the skunk-bush' {¥a, acorn, fruit of the
skunk-bush; pe, seed, fruit, crop). The use of the word is simi-
lar to that of k'a, above.
Be, 'roundish fruit', 'apple', 'any kind of introduced fruit.' Thus:
Tio'^-be^ 'fruit of the wild or introduced rose' {¥a)^, rose; be,
apple, introduced fruit) is heard as well as h'a'^^fie {Fa'"', rose;
pe, seed, fruit, crop). Be evidently refers to roundish shape
and is connected with begl, 'small and roundishlike a ball,' &t^y^,
'large and roundish like a ball,' etc.