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GROWTH OF PLANTS
'^, 'to ^row.' Thus: nq,''a, 'it grows' (M, it; 'a, to grow); nq^a-
^qy(j\ 'it grows slowly' (wg, it; 'a, to grow; ^qyg\, slow); 7nVa-
\j,nii, 'it grows fast' {nd., it; 'a, to grow; ^ny,, fast). Hano
Tewa, '(7W?(5, ' spread wide,' applied to tendrils of vines, squashes,
etc. , and apparently to trees of spreading foliage. Thus: ^ aw6
tsqywse, 'spread-wide greenness,' a female personal name given
by the White Fir clan at Hano.
Pi, 'to come up,' 'to grow up.' Thus: napi, 'it comes up' (wg, it;
p^, to come up). This is said of a plant sprouting and growing
up out of the ground.
Pa, 'to burst,' 'to crack.' This is said of a plant unfolding or open-
ing. Thus: sandpapo^", 'the tobacco bursts open or unfolds'
{sa, tobacco; nq, it; pa, to burst; po^°, to become).
Of leaves (or flowers) opening and spreading wide the Tewa say
^ibikawaM, dibij)dblwaM ' the 3+ leaves open themselves,' ' the 3+ flow-
ers open themselves' {diii, prefixed reflexive pronoun third person
3+ plural; lia, leaf; poVi, flower; wcui, to spread open). Thus, in a
war-song sung at Hano: "'iweday ''alijowa tseynse pegqn diiiJcalawadi^
' thence the sunflowers, bursting open on every side, spread wide
their leaves' Ciweu^qy, Hano dialectic emphatic form of Hwedi, thence;
''aiijowa, Hano name for 'sunflower' ? species; tsems^, in all directions;
pegqy, bursting; dibi, prefixed reflexive pronoun third person 3-i- plural;
Icala, Hano dialectic form of lea, leaf; wa^ii, to spread open). The same
expression is used figuratively of clouds, thus: ^ok'uwa txmsp, 4^hipotl
wcui, 'the clouds in all directions open their flowers' i^olcuwa, clouds;
tse.7ase, in every direction; ^/ft/, prefixed reflexive pronoun third person
3+ plural; pdbl, flower; waM, to spread open).
Habits of Growth
l^wiy, 'to stand.' Thus: nqywiy, 'it stands' {nq^it-, ywiy, to stand).
^Aywiy, 'to grow in a standing position' ('«, to grow; ywiy^ to
stand). Thus: oiq'aywiy, 'it grows in a standing position' {nq,
it; 'a, to grow; ywiy, to stand).
Eo, 'to lie.' Thus: nqJco, 'it lies' (nq, it; ho, to lie).
^Alco, 'to grow in a lying position' ('«, to grow; Jco, to lie). Thus:
nq'ako, 'it grows in a lying position' (w4, it; '