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COLOR OF PLANTS
Light, Darkness, Color, Fainting, Lines, Spots
Ki^ 'to be light.' Thus: nq^hlnq,^ 'it is light' {n4, it; hi, to be light;
TiQ, present). This verb seems to refer only to daylight.
T'e (Hano Tewa, fele), 'to shine.' Thus: n(lfe7ui, 'it shines' {nd, it;
fe, to shine; na, present). This verb is used of the sun: n(lfant'e,
'the sun shines' {nd, he; fay, sun; fe, to shine).
Ko, 'a light.' This noun is used of the light of a candle, lamp, lantern,
fire, firefly, glowworm, etc. Of the light shining one may
say: rnj^o/^'^, 'the light shines ' (?irt, it; ^"6>, alight; ^'e, to shine); or
ndkcike, ' the light is bright' {nd, it; ho, a light; he, to be strong),
PcCoui or parage, 'sunny place,' 'sunny side of a pueblo' {j)d)a,% akin
to Jemez pe, 'sun'; d\, g^, locative).
ICy,7j, 'to be dark.' Thus: nq,h'y,nnQ, 'it is dark' {nd, it; h^'iiy, to be
dark; nq,, present). ICiiy is used as an adjective in the form
h'y,ywl {h'li, to be dark). Thus: jpoh^^ywT^i''^, 'dark hole' Q^'o,
hole; Fiiyiot, dark).
"'Oh's^y, 'shade,' 'shadow.'
Kse,nnuge or hse.niyqe, 'shady place,' 'shady side of a pueblo' {]i,s£,r),
ci. ^oFs^y, above; 7inge, ''iyge, at the side).
^ Ofsa, 'glittering.' Thus: leu ^otsaH^^, 'glittering stone' {Jku, stone;
^otsa, glittering).
^Otsapi, 'dull,' 'glossy' {^oisa, glittering; ^^, negative). The usage
of this term with the meaning 'glossy' is curious. Thus: ''a
^ofsapi^iy, 'glossy cloth' ('«, cloth; ^ofsa, glossy).
There is no word meaning 'color.' One asks: hawVdy ^iibi hataju
''y,mmy,, 'howls your horse?', meaning 'what color is your horse?'
{JiawVqy, how; ^yhi, of you 1; haiaju, horse; "'uy, it with reference
to you 1; 7)111, to be). If this is not definite enough one might follow
the question with ha piH''^ ha tss^H'^, 'is it red or is it white?' {ha, or;
pi, red; ha, or; tss^, white).
TqJ'^y (Hano Tewa, fa), 'painted,' 'painting.' Thus: n4f^Qmm'\L,^\t\s
painted' {nd, it; ;ia'-y, painted; my,, to be); toba td'sydii'\ 'painted
cliff' (^6»^«, cliff; ^ct'-??5 painted).
T'li, 'spotted.' The attributive form is fmol{fu, spotted). Thus:
nqfumy, 'it is spotted' {ml, it; fy, spotted; mii, to be); tsefyioV^^
'spotted dOg' {tse, dog; fy,iv\, spotted).
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