Glossary and Pronunciation of Spanish-American and Indian Terms

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Adios (ah-de-ose'), adieu.
Algodones (al-go-do'-ness), sand dunes.
Arro'yo, bed of a stream, usually dry.
Ban'da, a band, usually a folded handkerchief, encircling the hair.
Barato (bar-ah'-to), cheap.
Barran'ca, a gully.
Bueno (bwā'-no, Mex. and Ind. wā-no), good.
Buenos dias (dee-as), good-morning.
Cabeza de Vaca (ca-ba'-sa de vah'-ca), cow head.
Cabezon (cab-ā-sone'), big head, the name of a New Mexico mountain.
Cacique (ca-see'-kā), the spiritual chief in a pueblo.
Cam'po San'to, holy ground, consecrated burial-place.
Cerrillos (cer-ree'-yōse), turquoises.
Chon'go, the clubbed queue in which Pueblos wear their hair.
Cibola (see'-bō-la), old Spanish name for Zuñi.
Cin'ta, a narrow band or ribbon for winding about the chongo or side locks.
Co'mo 'sta? How are you?
Compadre (com-pah'-drā), lit., godfather, but used colloquially for friend or brother. Compra melo'nes, compadre? Will you buy some melons, brother?
Corral', an enclosure, as for cattle.
Durazno (doo-rahs'-no), peach.
En'tra, come in.
Estufa (es-too'-fa), a special room, usually underground, where meetings of Pueblo men are held and secret religious rites performed. The word is Spanish for stove, or a warm room,

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and was applied by the Conquistadores to such chambers because of their warmth.
Faja (fah'-ha), the sash worn about the waist by Pueblo women.
Frijoles (free-hō'-les), beans.
Kiva (kee'-va), same as estufa—the Hopi word.
Malpais (mal'-pī), a sort of volcanic rock, used for making metates.
Mañana (man-yah'-na), to-morrow.
Man'ta, a woman's dress; lit., blanket.
Mesa (mā'-sa), tableland, or flat-topped mountain.
Metate (metah'-tā), a stone on which corn is ground.
Mucho (moo'-cho), very; lit., much.
Mucho Sabio (moo'-cho sah'-bio), one who knows much, a Pueblo councillor.
Navajo (nav'-a-ho), a large Indian tribe adjoining the Pueblos.
Olla (oh'-ya), a water-jar.
Padre (pah'-drā), a Catholic priest.
Pasear (pah-sā-ar'), to take a walk.
Piki (pee'-kee), wafer bread (Hopi); the same as Zuñi hé-wé (hā-wā), and the wah-yah'-vi of the Rio Grande Pueblos.
Plazita (pla-see'-ta), a dooryard, or interior court of a residence.
Po'co, little; po-co ti-emp'o, in a little while.
Pueblo (poo-eb'-lo), a town; when capitalised, an Indian of the pueblos.
Puerco (pwār'-co), muddy; whence the S.-W.-Amer. term "perky" for a muddy creek.
Quien sabe (kee-en' sah'-be), I do not know; lit., who knows?
Quiero (kē-er'-o), I want; quiere (ke-er'-ā), you want.
Ranchito (ran-chee'-to), a little farm.
Real (rā-al'), 12½ cents. Eight of them made the old Spanish piece of eight. Used in multiples of two, as dos (2) reales, 25 cents; cuatro (4) reales, 50 cents, etc.
Retrato (ra-trah'-to), any picture; strictly a portrait.
Sandia (san-dee'-a), watermelon; sandia 'uena, treinte centavos, good watermelon, 30 cents.
Shipapu (ship-a-poo'), gateway to the next world.
Sombrero (som-brā-ro), a wide-brimmed hat.
Teniente (ten-ee-en'-tā), lieutenant.
Tienda (tee-end'-a), a shop or store.
Tinaja (tin-ah'-ha), a water-jar.
Tombe (tom'-bā), an Indian drum.
Tortilla (tor-tee'-ya), a pancake.
Tusayan, (too'-say-an) an old Spanish name for Moqui.
Vamos (vah'-mos), begone; lit., let us go.

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