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[ tey-wuh, tee- ] / ˈteɪ wə, ˈti- /
noun, plural Te·was, (especially collectively) Te·wa for 1. a member of a cluster of pueblo-dwelling North American Indian peoples of New Mexico and Arizona. the Tanoan language of the Tewa. Words nearby Tewatevatron, Tevere, Tevet, Teveten, Tevez, Tewa, Te Waipounamu, Tewkesbury, Tewksbury, Tex., Texan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for TewaThis raises the question whether the nomenclature of the Sioux has not arisen out of a practice similar to that of the Tewa. Kinship and Social Organisation|W. H. R. Rivers Other traditions say that the first pueblo chief of the Tewa was chief of the Na-towa. The Winter Solstice Altars at Hano Pueblo|J. Walter Fewkes But the Tewa fish said to him, "You are one of the sons of men, and you are our enemies, for it is you who kill and eat us." Black Tales for White Children|C. H. Stigand The element pobi which is so often used in proper names among the Tewa, means flower. The Winter Solstice Altars at Hano Pueblo|J. Walter Fewkes
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