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Definition of Tewa in English: TewanounPlural Tewas ˈteɪwəˈtē- 1A member of a Pueblo Indian people of the Rio Grande area in the south-western US. Example sentencesExamples - Pojoaque was inhabited by Tewa until a few years ago, when intermarriage with Mexicans and the death of the few full-bloods made it practically a Mexican settlement.
- But I have not heard anything yet to persuade me that what they have is superior to what we Tewas and Hopis have.
- After the Tewas drove off a Ute war party, the Hopis allowed the Tewas to form Hano.
2mass noun The Tanoan language of the Tewa, with fewer than 3,000 speakers. Compare with Tiwa Example sentencesExamples - She says that although the school does not have an immersion program, almost everyone who teaches or works there speaks Tewa.
- So in an independent study class they will be able to work with Sue-Ellen Jacobs to create CDs of traditional stories told at least in part in Tewa.
- Missus Martinez began to learn to write Tewa in the nineteen sixties when she was fifty-four.
- The Hopis speak several dialects of a single language, Hopi, with the exception of the village of Hano, where the members speak Tewa, which is derived from the Azteco-Tanoan linguistic family.
- As Tessie Naranjo from neighboring Santa Clara Pueblo points out in the foreword, ‘A storyteller… is a position, a craft, that is held in high regard among all Tewa community people ’.
adjective ˈteɪwəˈtē- Relating to the Tewa or their language. Example sentencesExamples - Some tribes, such as the Tewa Pueblos, even divided them into sun and moon aspects, similar to the Chinese concepts of Yang and Yin (cooling).
- A Tewa tale has it that Rabbit outwitted Brother Bear, and so won rights to pick the red fruited prickly pears in the bear's West Texas hunting grounds, nearly driving him out.
- Calorie burners Hike the 1/2-mile trail to the Posi ruins, believed to be the first habitats of the ancestors of the local Tewa tribe.
- The Hopis have maintained historical relations with the Zuny as well as the Hano and Tewa groups in the Rio Grande River valley to the east.
- As dancers performed the Buffalo, Eagle, and Butterfly Dances, Tewa elder Andy Garcia explained their religious significance in his Native American culture.
- Helen Hardin, a Tewa Pueblo known for her acrylic and casein designs, was regarded as a premier artist of the Southwest.
- The Spanish and Mexicans called them ‘Apaches de Navajo’: ‘Navajo’ is a modified Tewa word meaning ‘planted fields’ and ‘Apache’ is the Spanish version of the Zuny word for ‘enemies.’
Origin From Tewa téwa 'moccasins'. Definition of Tewa in US English: Tewanounˈtē- 1A member of a Pueblo Indian people of the Rio Grande area in the southwestern US. Example sentencesExamples - But I have not heard anything yet to persuade me that what they have is superior to what we Tewas and Hopis have.
- Pojoaque was inhabited by Tewa until a few years ago, when intermarriage with Mexicans and the death of the few full-bloods made it practically a Mexican settlement.
- After the Tewas drove off a Ute war party, the Hopis allowed the Tewas to form Hano.
2The Tanoan language of the Tewa. Do not confuse with Tiwa Example sentencesExamples - The Hopis speak several dialects of a single language, Hopi, with the exception of the village of Hano, where the members speak Tewa, which is derived from the Azteco-Tanoan linguistic family.
- So in an independent study class they will be able to work with Sue-Ellen Jacobs to create CDs of traditional stories told at least in part in Tewa.
- Missus Martinez began to learn to write Tewa in the nineteen sixties when she was fifty-four.
- As Tessie Naranjo from neighboring Santa Clara Pueblo points out in the foreword, ‘A storyteller… is a position, a craft, that is held in high regard among all Tewa community people ’.
- She says that although the school does not have an immersion program, almost everyone who teaches or works there speaks Tewa.
adjectiveˈtē- Relating to the Tewa or their language. Example sentencesExamples - Helen Hardin, a Tewa Pueblo known for her acrylic and casein designs, was regarded as a premier artist of the Southwest.
- Some tribes, such as the Tewa Pueblos, even divided them into sun and moon aspects, similar to the Chinese concepts of Yang and Yin (cooling).
- Calorie burners Hike the 1/2-mile trail to the Posi ruins, believed to be the first habitats of the ancestors of the local Tewa tribe.
- The Spanish and Mexicans called them ‘Apaches de Navajo’: ‘Navajo’ is a modified Tewa word meaning ‘planted fields’ and ‘Apache’ is the Spanish version of the Zuny word for ‘enemies.’
- The Hopis have maintained historical relations with the Zuny as well as the Hano and Tewa groups in the Rio Grande River valley to the east.
- As dancers performed the Buffalo, Eagle, and Butterfly Dances, Tewa elder Andy Garcia explained their religious significance in his Native American culture.
- A Tewa tale has it that Rabbit outwitted Brother Bear, and so won rights to pick the red fruited prickly pears in the bear's West Texas hunting grounds, nearly driving him out.
Origin From Tewa téwa ‘moccasins’. |