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Tewa en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈteɪ.wə/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tegua, Tehua, from Tewa Téwa or Hopi Teewa.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to the Tewa Pueblo people, culture, or language.

Forms

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more Tewa Degree=Cmp lexicographic
Tehua alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Tegua alternative, obsolete lexicographic
most Tewa Degree=Sup lexicographic

Tewa en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈteɪ.wə/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tegua, Tehua, from Tewa Téwa or Hopi Teewa.

Meanings

  1. (collective, countable, in-plural, uncountable) An indigenous Pueblo people of New Mexico and Arizona.
  2. (countable) An individual member of these people.
    • Rina Swentzell, was a Tewa from Santa Clara Pueblo (Swentzell 1990) conceived the Tewa universe as circular in the form of a pot capped by a basket. All the spaces recognized by Ortiz (1969) fill the space inside the pot. 2026 June 12 (last accessed), Richard I. Ford, Jason Shapiro, “The Sacred Environment of Arroyo Hondo”, in Arroyo Hondo Pueblo Project, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2025:

Forms

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Tegua alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Tewa Number=Plur lexicographic
Tewas Number=Plur lexicographic
Tehua alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

Hopi-Tewa · Southern Tewa · Tewa Basin · Northern Tewa · Tewa Village · Tewan · Arizona Tewa

Translations (4)

hop Tewasino (Translations) · nv Anaashashí (Translations) · hop Teewa (Translations) · tew Téwa (Translations)

Tewa en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈteɪ.wə/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tegua, Tehua, from Tewa Téwa or Hopi Teewa.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The traditional language of the Tewa people.

Forms

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Tegua alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Tehua alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Relateds

Wiktionary’s coverage of Tewa terms

Synonyms

Tano · Nambé

Translations (4)

hop Hanolavayi (Translations) · hop Hanolvayi (Translations) · ru тева (Translations) · tew Téwa (Translations)

wikidata: Q56492

Tewa en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈteɪ.wə/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Teiwa
    alt of Teiwa

Forms

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Tegua alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Tehua alternative, obsolete lexicographic