a. Í-shothl-ti-mon=á-hâ-i, from í-shothl-ti-mo-na=ever recurring, immortal, and á-hâ-i=beings.
Likewise, the animals and animal gods, and sometimes even the supernatural beings, having animal or combined animal and human personalities, are designated by one term only—
b. K'ia-pin=á-hâ-i, from k'ia-pin-na=raw, and á-hâ-i=beings. Of these, however, three divisions are made:
(1.) K'ia-pin-á-hâ-i=game animals, specifically applied to those animals furnishing flesh to man.
(2.) K'iä-shem-á-hâ-i, from k'iä-we=water, she-man=wanting, and á-hâ-i=beings, the water animals, specially applied not only to them, but also to all animals and animal gods supposed to be associated sacredly with water, and through which water is supplicated.
(3.) Wé-ma-á-hâ-i, from we-ma=prey, and á-hâ-i=beings, "Prey Beings," applied alike to the prey animals and their representatives among the gods. Finally we have the terms—
c. Ak-na=á-hâ-i, from ák-na=done, cooked, or baked, ripe, and á-hâ-i=beings, the "Done Beings," referring to mankind; and
d. Äsh-i-k'ia=á-hâ-i, from ä′sh-k'ia=made, finished, and á-hâ-i=beings, "Finished Beings," including the dead of mankind.
That very little distinction is made between these orders of life, or that they are at least closely related, seems to be indicated by the absence from the entire language of any general term for God. True, there are many beings in Zuñi Mythology godlike in attributes, anthropomorphic, monstrous, and elemental, which are known as the "Finishers or makers of the paths of life," while the most superior of all is called the "Holder of the paths (of our lives)," Hâ′-no-o-na wí-la-po-na. Not only these gods, but all supernatural beings, men, animals, plants, and many objects in nature, are regarded as personal existences, and are included in the one term á-hâ-i, from á, the plural particle signifying "all," and hâ-i, being or life,="Life," "the Beings." This again leads us to the important and interesting conclusion that all beings, whether deistic and supernatural, or animistic and mortal, are regarded as belonging to one system; and that they are likewise believed to be related by blood seems to be indicated by the fact that human beings are spoken of as the "children of men," while all other beings are referred to as "the Fathers," the "All-fathers," and "Our Fathers."