[ ARCHITECTURAL NOMENCLATURE.]
The following nomenclature, collected by Mr. Stephen, comprises the terms commonly used in designating the constructional details of Tusayan houses and kivas:
| Kiko´li | The ground floor rooms forming the first terrace. |
| Tupu´bi | The roofed recess at the end of the first terrace. |
| Ah´pabi | A terrace roof. |
| Ih´pobi | |
| Tupat´ca ih´pobi | The third terrace, used in common as a loitering place. |
| Tumtco´kobi | “The place of the flat stone;” small rooms in which “piki,” orpaper-bread, is baked. “Tuma,” the piki stone, and “tcok” describing itsflat position. |
| Tupa´tca | “Where you sit overhead;” the third story. |
| O´mi Ah´pabi | The second story; a doorway always opens from it upon the roof ofthe “kiko´li.” |
| Kitcobi | “The highest place;” the fourth story. |
| Tuhkwa | A wall. |
| Puce | An outer corner. |
| Apaphucua | An inside corner. |
| Lestabi | The main roof timbers. |
| Wina´kwapi | Smaller cross poles. “Winahoya,” a small pole, and “Kwapi,” inplace. |
| Kaha´b kwapi | The willow covering. |
| Süibi kwapi | The brush covering. |
| Si´hü kwapi | The grass covering. |
| Kiam´ balawi | The mud plaster of roof covering, “Balatle´lewini,” tospread. |
| Tcukat´cvewata | Dry earth covering the roof. “Tcuka,” earth, “katuto,” to sit,and “at´cvewata,” one laid above another. |
| Kiami | An entire roof. |
| Kwo´pku | The fireplace. |
| Kwi´tcki | “Smoke-house,” an inside chimney-hood. |
| Sibvu´tütük´mula | A series of bottomless jars piled above each other, and lutedtogether as a chimney-top. |
| Sibvu´ | A bottomless earthen vessel serving as a chimney pot. |
| Bok´ci | Any small hole in a wall, or roof, smaller than adoorway. |
| Hi´tci | An opening, such as a doorway. This term is also applied to a gapin a cliff. |
| Hi´tci Kalau´wata | A door frame. |
| Tûñañ´îata | A lintel; literally, “that holds the sides in place.” |
| Wuwûk´pi | “The place step;” the door sill. |
| Niñuh´pi | A handhold; the small pole in a doorway below thelintel. |
| Pana´ptca ütc´pi bok´ci | A window; literally, “glass covered opening.” |
| Ut´cpi | A cover. |
| Ahpa´bütc´pi | A door. “Apab,” inside; wina, apole. |
| Wina´ütc´pi | |
| O´wa ütc´ppî | “Stone cover,” a stone slab. |
| Tüi´ka | A projection in the wall of a room suggesting a partition, suchas shown in [Pl. LXXXV]. The same term is applied to a projectingcliff in a mesa. |
| Kiam´i | An entire roof. The main beams, cross poles, and roof layers havethe same names as in the kiva, given later. |
| Wĭna´kü´i | Projecting poles; rafters extending beyond the walls. |
| Bal´kakini | “Spread out;” the floor. |
| O´tcokpü´h | “Leveled with stones;” a raised level for thefoundation. |
| Ba´lkakini tü´wi | “Floor ledge;” the floor of one room raised above that of anadjoining one. |
| Hako´la | “Lower place;” the floor of a lower room. Sand dunes in a valleyare called “Hakolpi.” |
| Ko´ltci | A shelf. |
| Owako´ltci | A stone shelf. |
| Ta´pü kü´ita | A support for a shelf. |
| Wina´koltci | A hewn plank shelf. |
| Kokiüni | A wooden peg in a wall. |
| Tületa | A shelf hanging from the ceiling. |
| Tület´haipi | The cords for suspending a shelf. |
| Tükûlci | A niche in the wall. |
| Tükûli | A stone mortar. |
| Ma´ta | The complete mealing apparatus for grinding corn. |
| Owa´mata | The trough or outer frame of stone slabs. |
| Mata´ki | The metate or grinding slab. |
| Kakom´ta mata´ki | The coarsest grinding slab. |
| Tala´kî mata´ki | The next finer slab; from “talaki” to parch crushed corn in avessel at the fire. |
| Piñ´nyümta mata´ki | The slab of finest texture; from “pin,” fine. |
| Ma´ta ü´tci | The upright partition stones separating the metates. The rubbingstones have the same names as the metates. |
| Hawi´wita | A stone stairway. |
| Tütü´beñ hawi´wita | A stairway pecked into a cliff face. |
| Sa´ka | A ladder. |
| Wina´hawi´pi | Steps of wood. |
| Ki´cka | The covered way. |
| Hitcu´yî´wa | “Opening to pass through;” a narrow passage betweenhouses. |
| Ki´sombi | “Place closed with houses;” courts and spaces between housegroups. |
| Bavwa´kwapi | A gutter pipe inserted in the roof coping. |
In kiva nomenclature the various parts of the roof have the same names as the corresponding features of the dwellings. These are described on pp. [148]-[151].
| Le´stabi | The main roof timbers. |
| Wina´kwapi | The smaller cross poles. |
| Kaha´b kwapi | The willow covering. |
| Süibi kwapi | The brush covering. |
| Si´hü kwapi | The grass covering. |
| Tcuka´tcve wata | The dry earth layer of the roof. |
| Kiam´ba´lawi | The layer of mud plaster on the roof. |
| Kiami | An entire roof. |
The following terms are used to specially designate various features of the kivas:
| Tüpat´caiata, lestabi Lesta´bkwapi, | Both of these terms are used to designate the kiva hatchway beamsupon which the hatchway walls rest. |
| Süna´cabi le´stabi | The main beams in the roof, nearest to the hatchway. |
| Ĕp´eoka le´stabi | The main beams next to the central ones. |
| Püep´eoka le´stabi | The main beams next in order, and all the beams interveningbetween the “epeoka” and the end beams are so designated. |
| Kala´beoka lestabi | The beams at the ends of a kiva. |
| Mata´owa | “Stone placed with hands.” |
| Hüzrüowa | “Hard stone.” Both of these latter terms are applied to corner foundationstones. |
| Kwa´kü üt´cpi | Moveable mat of reeds or sticks for covering hatchway opening, [Fig. 29]. “Kwaku,” wild hay; “utepi,” astopper. |
| Tüpat´caiata | The raised hatchway; “the sitting place,” [Fig. 95]. |
| Tüpat´caiata tü´kwa | The walls of the hatchway. |
| Kipat´ctjua´ta | The kiva doorway; the opening into the hatchway, [Fig. 28]. |
| Apa´pho´ya | Small niches in the wall. “Apap,” from “apabi,” inside, and“hoya,” small. |
| Si´papüh | An archaic term. The etymology of this word is notknown. |
| Kwŏp´kota | The fireplace. “Kwuhi,” coals or embers; “küaiti,” head. |
| Kŏi´tci | Pegs for drying fuel, fixed under the hatchway. “Ko-hu,” wood; [Fig. 28]. |
| Kokü´ina | Pegs in the walls. |
| Sa´ka | A ladder. This term is applied to any ladder. [Figs. 45-47]. |
| Sa´kaleta | Ladder rungs; “Leta,” from “lestabi;” see above. |
| Tüvwibi | The platform elevation or upper level of the floor. “Tu-vwi,” aledge; [Fig. 24]. |
| Tüvwi | Stone ledges around the sides, for seats. The same term is usedto designate any ledge, as that of a mesa, etc. |
| Katcin´ Kibü | “Katcina,” house. The niche in a ledge at the end of thekiva. |
| Kwi´sa | The planks set into the floor, to which the lower beam of ablanket loom is fastened. |
| Kaintup´ha | Terms applied to the main floor;they both mean “the large space.” |
| Kiva´kani | |
| Tapü´wü´tci | Hewn planks a foot wide and 6 to 8 feet long, set into thefloor. |
| Wina´wü´tci | A plank. |
| Owa´pühü´imiata | “Stone spread out;” the flagged floor; also designates the slabscovering the hatchway. |
| Yau´wiopi. | Stones with holes pecked in the ends for holding the loom beamwhile the warp is being adjusted; also used as seats; see [p. 132]. |