How do you pronounce tewa?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈteɪ.wə/.

tewa

/ˈteɪ.wə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: Te-wa
IPA: /ˈteɪ.wə/

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Meaning

adj

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

noun

An indigenous Pueblo people of New Mexico and Arizona.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An individual member of these people.

Countable

name

The traditional language of the Tewa people.

Uncountable

name

Alternative form of Teiwa

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: Téwa, Teewa

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈteɪ.wə/
British English: /ˈteɪ.wə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more Tewa (comparative) most Tewa (superlative) Tegua (alternative, obsolete) Tehua (alternative, obsolete) Tewas (plural)

Derived Forms

Tewan

Phrases

Arizona Tewa Hopi-Tewa Northern Tewa Southern Tewa Tewa Basin Tewa Village Wiktionary’s coverage of Tewa terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Tewa terms

Synonyms

Nambé Tano