Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a group of Pueblo peoples of northern New Mexico.
- noun The group of Kiowa-Tanoan languages spoken by the Tewa.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun   a Kiowa language of the Southwestern U.S.
- proper noun   a Trans-New Guinea language ofIndonesia 
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
 
				Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Tewa.
Examples
- 
								Navaho was derived from the name the Tewa Pueblo Indians gave them, Apaches of Navahu, which means “enemies from the planted fields.” Nightway Janet Dailey 1981 
- 
								Navaho was derived from the name the Tewa Pueblo Indians gave them, Apaches of Navahu, which means “enemies from the planted fields.” Nightway Janet Dailey 1981 
- 
								Navaho was derived from the name the Tewa Pueblo Indians gave them, Apaches of Navahu, which means “enemies from the planted fields.” Nightway Janet Dailey 1981 
- 
								Navaho was derived from the name the Tewa Pueblo Indians gave them, Apaches of Navahu, which means “enemies from the planted fields.” Nightway Janet Dailey 1981 
- 
								Hano, or "Tewa" as it is sometimes called, has been built lately; that is, it cannot be more than Canyons of the Colorado John Wesley Powell 1868 
- 
								Or maybe we should all learn this continent's original Tewa, Navajo or Cherokee? Hotel owner under fire for telling Hispanics to change names 2009 
- 
								They also say that the tower defiles the hills around Chimayo, which are venerated by the Tewa people. Errors of Enchantment » Can the Government tell us what to do with our property? 2008 
- 
								Last year I visited Tewa, a Women's Funding Network member fund in Nepal, on the 10th anniversary of their founding and heard a story that to me symbolizes the power women have to unite and overcome obstacles. Christine Grumm: Q & A With Christine Grumm For World Poverty Day 2008 
- 
								The Tewa and Chimbu have already climbed to advanced tribal level and are an inaccurate point of comparison. Archive 2006-03-01 2006 
- 
								Kuhl stumbles a bit when he uses the examples of radical heirarchies in Tewa and Chimbu societies as a contradiction of Border's thesis. Archive 2006-03-01 2006 
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.