Tewa

American  

[tey-wuh, tee-] / ˈteɪ wə, ˈti- /

noun

• Tewas,
  plural
• Tewa
  plural

1. a member of a cluster of pueblo-dwelling North American Indian peoples of New Mexico and Arizona.

2. the Tanoan language of the Tewa.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Tewa
  plural
• Tewas
  plural

Example Sentences

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Tewa Tewas

Travelers heading north from Santa Fe pass under multiple bridges with references to Pojoaque Pueblo in the community’s native language of Tewa.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

The early Native American inhabitants of the area, a Puebloan people who spoke the Tewa language, also believed the dirt was medicinal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023

The zoo released a video saying Tewa was being introduced to the other alligators and will live out her life at the facility.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2023

And she painted the exterior with a black-on-black, gloss-and-matte geometric design and named the car Maria in homage to the celebrated Tewa potter Maria Martinez of the San Ildefonso Pueblo, who died in 1980.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2022

“And you,” resumed Max, “shall have a commission as Major-General in the Republican army of Tewa, which you shall instruct in modern tactics, and lead to victory against the rebels.”

From The Island Home by Dalziel

The two peoples have intermarried freely, and it is hard to think of the Tewas otherwise than as "one kind of Hopi."

From The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi by Lockett, Hattie Greene

It is an interesting fact that all Tewas speak Hopi as well as Tewa, whereas the Hopi have never learned the Tewa language.

From The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi by Lockett, Hattie Greene