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Tewa¹

  • /ˈteɪ.wə/ US, UK

Rhymes with -eɪwə

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

adjective more Tewa · most Tewa · Tegua · Tehua

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

noun Tewa · Tewas · Tegua · Tehua

  1. collective, countable, in plural, uncountable An indigenous Pueblo people of New Mexico and Arizona.
  2. countable An individual member of these people. 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.

proper noun Tegua · Tehua

  1. uncountable The traditional language of the Tewa people.

    Similar: Nambé, Tano

Tewa²

  • /ˈteɪ.wə/ US, UK

Rhymes with -eɪwə

proper noun Tegua · Tehua

  1. alternative Alternative form of Teiwa

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Русскийтева teva

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"Tewa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tewa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Tewa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tewa

Chicago

"Tewa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tewa.

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@misc{tewa_2026,
  title = {Tewa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tewa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}