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Tewa

Syllables: Te·wa/ˈteɪ.wə/

Tewa adjective: of or pertaining to the Tewa Pueblo people, culture, or language. Also the alternative form of Teiwa.

Adjective

Tewa (comparative more Tewa, superlative most Tewa)

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

Noun

Tewa (countable and uncountable, plural Tewa or Tewas)

  1. (collective, in plural) 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.2026 June 12 (last accessed), Richard I. Ford, Jason Shapiro, “The Sacred Environment of Arroyo Hondo”, in Arroyo Hondo Pueblo Project, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2025

Proper noun

Tewa (uncountable)

  1. The traditional language of the Tewa people.
    Synonyms:
    Nambé, Tano

Also used as

Tewa is also the alternative form of Teiwa.

Synonyms of Tewa

Forms of Tewa

Adjective
comparativemore Tewa
superlativemost Tewa
alternative form (obsolete)Tegua
alternative form (obsolete)Tehua
Noun
pluralTewa
pluralTewas

Origin of Tewa

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

Words formed from Tewa

Questions about Tewa

What does Tewa mean?
Tewa means of or pertaining to the Tewa Pueblo people, culture, or language.
What part of speech is Tewa?
Tewa can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tewa?
Tewa is pronounced /ˈteɪ.wə/ (UK).

Words near Tewa in the dictionary

  1. Tevin
  2. Teviot
  3. Teviotdale
  4. Teviston
  5. tew
  6. Tewa
  7. Tewa Village
  8. Tewahedo
  9. Tewan
  10. Tewanima
  11. Tewans

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