Tewa

Te·wa
T1E1W4A1
US, UK/ˈteɪ.wə/

adjective

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

Similar
NambéTano
OriginSpanish Tegua ← Tewa Téwa ← Hopi Teewa →
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Meanings

Tewa1

adjectiveTewa (comparative more Tewa, superlative most Tewa)

comparative more Tewa · superlative most Tewa · alternative obsolete Tegua · alternative obsolete Tehua

  1. Of or pertaining to the Tewa Pueblo people, culture, or language.
nounTewa (countable and uncountable, plural Tewa or Tewas)

plural Tewas · alternative obsolete Tegua · alternative obsolete Tehua

  1. collectivecountablein pluraluncountableAn indigenous Pueblo people of New Mexico and Arizona.
  2. countableAn 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 nounTewa (uncountable)

alternative obsolete Tegua · alternative obsolete Tehua

  1. uncountableThe traditional language of the Tewa people.

    Synonyms: Nambé, Tano

Tewa2

proper noun

alternative obsolete Tegua · alternative obsolete Tehua

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Teiwa

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe traditional language of the Tewa people.

Similar
NambéTano
Also see
tano

Origin

  1. HopiTeewa
  2. TewaTéwa
  3. SpanishTegua
  4. EnglishTewa

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

More words from Spanish, Tewa, Hopi

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Translations

Russian тева
  • тева (teva)Translations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

wetatawe
Cite this entry
APA

Tewa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tewa

MLA

“Tewa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tewa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tewa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tewa.

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