Tewa

See also: tewa

English

Alternative forms

• Tegua, Tehua (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈteɪ.wə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪwə
• Hyphenation: Te‧wa

Etymology 1

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

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 the plural) An indigenous Pueblo people of New Mexico and Arizona.
2. (countable) An individual member of these people.
   • 2026 June 12 (last accessed), Richard I. Ford, Jason Shapiro, “The Sacred Environment of Arroyo Hondo”, in Arroyo Hondo Pueblo Project‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 December 2025:

     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.

Derived terms

• Arizona Tewa
• Hopi-Tewa
• Northern Tewa
• Southern Tewa
• Tewa Basin
• Tewan
• Tewa Village

Translations

Translations

• Hopi: Teewa, Tewasino
• Tewa: Téwa

Proper noun

Tewa (uncountable)

2. The traditional language of the Tewa people.

   Synonyms: Nambé, Tano

Translations

Translations

• Hopi: Hanolavayi, Hanolvayi
• Navajo: Anaashashí dineʼé bizaad
• Russian: тева (ru) m (teva)
• Tewa: Téwa

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tewa terms

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Tewa

1. Alternative form of Teiwa

Anagrams

• Tawe, weta, tawe