as the metates. Hawi´wita A stone stairway. Tütü´beñ hawi´wita A stairway pecked into a cliff face. Sa´ka A ladder. Wina´hawi´pi Steps of wood. Ki´cka The covered way. Hitcu´yî´wa “Opening to pass through;” a narrow passage between houses. Ki´sombi “Place closed with houses;” courts and spaces between house groups. Bavwa´kwapi A gutter pipe inserted in the roof coping. [Illustration: Plate CVIII. Large openings reduced to small windows, Oraibi.] In kiva nomenclature the various parts of the roof have the same names as the corresponding features of the dwellings. These are described on pp. 148-151. Le´stabi The main roof timbers. Wina´kwapi The smaller cross poles. Kaha´b kwapi The willow covering. Süibi kwapi The brush covering. Si´hü kwapi The grass covering. Tcuka´tcve wata The dry earth layer of the roof. Kiam´ba´lawi The layer of mud plaster on the roof. Kiami An entire roof. The following terms are used to specially designate various features of the kivas: Tüpat´caiata, Both of these terms are used to designate lestabi } the kiva hatchway beams upon which the Lesta´bkwapi, } hatchway walls rest. Süna´cabi le´stabi The main beams in the roof, nearest to the hatchway. Ĕp´eoka le´stabi The main beams next to the central ones. Püep´eoka le´stabi The main beams next in order, and all the beams intervening between the “epeoka” and the end beams are so designated. Kala´beoka lestabi The beams at the ends of a kiva. Mata´owa “Stone placed with hands.” Hüzrüowa “Hard stone.” Both of these latter terms are applied to corner foundation stones. Kwa´kü üt´cpi Moveable mat of reeds or sticks for covering hatchway opening, Fig. 29. “Kwaku,” wild hay; “utepi,” a stopper. Tüpat´caiata The raised hatchway; “the sitting place,” Fig. 95. Tüpat´caiata tü´kwa The walls of the hatchway. Kipat´ctjua´ta The kiva doorway; the opening into the hatchway, Fig. 28. Apa´pho´ya Small niches in the wall. “Apap,” from “apabi,” inside, and “hoya,” small. Si´papüh An archaic term. The etymology of this word is not known. Kwŏp´kota The fireplace. “Kwuhi,” coals or embers; “küaiti,” head. Kŏi´tci Pegs for drying fuel, fixed under the hatchway. “Ko-hu,” wood; Fig. 28. Kokü´ina Pegs in the walls.