English
Tesuque
Tesuque comes from Spanish Tesuque, and goes back to Tewa Teˀtsʼúgéh ‘narrow place of the cottonwood trees’.
- TewamodernTeˀtsʼúgéh‘narrow place of the cottonwood trees’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentTesuque
- Englishearliest quotation 1980same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- TewamodernTeˀtsʼúgéh‘narrow place of the cottonwood trees’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentTesuque
- Englishearliest quotation 1980same form
Earliest quotation: 1980, John L. Kessell: “In 1695, Fray José Díez, on loan to New…”
Every English word from Tewa Teˀtsʼúgéh
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the Tesuque people.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tewa Teˀtsʼúgéh / Tesuque