VII. MASTAMHO (continued 2)
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Trial name Mohave name
Ham-a-PAI-vek Walya-PAI (Hoalya-paya)
Yava-PAI (Yava-paya)
Ham-i-VE-vek Tšimu-VE-ve
Ham-i-TŠAN-vek Kwi-TŠAN-(a)
Ham-i-AI-vek Kam-i-A(I) (Kamia)
Ham-a-HA-vek Ham-ak-HA-ve
Underlined: jingle increments.
CAPITALS: retained accented syllable of real name.
The concocted names of objects having to do with preparation of food seem not to be made by jingles or twistings, but to be descriptive ritualistic circumlocutions somewhat like the long compound names of myth personages. I cannot translate most of them; but there are a few indications. The large tšuvave cook pot is called umas-te-hamoka because it rests on three (hamoka) supports in the fire. Katela, a double-pointed parching bowl, is spoken of as umas-eyavkwa-havik, the last element meaning two. The frequent prefix umas- occurs in the names of many myth personages; it seems to be a form of humar, child; why it is used here is obscure. Umas-ekyire seems to be a distortion of karri'i, the usual word for basket. Tšamatš-ke-hutšatš for tšamatš, food, suggests Pa-hutšatš, another name for Mastamho, as in paragraphs 73-75; also his name in the Goose myth (Handbook, p. 767). The name may mean "food person."