lso called--
_tci[ng][)e]cin b[)i]n[)i]n[)i]'li_, those in place at the doorway
passage.
_ceza'_--a point; the forked apex.
_l'ejca_--the ground; the floor.
_bituca_--surrounding projection; the ledge or undisturbed margin of the
floor area.
_tci[ng][)e]cin_--the road there; the doorway. This term appears to
mean "the road there" to the east--that is, to _tci[ng]hanoai_, the
sun. The word _tci[ng]_ also means day.
_tci[ng][)e]cin s[)i]lai_--the uprights of the door frame. They are
also called--
_tci[ng]ecin iai_--but this, strictly speaking, means one upright.
_s[)i]lai_, or _s[)i]lai_--a pair.
_tci[ng][)e]cin s[)i]lai nanaai_--doorway-post horizontal timber; the
lintel.
_tci[ng][)e]cin nacas[)i]c[)a]'ni_--another term for the lintel.
A single stick lying on the ground is called--
_ts[)i]n s[)i]c[)a]'ni_--but when resting upon something above the
ground it is called--
_ts[)i]n cas[)i]c[)a]'ni_.
_tc[)i]legi nanaai_--smoke-hole horizontal timber; the crosspiece that
rests upon the large doorway timbers and forms the base of the
smoke-hole, and also supports one end of the doorway roof.
_tc[)i]legi nacas[)i]c[)a]'ni_--this term is also applied to the
smoke-hole stick, as in the case of the lintel above.
_tci[ng][)e]cin bikace nan[)i]joji_--doorway upper surface flat roof;
the doorway roof formed of parallel sticks resting on the lintel and
the smoke-hole base. The word--
_bo[.g]ance_--uppermost, is sometimes used instead of _bikace_. The
term--
_nan[)i]joji_--means, literally, timbers laid level side by side, and is
applied to a floor of wood, as in--
_wuyace nan[)i]joji_--the below-level arrangement of timbers or boards.
It is also applied to walls, as in--
_biyace b[)i]n[)i]joji_--the side arrangement of boards. A bridge across
a stream is called--
_co'[)i]nl[)i]'nigi nanijoji_--the first term meaning "water flowing."
_tci[ng][)e]cin biyace b[)i]n[)i]joji_--doorway side walls; the sticks
set in between the uprights of the door-frame and the slanting doorway
timbers.
_tc[)i]legi_--smoke-hole; derivation obscure.
_biyace b[)i]n[)i]joji_--the side "walls;" the smaller timbers which
inclose the hut. They are also called--
_biya'ce b[)i]n[)i]n[)i]'li_--leaning around the sides; from
_h[)i]'nia'_, slanting, and the plural article pronoun _sinil_.
[Illustration: Fig. 244--Interior of Yeb[)i]tcai house, illustrating
nomencla
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