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21 cañada
(Sp. model spelled same [kaɲáða] < Latin cannam 'cane' and the Spanish derivational suffix - ada 'abundance or content.' Corominas indicates that cañada, meaning receptacle or measurement for water, comes from canna, in the sense of 'a tube through which liquid flows out of the receptacle or instrument for measurement')Bentley: 1836. A valley or dale between mountains. Bentley says that this term is synonymous with arroyo and canyon in the Southwest. Hoy notes that it may also refer to a drainage or tributary forged by a spring; alternately, it may have as its referent a water- and soil-filled basin of arable land. This term is not common in English, where, according to Bentley, it is used more in writing than in speaking. The definitions found in English sources correspond to those found in Spanish sources. The DRAE defines cañada as a narrow piece of land between two higher points. Islas adds that the higher points are generally hills or hillocks. Santamaría indicates that in Mexico it refers to a cornfield just after a harvest, and in Cuba it is a small arroyo or waterway that is dry during part of the year. According to Cobos, in New Mexico and southern Colorado, a cañada may be "a dry riverbed or a small canyon in the sierra." -
22 carrera del gallo
(Sp. model spelled same [karéra ðel γájo] < Vulgar Latin * carraria, an abbreviation of via carraria 'path for carts' plus del 'of the' plus gallo < Latin gallum 'rooster')According to Blevins, a cowboy pastime in which a rooster is buried up to its neck, and a rider tries to pull or jerk it out of the ground while riding a horse. The rooster seldom survives the game. Islas references a similar game, known in Mexico as carrera del pollo or carrera del gallo. He says it is common at parties held on ranches and in communities in the northern and central regions of Mexico. In the Mexican version of the game, one rider holds a rooster in his right hand and a second rider pursues him, trying to grab the rooster. -
23 charreada
(Sp. model spelled same [t∫areáða] < charrear < charro [see below] and the Spanish derivative suffix - ada 'an event in which the techniques of charros are practiced')Clark: 1890s. This competitive event was the precursor of the modern rodeo. According to Clark, it is still popular throughout the United States and involves traditional events, including wild riding tricks by women and horse-tripping. Santamaría notes that charreada comes from the verb charrear, which he defines as to act like a charro or to carry out the practices and exercises of the charro. The DRAE references charreada as a Mexican charro festival, and Islas indicates that it is a Mexican-style rodeo ( jaripeo). -
24 fiador
(Sp. model spelled same [fjadór] < fiar 'to guarantee' < Vulgar Latin fldere plus the agentive suffix -dor; 'guarantor')According to Watts, a cord made of rawhide, hair, or white cotton that attaches to a "hackamore" and fits around the neck of the animal, converting the hackamore into a strong halter. The DARE quotes Grant, who provides a more detailed description: "The fiador is a small doubled rope of either horsehair or sashcord that runs through the loops of the hackamore's brow band at the point just below and behind the ears. Then it goes around the neck, is knotted under the throat, and ends in another and lower knot, so tied that it will not slip over the heel button of the bosal." The DRAE gives several definitions for this term, one of them describing a leather strap worn by the outside front animal in a team from the harness to the cheek piece of the bit. As a general term in Spanish, fiador refers to any cord or other item that secures something and assures that it does not slip or fall out of place. Islas glosses the term as the part of the hackamore; a harness strap that secures the hackamore. It is passed around the nape of the animal's neck and tied behind the jawbone.Alternate forms: feador, fiadore, theodore (the latter is a folk-etymology). -
25 mesa
(Sp. model spelled same [mésa] < Latin mensam 'table')1) Northwestern Texas: 1840. A hill or mountain with a flat top or a steep-sided plateau.2) Nebraska: 1927. According to the DARE, this term has a specific meaning in Nebraska; it refers to "a steep gully along a river." The DRAE defines mesa as an extended piece of elevated flat land surrounded by valleys or cliffs. This geographical term, along with a few others such as arroyo and ( box) canyon, is linked in the popular mind with gunslingers, rustlers, sheriffs, ranchers and cowboys, thanks to Hollywood and pulp fiction. In fact, many outlaws hid out in the badlands. -
26 pelado
(Sp. model spelled same [peláðo] 'bald; poor,' perfective participle of pelar 'to pull out hair' < Latin pilare)Clark: 1840s. Among Anglos, a dishonest, unemployed, or contemptible Mexican. Referenced in the DRAE as a poor person or (in Mexico) a person belonging to the poorest and most uncultured classes, a boor. Santamaría also glosses it primarily as a poor person, but also a popular figure from the lower classes. He is a ragged, wretched, and uncultured person, but generally good-natured. It may also refer figuratively to an ill-mannered person who uses obscene language. Cobos indicates that in New Mexico and southern Colorado it means "broke or penniless."Alternate forms: palau, pelayo. -
27 petalta
(Sp. model spelled same? [petálta], etymology not found)A herd of cattle gathered so that some can be cut out. Spanish sources do not reference this term. -
28 tule
Bentley: 1836. Either of two species of bulrushes of the genus Scripus, used to thatch primitive huts. Santamaría glosses it as a reed or bulrush whose leaves are used to weave mats and even curtains and other items. In Mexico the term frequently refers to a species of Cyperus, native to the lakes of the Central Plateau. It may also refer to Seirpus californicus, S. lacustris, Typha angustifolia, and T. latifolia. In the plural, "the tules" refers to an out-of-the-way or desolate place, or "the middle of nowhere." Hence the expressions "to be in deep tules," meaning to be in trouble with the law and "to pull freight for the tules," "to be on the lam." The term is also used in forming numerous compounds. Some examples include: tule elk, tule gnat, tule wren; tule lake, tule land, tule marsh or swamp.Alternate forms: toolie, tula, tulé, tuley.
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