Tomahittan?

Michael Mccafferty mmccaffe at indiana.edu
Tue Sep 28 11:03:39 UTC 2004


Someone has told me that "Tomahittan" is analyzable as, and I quote,

To = a variant of a prefix meaning "at"

ma = "turkey"

"itan" = "big or great"

in Ohio Valley Siouan.


Any truth to this?

Thank you,
Michael



More information about the Siouan mailing list