Tomahittan?

[David Costa]

If you'd shown me that name with no hints, I'd have said it looked vaguely
Delaware. But I dont know enough about Ohio Valley Siouan to say if that's
what it is. Ask Bob or John.


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> Someone has told me that "Tomahittan" is analyzable as, and I quote,
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> To = a variant of a prefix meaning "at"
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> ma = "turkey"
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> "itan" = "big or great"
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> in Ohio Valley Siouan.
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> Any truth to this?
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> Thank you,
> Michael
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