Topanga < #Tongva Topaa'nga "Rock Mortar Place"
< Proto-Takic *tɨh-paha-ŋa < rock + mortar + locative suffix >
Cf. #Kitanemuk tɨhpahač "rock mortar"
Cf. #Luiseño Tóopamay "Santa Margarita Rancheria" < little mortar place >
#etymology #Toongvet #Tovaangar #Takic #Uto-Aztecan
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#Tongva ryoo'enax "to cut hair"
< Proto-Takic *rió:'-ina "to make bald" < *rió:' "shorn" + ina "causative"
Cf. #Kitanemuk rio'in "to cut" and #Luiseño riwí' "to be bald; for bones to show through at cremation" and #Tongva ryoo(')pe' "bald"
#etymology #linguistics #Takic #PUA
#Tongva waa'aka' "black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli"
< Proto-Takic *wá:hanka' "stretch-necked fishing bird"
Cf. #Kitanemuk wahanka'y "gaviota, seagull"
#etymology #linguistics #indigenous #California #Takic
