-------------------- Tintaahding -- Laytonville, California ----------------------

Tintaahding -- Laytonville, California

Pronunciation:
  Like "tun - TAHH - dung" (Listen)

Etymology:

  tinii means "road, path, trail." (Listen)
  -taah is a postposition meaning "among."
  -ding is a suffix meaning "where, place" often used with place names, especially names of villages and campsites.
  Thus, Tintaahding means literally "Place Among the Trails."

Culture:

  Laytonville, California is where the Naahneesh have largely been settled since the early part of this century, at a rancheria just west of the town.

  It is likely that the name "Tintaahding" refers specifically to the town of Laytonville, as opposed to any former village-site contained in what has become Laytonville, since the name does not appear in any of the lists of place names of the Naahneesh.
  
Related Languages:

  Hupa: tin-tah "out in the woods, in the forest, back country" (literally "among the trails")

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