kitchawanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Perhaps from Munsee kíhtsiipoong (kíhtsi·po·ng), from kíhtsiipuw (kíhtsi·pəw, “big river”) +‎ -ung (-əng, locative suffix), from kíhch- (“big, very”), from Proto-Algonquian *keʔči-, + síipuw (sí·pəw, “river”), from Proto-Algonquian *si·pi·wi. The river was later renamed after the group's chief, Croton.^[1][2]

固有名詞

Kitchawan

1. Former name of Croton (river in New York).
2. (historical) The group which lived along this river, a subdivision of the Mohican tribe.

名詞

Kitchawan (複数形 Kitchawan)

1. A member of this group.

参照

• Joseph Nazar, Jefferson Valley's Heritage, Indians, Antiques and Tall Tales