﻿IO 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  River 
  is 
  quite 
  generally 
  seip 
  or 
  si 
  pit; 
  in 
  Delaware, 
  sipo. 
  Thus 
  

   from 
  Missi, 
  great, 
  and 
  sipu, 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  or 
  great 
  river. 
  

   Near 
  the 
  Atlantic, 
  tuk, 
  han, 
  hannc 
  and 
  huan 
  are 
  frequent 
  parts 
  of 
  

   river 
  names, 
  none 
  of 
  these 
  being 
  used 
  independently. 
  Tuk 
  or 
  ittuk 
  

   is 
  a 
  river 
  whose 
  waters 
  are 
  driven 
  in 
  waves, 
  whether 
  by 
  tides 
  or 
  

   winds. 
  With 
  these 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  poh-ki 
  or 
  pahke, 
  pure 
  or 
  clear, 
  

   and 
  quinni, 
  long, 
  as 
  in 
  Quinnituckut 
  or 
  Connecticut. 
  

  

  Pautuck 
  is 
  a 
  fall, 
  often 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  river, 
  while 
  acawme 
  usually 
  

   denotes 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  body 
  of 
  water. 
  Many 
  other 
  words 
  are 
  

   compounded 
  with 
  tuk 
  or 
  ittuk. 
  Hanne 
  or 
  huan, 
  for 
  river, 
  occurs 
  

   in 
  New 
  York, 
  but 
  is 
  more 
  frequent 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  Virginia. 
  

  

  Nippi, 
  for 
  lake 
  or 
  water, 
  is 
  more 
  comjmon 
  farther 
  west. 
  Pang, 
  

   pog 
  or 
  bog, 
  water 
  at 
  rest, 
  often 
  enters 
  into 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  small 
  

   ponds 
  of 
  varied 
  character, 
  and 
  is 
  quite 
  frequent 
  in 
  New 
  England, 
  

   Garni 
  and 
  gumec 
  are 
  more 
  common 
  westward, 
  indicating 
  lakes, 
  but 
  

   one 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  appears 
  in 
  northern 
  New 
  York. 
  Amaug 
  enters 
  

   largely 
  into 
  names 
  of 
  fishing 
  places, 
  and 
  qussuk, 
  stone, 
  in 
  its 
  many 
  

   varieties, 
  is 
  often 
  applied 
  to 
  creeks 
  and 
  rocky 
  places. 
  Wadchu 
  or 
  

   adchu, 
  a 
  mountain 
  or 
  hill, 
  is 
  sometimes 
  included 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  

   names. 
  Its 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  use 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  hill 
  country 
  of 
  

   Massachusetts. 
  Komuk, 
  an 
  inclosed 
  place, 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  Long 
  

   Island, 
  mostly 
  in 
  combination. 
  

  

  Munnohan 
  or 
  miinno, 
  for 
  island, 
  is 
  frequent 
  and 
  with 
  striking 
  

   variations, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Mr 
  Trumbull 
  later. 
  

   Another 
  word 
  for 
  island 
  is 
  aqucdnc,- 
  usually 
  with 
  note 
  of 
  location. 
  

   Exact 
  location 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  particles, 
  ct, 
  it 
  or 
  ut; 
  indefinite 
  by 
  

   set. 
  Many 
  words 
  are 
  derived 
  from 
  uaiag, 
  a 
  corner, 
  point 
  or 
  angle. 
  

   Hocquau, 
  a 
  hook, 
  originates 
  some, 
  and 
  others 
  are 
  from 
  sank, 
  

   pouring 
  out, 
  or 
  an 
  outlet. 
  Saco 
  and 
  Saginaw 
  are 
  among 
  these. 
  

   Nashaue, 
  midway 
  or 
  between, 
  is 
  most 
  frequent 
  in 
  New 
  England. 
  

   Mattapan, 
  sitting 
  "down 
  place, 
  or 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  portage, 
  occurs 
  in 
  

   New 
  York. 
  He 
  gives 
  other 
  examples, 
  which 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  now, 
  and 
  closes 
  with 
  some 
  useful 
  hints. 
  The 
  terminal 
  loca- 
  

   tive, 
  he 
  says, 
  means 
  in, 
  at 
  or 
  on, 
  but 
  not 
  land 
  or 
  place, 
  nor 
  can 
  

   animate 
  nouns 
  take 
  this 
  affix. 
  Differences 
  of 
  languages 
  and 
  dia- 
  

   lects 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  disregarded, 
  for 
  names 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  names 
  might 
  

   vary 
  in 
  meaning 
  among 
  different 
  people, 
  while 
  quite 
  alike 
  in 
  form 
  

   and 
  sound. 
  

  

  