Etymology

Tonganoxie

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Unami Tànkinakwsi
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The story

  1. Unami · borrowed fromTànkinakwsi
  2. English todayTonganoxie

Borrowed from Unami Tànkinakwsi (given name), from tànkinakwsi anim (“to look short, to seem small”), from tànk- (“short, small”) + -inakwsi (“to look like”).

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