Table 12.—Source of Some California Place Names of Indian Origin. [Editor’s note: only Sierra Miwok and Mono place names in the Handbook are copied here—dea.]
Ahwahnee	Miwok village in Yosemite valley.
Chagoopa	Probably Mono
Cosumnes	Miwok village
Hetch Hetchy	Miwok name of a plant.
Kaiaiauwa	Possibly Miwok.
Koip	Probably Mono “mountain sheep.”
Kuna	Perhaps Mono “firewood.”
Mokelumne	Miwok "people of Mokel," a village.
Oleta	Perhaps Miwok.
Omo	Miwok village.
Omochumnes.	Miwok "people of Umucha."
Pohono	Probably Miwok.
Taboose	Perhaps a Mono Shoshonean word.
Tehipite	Perhaps a Mono Shoshonean word.
Tenaya	Miwok chief.
Tissaack	Miwok place name of mythological origin.
Toowa	Probably a Mono word.
Yosemite	Miwok: usually said to mean "grizzly bear;" perhaps "killers."