Editing Toppenish, Washington (section)

==Etymology==
''Tẋápniš'' in the [[Sahaptin language]] of the Yakama is the likely source of the name Toppenish. The word means ‘protruded, stuck out’ and recalls a landslide that occurred on the ridge south of [[White Swan, Washington]].<ref>[[Virginia Beavert|Beavert, Virginia]] and Hargus, Sharon. ''Ichishkíin Sɨ́nwit Yakama = Yakima Sahaptin dictionary''. Toppenish, Washington : Heritage University ; Seattle : in association with the University of Washington Press, 2009; p. 237. OCLC 268797329</ref> According to [[William Bright]], the name "Toppenish" comes from the Sahaptin word ''/txápniš/'', referring to a landslide, from ''/txá-/'', "accidentally", ''/-pni-/'', "to launch, to take forth and out", and ''/-ša/'', "[[Continuous and progressive aspects|continuative present tense]]".<ref name="Bright2004">{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|author-link=William Bright|title=Native American placenames of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA508|access-date=April 11, 2011|year=2004|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4|page=508}}</ref>