 The first recorded endonym for the Tongva people was "Kizh" (also spelled "Kij"), from 1846.Although subsequent authors equated this with the word for "houses" (also often spelled "kizh"), Hale gives the word for house as "kītç" in a list where the language was called "Kīj", suggesting that the words were distinct.The term "Kizh" was generally used at that time to designate the language, and the first comprehensive publication on the language used it.