Chinook Jargon edit

Etymology edit

from ʔush, a Chinookan verbal particle used in baby-talk (as in uš-m-x̣-u-x̣ <Ushemxux> 'you go to sleep')

Verb edit

ʔushʔush

  1. to sleep

Synonyms edit

References edit

from Wasco Language Program spellings from Spilyay Tymoo, official newspaper of the Warm Springs community, April 20, 2000)