ʔushʔush
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
- to sleep
Synonyms edit
References edit
from Wasco Language Program spellings from Spilyay Tymoo, official newspaper of the Warm Springs community, April 20, 2000)