šinnišmin

Northern Ohlone

Etymology

Compare šiiniinikma (“children”), šinnikma (“children”). All from an unattested root, *šinni which may have meant ("child"), ("descendants"), ("family, clan"), or something else entirely.

Noun

šinnišmin

(plural only) children, progeny

References

María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎^[1], Unpublished