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Chinook Jargon
Etymology
from ʔush, a Chinookan verbal particle used in baby-talk (as in uš-m-x̣-u-x̣ <Ushemxux> 'you go to sleep')
Verb
ʔushʔush
- to sleep
Synonyms
References
from Wasco Language Program spellings from Spilyay Tymoo, official newspaper of the Warm Springs community, April 20, 2000)