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Still another pidginized Secwépemc word in Northern Chinook Jargon: sishinim ‘singing’

Summary by Chinook Jargon
Naika wawa masi kopa Pir Lio! Leo was emailing me about some questions, which is how I became aware of still another pidginized Secwépemc (“Shuswap” Salish) word in Northern Chinook Jargon. It’s not even particularly religious, this time The word is sishinim, which Leo acutely deciphered as Secwepemctsín setsínəm ‘to sing’. Here’s what it looks like, written in Chinuk Pipa: Leo supplies the source: “the 16 page Chinook supplement that Le Jeun…
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Chinook Jargon broke the news in on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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