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Secwepemctsín

Secwepemctsín proper noun: shuswap (Salish language).

Proper noun

Secwepemctsín

  1. Shuswap (Salish language)
    • I returned in July 2016, filming for my MFA thesis in several Secwepemc communities, exploring the challenge of Secwepemctsín (Shuswap language loss) and the potential for language revitalization.2018 March 18, Sean Stiller, “I came to understand how sage and the land could be so healing”, in CBC Short Docs
    • The grandmother of Julian Brave NoiseCat, the film’s codirector, who was himself born in mysterious circumstances in the institution, says, “Before we went to residential school we spoke the Secwépemc language – only Secwepemctsín – in the community; no English. They tried to take that out of us....2024 September 19, Tara Brady, “Sugarcane: Gripping story of abuse in Catholic schools in Canada is an early Oscar favourite”, in Irish Times

Origin of Secwepemctsín

Unadapted borrowing from Shuswap Secwepemctsín.

Questions about Secwepemctsín

What does Secwepemctsín mean?
Secwepemctsín means shuswap (Salish language).
What part of speech is Secwepemctsín?
Secwepemctsín is a proper noun.

Words near Secwepemctsín in the dictionary

  1. securonomics
  2. secus
  3. Secwana
  4. Secwepemc
  5. Secwepemcs
  6. Secwepemctsín
  7. secy
  8. secy.
  9. sed
  10. Sed card
  11. Sed cards

Source and license

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