Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secwepemctsín

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: secwepem-ctsin
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Shuswap (Salish language)

Example Sentences

"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."
"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. So much stuff ... stuff I should have talked about.”"

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Shuswap Secwepemctsín.

Frequently Paired Words

Secwepemc

Questions

What does secwepemctsín mean?: Shuswap (Salish language)
Where does secwepemctsín come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Shuswap Secwepemctsín.

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