Shuswap

[ shoo-swop, shoos-wop ]

noun

, plural Shu·swaps, (especially collectively) Shu·swap

1. Also called Sec·wep·emc [s, uh, -, kwep, -m, uh, kh]. a member of a First Nation of interior British Columbia.
2. Also called Sec·wep·emct·sin [s, uh, -kwep-m, uh, kh, -, cheen]. the Salishan language of the Shuswap.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Shuswap or their language.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shuswap¹

First recorded in 1830–40; Anglicization of Shuswap səxwepmx (also ʃəxʷəpəməxˈtʃin ), a self-designation

Example Sentences

After traveling all through the Shuswap country, Old One went on.

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He came down to the Earth World and went into the Shuswap country.

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Fishing is the same here as in the Shuswap; it is only good on hot, calm days, and wind puts the fish down.

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This silvery fish seems to be chiefly native to the Kamloops and Shuswap lakes, whence it spreads into the Thompson.

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It takes the form of a channel less than half a mile wide, connecting the four arms of the Shuswap Lake.

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