Meanings
- 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 Docs1 more example
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.”
2024 September 19, Tara Brady, “Sugarcane: Gripping story of abuse in Catholic schools in Canada is an early Oscar favourite”, in Irish Times
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- ShuswapSecwepemctsín
- EnglishSecwepemctsín
Unadapted borrowing from Shuswap Secwepemctsín.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Secwepemctsín. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Secwepemcts%C3%ADn
“Secwepemctsín.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Secwepemcts%C3%ADn. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Secwepemctsín,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Secwepemcts%C3%ADn.
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