šinnišmin

Northern Ohlone

Etymology

Compare šiiniinikma (“children”), šinnikma (“children”). All from an unattested root, *šinni which may have meant "child", "descendants", "family, clan", or something else entirely.

Noun

šinnišmin

1. (plural only) children, progeny

References

• María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎^[1], Unpublished