サイバシ

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Chinook Jargon siwosh (“Indian”), from French sauvage (“savage”). Possibly influenced by Japanese 才走(さいばし)る (saibashiru, “to be clever”).

Noun[edit]

サイバシ • (saibashi) 

  1. (Canada) an Indian; a Canadian aboriginal

References[edit]

  • Hancock, Ian F. (1969) A Chinook Jargon loanword in Canadian Japanese. American Speech, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 231–232.
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