uyšan
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Northern Ohlone
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From uyša (“shame, embarrassment”) + -n (stative verb suffix).
Verb
[edit]uyšan
- to be embarrassed, ashamed.
- 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes:
- kaanak uyšan takráaše
- I'm ashamed to ask
References
[edit]María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)[1], Unpublished