<p>Image of a bed with a red wool bedspread, accompanied by the Chinuk Wawa word "musum" and its translation.</p>
<p>"Musum” is the Chinuk Wawa word for “to sleep.” It is pronounced “MOOS-um.” Use this word in a sentence by saying “nayka musum” (I am sleeping), or “mayka musum” (you are sleeping). To tell someone to “sleep well,” say “musum ɬush.”</p>
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