chumashes

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Chu⋅mash

[choo-mash]

–noun, plural -mash⋅es, (especially collectively

) -mash for 1.

1.	a member of an American Indian people who formerly inhabited the southern California coast from San Luis Obispo to Santa Monica Bay, as well as the Santa Barbara Islands and the interior westward to the San Joaquin Valley: noted for their sophisticated seacraft and rock paintings.

2.	any of the Hokan languages of the Chumash, at least six in number, all now extinct.

[Seph. khoo-mahsh; Ashk. khoo

m-uh

sh]

–noun, plural Chu⋅ma⋅shim [Seph. khoo-mah-sheem; Ashk. khoo-maw-shim]

. Hebrew.

[Seph. khoo-mahsh; Ashk. khoo

-muh

sh]

–noun, plural Hu⋅ma⋅shim [Seph. khoo-mah-sheem; Ashk. khoo-maw-shim]

. Hebrew.

the Pentateuch.

Also, Chumash.

Origin:
ḥummāsh, akin to ḥāmēsh five

Chu·mash (chōō'māsh)

n. pl. Chumash or Chu·mash·es

A group of Hokan-speaking Native American peoples formerly inhabiting the southern California coastal region around and the channel islands off Santa Barbara, with a small present-day population near Santa Barbara.
A member of any of these peoples.

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