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Chumash

//ˈxʊməʃ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Any book of the Pentateuch. Judaism
  2. 2
    The colonial given language name of this tribe.
  3. 3
    The Pentateuch collectively.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a particular Native American people of southern California.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Yiddish חומש (khumesh), from Hebrew חֻמָּשׁ (khumásh), from חֲמִישָּׁה (khamishá, “five”).

Etymology 2

From Ineseño čʰumaš (“the Santa Barbara Channel Island people”).

Etymology 3

From Ineseño čʰumaš (“the Santa Barbara Channel Island people”).

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