Chumash

¹

[ choo-mash ]

noun

, plural Chu·mash·es, (especially collectively) Chu·mash

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.

Chumash

²

[ Sephardic Hebrew khoo-mahsh; Ashkenazic Hebrew khoom-uhsh ]

noun

, Hebrew.

, plural Chu·ma·shim [kh, oo-mah-, sheem, kh, oo, -, maw, -shim].

1. Humash.

chumash

/ ˈxʊməʃ; xʊˈmaʃ /

noun

1. Judaism a printed book containing one of the Five Books of Moses

Word History and Origins

Origin of Chumash¹

literally: a fifth (part of the Torah)

Example Sentences

Over time, the Chumash and Tongva people came to inhabit the islands, and their descendants remain connected to them over 10,000 years later.

From Outside Online

She even recently tattooed a Chumash judge in the Los Angeles area who wears her chin marks openly.

From Ozy