Chumash

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Hebrew חומש, from חמש (khamesh, “five”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊməʃ/, /ˈxʊməʃ/
  • Rhymes: -æʃ
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun[edit]

Chumash (countable and uncountable, plural Chumashim or Chumashes)

  1. (Judaism) Any book of the Pentateuch.
  2. The Pentateuch collectively.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Ineseño čʰumaš (“the Island Chumash people”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃumɑʃ/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun[edit]

Chumash (plural Chumashes or Chumash)

  1. A member of a particular Native American tribe of southern California.

Proper noun[edit]

Chumash

  1. The language of this tribe.
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