Chemakum

noun

Chem·​a·​kum

ˈcheməkəm

variants or Chimakum

ˈchim-

plural Chemakum or Chemakums or Chimakum or Chimakums

1

a

: an American Indian people resident on the northeast coast of the Olympic Peninsula of Washington in the nineteenth century

b

: a member of such people

2

: a Chimakuan language of the Chemakum people

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from a 19th-century form (with m) of nearby Salishan names for the Chemakum, as Twana čə́bqəb, Lushootseed čə́bəqəb

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