Chitimacha

noun

Chit·​i·​ma·​cha

ˌchitəˈmäshə

plural Chitimacha or Chitimachas

1

a

: an Indian people of the Mississippi delta

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Chitimacha people

Word History

Etymology

perhaps Choctaw Chutimasha, literally, they have cooking pots, from chúti cooking pot + másha they possess

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