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Chemakum

noun Chem·a·kum \ ˈcheməkəm \
variants: or Chimakum \ˈchim-\

Definition of Chemakum

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

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Origin and Etymology of chemakum

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

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