Chumash

noun

Chu·​mash ˈchü-ˌmash 

1

plural Chumash : a member of an Indigenous people of southwestern California

2

: the family of languages spoken by the Chumash people

Word History

Etymology

from Tcú-mac, name in a coastal Chumash language for the inhabitants of Santa Rosa Island

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined at sense 1