Chumash

English

Etymology 1

From Yiddish חומש (khumesh), from Hebrew חֻמָּשׁ (khumásh), from חֲמִישָּׁה (khamishá, “five”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʊməʃ/, /ˈhʊməʃ/ (Ashkenazi)
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • IPA(key): /xuːˈmɑːʃ/

Proper noun

Chumash (plural Chumashim or Chumashes)

  1. (Judaism) Any book of the Pentateuch.
  2. The Pentateuch collectively.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Ineseño čʰumaš (“the Santa Barbara Channel Island people”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃumɑʃ/, /ˈt͡ʃumæʃ/
  • (hyperforeign) IPA(key): /ˈʃumɑʃ/

Noun

Chumash (plural Chumashes or Chumash)

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

Proper noun

Chumash

  1. The colonial given language name of this tribe.
See also

Further reading

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