Home › Words › C › chumashchumash/ˈxʊməʃ/chumash · name — any book of the Pentateuch.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).chumash is pronounced /ˈxʊməʃ/.EtymologyFrom Yiddish חומש (khumesh), from Hebrew חֻמָּשׁ (khumásh), from חֲמִישָּׁה (khamishá, “five”).nameAny book of the Pentateuch.The Pentateuch collectively.The colonial given language name of this tribe.nounA member of a particular Native American people of southern California.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chamicuro 65% match — A member of an indigenous people of Peru. vs chumash →cahuilla 64% match — A member of a group of Native Americans of the inland areas of southern California. vs chumash →acjachemen 63% match — An indigenous people of California. vs chumash →kumeyaay 63% match — A member of a Native American people of Southern California and Baja California. vs chumash →chackchiuma 62% match — A member of a Muskogee tribe who lived between the Chickasaw and the Choctaw. vs chumash →chitimacha 62% match — A member of a Native American tribe inhabiting Louisiana. vs chumash →chemakum 61% match — A Native American people of the northeastern portion of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. vs chumash →achumawi 60% match — The northerly nine (of eleven) bands of the Pit River tribe of Palaihnihan Native Americans who live in what is now northeastern California. vs chumash →