Chemakum
noun
Chem·a·kum
ˈcheməkəm
variants or Chimakum
ˈchim-
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
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from a 19th-century form (with m) of nearby Salishan names for the Chemakum, as Twana čə́bqəb, Lushootseed čə́bəqəb