TAKELMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Takelma mean? 

• TAKELMA (noun)
  The noun TAKELMA has 2 senses:

1. a member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon

2. a Penutian language spoken by the Takelma

  Familiarity information: TAKELMA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKELMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Takelma" is a kind of...):

Penutian (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Penutian language spoken by the Takelma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Takelma; Takilman

Hypernyms ("Takelma" is a kind of...):

Penutian (a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California)