Takelma

[ tuh-kel-muh ]

noun

1. a member of an Indigenous North American people of southwestern Oregon.
2. the Penutian language of the Takelma, extinct since the early 20th century.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Takelma¹

First recorded in 1880–85; from Takelma tākelmàʔn “person or people along the river,” eqjuivalent to tākelmá the name of the Rogue River, Oregon + -àʔn suffix denoting a person or people from a particular place

Example Sentences

Another type of function is illustrated by the Takelma forms hel “song,” with falling pitch, but hel “sing!”

From Project Gutenberg