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Kalapuya
In Chinuk Wawa and other local languages,/kʼalapúya/ was the usual name for speakers of Kalapuyan languages, of which there were three: Northern or Tualatin-Yamhill Kalapuya, Central orSantiam–Marys River Kalapuya, and Southern or Yoncalla Kalapuya. . . .
The name evidently came into regional currency from Chinookan, where it has been recorded in the inflected forms /itkʼalapúyawayksh/ (Clackamas dialect) and /itgalapúywiyuksh/ (Wasco and Wishram dialects).
On the name “Kalapuya,” from Henry Zenk, Notes on Native American Place-names of the Willamette Valley Region
Chehalem
/chahéeʔlim/, meaning “place to the outside,” was the name of the Tualatin village at Chehalem Valley, which is now dominated by the town of Newberg.
On the name “Chehalem,” from Henry Zenk, Notes on Native American Place-names of the Willamette Valley Region
Chemeketa
/chamígidi/ was the name of the Santiam village at Salem.
On the name “Chemeketa,” from Henry Zenk, Notes on Native American Place-names of the Willamette Valley Region
Tualatin
Another Kalapuyan tribe name, Tualatin appears as Northern Kalapuya /atfálatʼi/and Central Kalapuya/antwálatʼi/. The Chinuk Wawa form of the name, [twálatʼi] or [twálati], matches the historical variant Tuality, preserved in the name of Tuality Community Hospital in Hillsboro and elsewhere.
On the name “Tualatin,” from Henry Zenk, Notes on Native American Place-names of the Willamette Valley Region
Yamhill
A tribe name, recorded as Northern Kalapuya [ayámil] and Central Kalapuya /ayámhala/, is the source for this geographic name. The former form was subjected early on to secondary reinterpretation, yielding English “Yamhill” and even “Yam Hill.” The Pacific Northwest is not known for its crops of yams.
On the name “Yamhill,” from Henry Zenk, Notes on Native American Place-names of the Willamette Valley Region