Siberian Yupik

Noun

Meaning

Siberian Yupik (plural Siberian Yupiks)

(ethnology) A Yup'ik people residing along the coast of the Chukchi Peninsula.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

eskimo Yuit

Examples

Many words are formed from entirely different roots than in Siberian Yupik, Меновщиков 1964: 42 but even the grammar has several peculiarities distinct not only among Eskimo languages, but even compared to Aleut. Source: Internet

Retrieved January 26, 2010 citation In the tales and beliefs of the Siberian Yupik people, killer whales are said to appear as wolves in winter, and wolves as killer whales in summer. Source: Internet

The northernmost Yupik languages – Siberian Yupik and Naukanski Yupik – are linguistically only slightly closer to Inuit than is Alutiiq, which is the southernmost of the Yupik languages. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Siberian weasel siberian white crane siberian woodland Siberianist siberite Sibert