Yup'ik
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Yup'ik
- /ˈjuːpɪk/
Rhymes with -uːpɪk
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Yup'ik Yup'ik (“real person”), from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣpiɣ, from *iŋuɣ (“human, person”).
noun Yup'iks · Yup'ik · Yupik · Yu'pik
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A member of an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska.
Similar: Central Alaskan Yupik, Central Yupik, West Alaska Eskimo
proper noun Yupik · Yu'pik
- A language of the Eskimo-Aleut family.
- A subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages, hitherto the only language family known to straddle both North America and Asia.
Translations
Every language
name a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
| Português | yupik |
|---|---|
| Français | yupik de l'Alaska central |
| Русский | аля́скинский ю́пик aljáskinskij júpik, центра́льно-ю́пикский язы́к centrálʹno-júpikskij jazýk |
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title = {Yup'ik},
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