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qoryak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Qoryak, is the phonetic transliterated word for the Koryak people, a Paleo-Siberian group indigenous to northeastern Asia and the Bering Strait in close proximity to Alaska, historically considered independent from the Slavic-Russians of Europe.

Word forms

qoryak qoryaks

Etymology

Proto-Siberian -> cëx + äx (with the reindeer: deer + with) Qoryat -> qor + ak (with the reindeer: deer + with)

Related words

Koryak

Derived words

Koryat

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