English Explanatory Dictionary

usteq

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Catastrophic land collapse caused by the melting of permafrost, coastal flooding and erosion.

Word forms

usteq

Etymology

Borrowed from Yup'ik uste- (“erode, cave in”). First attested in 2018.

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