English Explanatory Dictionary

Yeniseian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A family of languages spoken in central Siberia.
  2. Proto-Yeniseian: the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family.
noun
  1. A member of the original ethnolinguistic group hypothesized to have spoken Proto-Yeniseian.
adj
  1. Of or relating to the languages comprising the Yeniseian language family, or their speakers.
  2. Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family.

Word forms

Yeniseian Yenisseian Yeniseians

Etymology

From Yenisei + -an.

Synonyms

Yeniseic Yenisei-Ostyak

Translations

Dutch: Jenisejisch Finnish: jeniseiläinen Polish: jenisejski
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