English Explanatory Dictionary

Yup'ik

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska.
name
  1. A language of the Eskimo-Aleut family.
  2. A subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages, hitherto the only language family known to straddle both North America and Asia.

Pronunciation

/ˈjuːpɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Yup'ik.wav

Word forms

Yup'ik Yup'iks Yupik Yu'pik

Etymology

Borrowed from Yup'ik Yup'ik (“real person”), from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣpiɣ, from *iŋuɣ (“human, person”).

Synonyms

Central Alaskan Yupik Central Yupik West Alaska Eskimo

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Yup'ik terms

Translations

Finnish: jupikki Russian: ю́пик Russian: ю́пикский
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