Ostyak

American  

[os-tee-ak] / ˈɒs tiˌæk /

Or Ostiak

noun

plural

Ostyaks,

plural

Ostyak

1. Khanty.

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Ostyak British  

/ ˈɒstɪˌæk /

noun

1. a member of an Ugrian people living in NW Siberia E of the Urals

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family: related to Hungarian

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Etymology

Origin of Ostyak

1715–25; < Russian ostyák originally a Khanty, later used for the Samoyedic Selkup, the Ket, and certain Mansi groups < Khanty ās-jax, plural of as-xo one living on the Ob, equivalent to Ās the river Ob + xo man

Example Sentences

Compare the man’s beating his fate-stone with the treatment the Ostyak gives his puppet.

From Project Gutenberg

The main population in the forest belt consists of native nomad or hunting tribes, of which Samoyeds, Ostyaks, Tunguses, and Yakuts are the most numerous.

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The Ostyak lets no part of his body be uncovered but just his face, and that would freeze, if he were not to rub it often with his hands, covered over with hairy reindeer gloves.

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Among the Ostyaks such elopements, to avoid payment, are frequent.

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The Samoyed tent is commonly covered with reindeer skins, the Ostyak tent with birch bark.

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