Ostyak
noun
Ostyaks
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pluralof Ostyak.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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To keep food out of their way, the Ostyaks build store-houses, on the tops of very high poles.
From Far Off by Favell Lee Mortimer
ERMAN, on the fat-tailed Kirghisian sheep. -on the dogs of the Ostyaks.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin
The Ostyaks have another, and a greater treasure than dogs; they have reindeer.
From Far Off by Favell Lee Mortimer
But though the Ostyaks are poor, they possess a great treasure in their dogs, for these creatures are as useful as horses, and much more sensible.
From Far Off by Favell Lee Mortimer
These very same words have been applied to the Ostyaks, the Samoyedes, the Eskimos, the Dayaks, the Aleoutes, the Papuas, and so on, by the highest authorities.
From Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution by Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin, Prince
