tupik
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of tupik
from Inuktitut tupiq
Example Sentences
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Cul-de-sac translates in Russian as tupik — a word that evokes vulnerability and danger, a dead end with no escape.
From New York Times
Situated on a gently southward sloping knoll are the igloos and tupiks, where I have spent many pleasant days with my Esquimo friends and learned much of the folk-lore and history.
From Project Gutenberg
The tupik is made of sealskins, with the hair on the inside.
From Project Gutenberg
In anger she fled into her tupik, or tent.
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In the summer they live in a tent, which they call a "tupik."
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