Yupik
[ yoo-pik ]
/ ˈyu pɪk /
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noun, plural Yu·piks, (especially collectively) Yu·pik for 1.
a member of any of several Indigenous peoples inhabiting western coastal Alaska from Prince William Sound north to Norton Sound, and St. Lawrence Island and the coast of the Chukchi Peninsula of Siberia.
any of the Eskimo-Aleut languages spoken by the Yupik.
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Origin of Yupik
First recorded in 1950–55; from Central Alaskan Yupik Yup'ik, a self-designation, equivalent to yuk “human being, person” + -pik “real”
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British Dictionary definitions for Yupik
Yupik
/ (ˈjuːpɪk) /
noun
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