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SELKUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Selkup mean?
• SELKUP (noun)
The noun SELKUP has 2 senses:
1. one of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia
2. the Uralic language spoken by the Ostyak-Samoyed
Familiarity information: SELKUP used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Ostyak-Samoyed; Selkup
Hypernyms ("Selkup" is a kind of...):
Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)
Holonyms ("Selkup" is a member of...):
Siberia (a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The Uralic language spoken by the Ostyak-Samoyed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Ostyak-Samoyed; Selkup
Hypernyms ("Selkup" is a kind of...):
Samoyed; Samoyedic (the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia)
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