OSTYAK-SAMOYED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ostyak-Samoyed mean? 

• OSTYAK-SAMOYED (noun)
  The noun OSTYAK-SAMOYED 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: OSTYAK-SAMOYED used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTYAK-SAMOYED (noun)

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 ("Ostyak-Samoyed" is a kind of...):

Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)

Holonyms ("Ostyak-Samoyed" 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 ("Ostyak-Samoyed" is a kind of...):

Samoyed; Samoyedic (the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia)