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| Yu·pik [ ypik ] (plural Yu·pik or Yu·piks) |
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1. member of northern people: a member of an aboriginal people of western Alaska and parts of coastal Siberia, related to the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic and Greenland
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2. Yupik language group: the group of Eskimo-Aleut languages spoken by the Yupik people. Native speakers: 3,000.
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| [Mid-20th century. < Alaskan Yupik Yup'ik "real person"] |
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 Yu·pik adjective |
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