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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 Siberiaplay

2. the Uralic language spoken by the Ostyak-Samoyedplay

  Familiarity information: SELKUP used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SELKUP (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 ("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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