Yup'ik

== English == === Alternative forms === Yupik, Yu'pik === Etymology === Borrowed from Yup'ik Yup'ik (“real person”), from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣpiɣ, from *iŋuɣ (“human, person”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjuːpɪk/ Rhymes: -uːpɪk === Noun === Yup'ik (plural Yup'iks or Yup'ik) (ethnology) A member of an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska. ==== Synonyms ==== Central Alaskan Yupik Central Yupik West Alaska Eskimo === Proper noun === Yup'ik (linguistics) A language of the Eskimo-Aleut family. (linguistics) A subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages, hitherto the only language family known to straddle both North America and Asia. ==== Hyponyms ==== Alutiiq Central Siberian Yupik Naukanski ==== Translations ==== === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Yup'ik terms Wikipedia article on Yup’ik === Further reading === Ethnologue entry for Pacific Gulf Yupik, ems ⁠ Ethnologue entry for Yup'ik, esu ⁠ Ethnologue entry for Central Siberian Yupik, ess ⁠ Ethnologue entry for Naukan Yupik, ynk ⁠ Ethnologue entry for Sirenik Yupik, ysr ⁠ (extinct)