adj
Meaning 1
Relating to or coming from Chukotka.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Chukchi
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈt͡ʃukt͡ʃiː/
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CMU ARPABET: CH UW1 K CH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A Paleosiberian language spoken by Chukchi people in the easternmost extremity of Siberia, mainly in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person belonging to the Chukchi nation native to the Chukotka peninsula.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
an indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced differently by men and women
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Chukchi language
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural language, tongue
noun
Meaning 5
a member of an indigenous people living on the Chukchi Peninsula
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Siberian
History
Etymology
From Russian чу́кчи (čúkči), plural of чу́кча (čúkča), derived from Chukchi [script needed] (chauchu), meaning "rich in reindeer".
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: tjuktisk — relating to Chukotka
- Finnish: tšuktši- — relating to Chukotka
- Finnish: tšuktšien — relating to Chukotka
- French: tchouktche — relating to Chukotka
- Hungarian: csukcs — relating to Chukotka
- Polish: czukocki — relating to Chukotka
- Russian: чуко́тский (čukótskij) — relating to Chukotka
- Ukrainian: чукотський (čukotsʹkyj) — relating to Chukotka
- Catalan: txuktxi — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 楚科奇語 /楚科奇语 (Chukēqí yǔ) — language
- Chukchi: ԓыгъоравэтԓьэн йиԓыйиԓ (ḷygʺoravėtḷʹėn jiḷyjiḷ) — language
- Danish: tjuktisk — language
- Esperanto: ĉukĉa — language
- Finnish: tšuktši — language
- French: tchouktche — language
- German: Tschuktschisch — language
- Hungarian: csukcs — language
- Japanese: チュクチ語 (Chukuchi-go) — language
- Korean: 축치어 (Chukchi-eo) — language
- Lithuanian: čiukčių kalba — language
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tsjuktsjisk — language
- Polish: język czukocki — language
- Portuguese: chukchi — language
- Russian: чуко́тский язы́к (čukótskij jazýk) — language
- Russian: чуко́тский (čukótskij) — language
- Slovak: čukotčina — language
- Slovene: čukotščina — language
- Upper Sorbian: čukčišćina — language
- Spanish: chucoto — language
- Swedish: tjuktjiska — language
- Turkish: çukçice — language
- Ukrainian: чукотський (čukotsʹkyj) — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 楚科奇人 (Chukēqí rén) — person
- Chukchi: ԓыгъоравэтԓьан (ḷygʺoravėtḷʹan) — person
- Chukchi: чувчеӈ (čuvčeṇ) — person
- Danish: tjuktisk — person
- Esperanto: ĉukĉano — person
- Finnish: tšuktši — person
- French: Tchouktche — person
- German: Tschuktsche — person
- German: Tschuktschin — person
- Hungarian: csukcs — person
- Ingrian: cukca — person
- Japanese: チュクチ人 (Chukuchi-jin) — person
- Lithuanian: čiukčis — person
- Lithuanian: čiukčė — person
- Polish: Czukcza — person
- Polish: Czukczyjka — person
- Russian: чу́кча (čúkča) — person
- Russian: чу́кчи (čúkči) — person
- Spanish: chucoto — person
- Spanish: chucota — person
- Swedish: tjuktjer — person
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