Standard Lemma guide
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.
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adj
Of or relating to the languages comprising the Yeniseian language family, or their speakers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
A family of languages spoken in central Siberia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Yeniseic, Yenisei-Ostyak
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name
Proto-Yeniseian: the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A member of the original ethnolinguistic group hypothesized to have spoken Proto-Yeniseian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Enets, Entsi, Entsy, Yenisei, Yenisei-Samoyed
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Broader terms: Samoyedic, Samoyed
noun
a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Russian
History
From Yenisei + -an.
Across languages
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