Standard Lemma guide

Yup'ik

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈjuːpɪk/
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  • rhymes with -uːpɪk

1

name

Meaning 1

A language of the Eskimo-Aleut family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

A subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages, hitherto the only language family known to straddle both North America and Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anthropology, ethnology, human-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Yup'ik Yup'ik (“real person”), from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣpiɣ, from *iŋuɣ (“human, person”).

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: Alyaska yupikcəsi — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Azerbaijani: Yupikcə — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Central Siberian Yupik: Yupigestun — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Danish: alaskayupik — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Estonian: keskjupiki keel — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Finnish: alaskanjupik — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • French: yupik de l'Alaska central — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • North Frisian: Alaska jupik — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Galician: iupik — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Georgian: ცენტრალურ ალასკური იუპიკური ენა (cenṭralur alasḳuri iuṗiḳuri ena) — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Irish: Iúpaicis — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Karakalpak: Alyaska Yupik tili — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Lezgi: Аляскадин юпик чӏал (Aläskadin jupik č̣al) — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Lithuanian: Aliaskos jupikų kalba — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Norwegian Bokmål: alaskayupik — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: alaskayupik — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Piedmontese: lenga yupik sentral — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Polish: język yupik środkowy — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Portuguese: yupik — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Russian: аля́скинский ю́пик (aljáskinskij júpik) — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Russian: центра́льно-ю́пикский язы́к (centrálʹno-júpikskij jazýk) — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Turkish: Yupikçe — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Udmurt: Аляскаысь юпик кыл (Aľaskayś jupik kyl) — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Ukrainian: центральноаляскинська юпікська мова (centralʹnoaljaskynsʹka jupiksʹka mova) — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Yup'ik: Yugtun — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Yup'ik: Yugcetun qaneryaraq — a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
  • Finnish: jupikki — subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages
  • Russian: ю́пик (júpik) — subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages
  • Russian: ю́пикский (júpikskij) — subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages