Meanings
nounYup'ik (plural Yup'iks or Yup'ik)
plural Yup'iks · alternative Yupik · alternative Yu'pik
- anthropologyA member of an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska.
Synonyms: Central Alaskan Yupik, Central Yupik, West Alaska Eskimo
proper noun
alternative Yupik · alternative Yu'pik
- human sciencesA language of the Eskimo-Aleut family.
- human sciencesA subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages, hitherto the only language family known to straddle both North America and Asia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska.
Origin
- Proto-Eskimo*iŋuɣpiɣ
- Yup'ikYup'ik“real person”
- EnglishYup'ik
Borrowed from Yup'ik Yup'ik (“real person”), from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣpiɣ, from *iŋuɣ (“human, person”).
More words from Yup'ik, Proto-Eskimo
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish alaskayupik
- alaskayupika language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
Estonian keskjupiki keel
- keskjupiki keela language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
Finnish alaskanjupik, jupikki
- alaskanjupika language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
- jupikkisubbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages
French yupik de l'Alaska central
- yupik de l'Alaska centrala language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
Irish Iúpaicis
- Iúpaicisa language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
Lithuanian Aliaskos jupikų kalba
- Aliaskos jupikų kalbaa language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
Norwegian Bokmål alaskayupik
- alaskayupika language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
Polish język yupik środkowy, język yupik środkowy
- język yupik środkowya language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
- język yupik środkowysubbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages
Portuguese yupik
- yupika language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
Russian аля́скинский ю́пик, центра́льно-ю́пикский язы́к
- аля́скинский ю́пик (aljáskinskij júpik)a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
- центра́льно-ю́пикский язы́к (centrálʹno-júpikskij jazýk)a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
- ю́пик (júpik)subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages
- ю́пикский (júpikskij)subbranch of the Eskimo-Aleut family of languages
Turkish Yupikçe
- Yupikçea language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
Ukrainian центральноаляскинська юпікська мова
- центральноаляскинська юпікська мова (centralʹnoaljaskynsʹka jupiksʹka mova)a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Yup'ik
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APA
Yup'ik. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yup'ik
MLA
“Yup'ik.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yup'ik. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yup'ik,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yup'ik.
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