ostyak-samoyed

Questions about ostyak-samoyed

What does ostyak-samoyed mean?

ostyak-samoyed means "one of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ostyak-samoyed?

ostyak-samoyed has 4 syllables and divides as o-styak--sa-moyed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ostyak-samoyed?

Close synonyms include Selkup, Selkup. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ostyak-samoyed a common word?

ostyak-samoyed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.