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Yuit, n. (and a.)|ˈjuːɪt|
[a. Siberian Yupik yuγət people, pl. of yuk person. Cf. Innuit n.]
a. An Eskimo people of eastern Chukotka, Russia, and St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.
b. Their language. Cf. Yupik a. and n. B. Also attrib. or as adj.
1909in Webster. 1962[see *Inuk n.]. 1967W. H. Oswalt Alaskan Eskimos x. 250 They [sc. the Inuit] were less successful in their inland penetration than were the Yuit. Ibid. 251 Numerous Yuit traits were not present among the Inuit. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia I. 1126/2 A western subculture area, which coincides closely with the Alaskan regions, including the Aleuts and also the Siberian Eskimo (Yuit) on the northeast tip of Siberia. 1984Handbk. N. Amer. Indians V. 51/2 Three languages, known collectively as Siberian Yupik, Asiatic Eskimo, or Yuit,..are clearly distinguished. |