Definition of Ob-Ugrian in English:
Ob-Ugrian
(also Ob-Ugric)
adjective ɒbˈjuːɡrɪənɒbˈuːɡrɪən
Of or denoting a branch of the Finno-Ugric language family containing two languages of western Siberia, related to Hungarian.
Example sentencesExamples
- Cushings article on the bear in Ob-Ugrian folklore cites a poem in which squirrel furs represent kopecks.
- Mir-Susne-Hum (‘Man, who gaze at the world’) is a seventh son of a supreme Ob-Ugrian god, Num-Torum.
noun ɒbˈjuːɡrɪənɒbˈuːɡrɪən
mass nounThe Ob-Ugrian group of languages.
Example sentencesExamples
- The initial stress in certain Uralic languages, Ob-Ugrian in particular, in which earlier harmony systems have ceased to operate, creates the appearance of the UVR systems.
Origin
1930s: from the name of the Siberian river Ob + Ugrian.