ChukcheeChukchin.adj.
/ˈtʃʊktʃiː/ A. n.
a. A Palæoasiatic people of extreme north-eastern Siberia.
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Chukchee1780
1780 W. Coxe Acct. Russ. Discov. App. i. vii. 294 The first intelligence concerning the supposed vicinity between Asia and America was derived from the reports of the Tschutski in their intercourse with the Russians.
1840 E. J. Sabine tr. F. P. Wrangell Narr. Exped. Polar Sea ix. 206 As Russian subjects they became at enmity with the Koraki and Tschuktschi.
1890 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough I. i. 48 In 1814, a pestilence having broken out among the reindeer of the Chukch, the Shamans declared that the beloved chief Koch must be sacrificed.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 250/1 The number of Chukchi in the Chukchi peninsula was estimated at 2,000..but the Chukchi have spread to Kamchatka... Their name means rich in reindeer.
b. One of these people.
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Chukchee1780
1780 W. Coxe Acct. Russ. Discov. App. i. iii. 43 Several Tschutski..appeared upon the heights singly and not in bodies.
1868 F. Whymper Trav. Alaska xxii. 255 The ‘medicine man’ of the Tchuktchis (and also of the North Alaskan peoples, who use the same term) was..represented in Greenland.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 547/2 The northern part [of the Maritime Province], known as the land of the Chukchees, occupies the north-eastern peninsula of Asia.
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 9 A separate North Asian linguistic group..include the Tchuktchis, who may number 12,000.
1906 Daily Chron. 4 Apr. 7/5 A number of Chukchis..dwelt on the upper reaches of the Rivers Omolon and Oloi for two years.
c. The language spoken by them.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Palaeo-Siberian > [noun] > Palaeo-Siberian languages
Koryak1893
Yukaghir1908
Chukchee1932
Kamchadal1933
1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. xi. 411 The so-called Hyperborean or Paleo-Asiatic languages..comprise the Yukaghir, Chukche, and Koryak, spoken in the northeastern corner of Siberia.
B. adj.
a. Of or pertaining to this people or one of their number, or their language.
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1802 M. Sauer in J. Billings Exped. N. Russ. (Front.) A Tshutski Woman.
1948 K. Davis Human Society ii. x. 267 If..this woman had been reared in a Chukchee camp in Siberia, such a conflict could not have occurred, because among the Chukchee sexual relations with men other than the husband are considered right and proper.
b. Of the district which some of them inhabit.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [adjective] > Siberia
Kamchatkan1865
trans-Siberian1896
Chukchee1957
1957 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 250/1 The Chukchi peninsula lies north of the line that would connect Chaun bay on the Arctic ocean with Kresta..bay on the Anadir gulf.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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