I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun
Usage: usually capitalized P&A
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pale- + asiatic
1. : a member of a group of northeast Asian peoples including the Chukchi, Koryak, and Kamchadal of northeast Siberia and possibly also the Gilyaks of Sakhalin Island and the Ainu of northern Japan
2. usually pa·leo·asiatic “ usually capitalized : paleosiberian
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized P&A
: of or relating to the Paleo-Asiatics or to Paleosiberian languages