YENISEIAN


Meaning of YENISEIAN in English

-āən noun

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Yenisei river, western Siberia + English -an

1. : a member of one of a group of peoples in the Yenisei river country including the Sagai — called also Yenisei-Ostyak

2. : a language family spoken in the valley of the Middle Yenisei river in Siberia of which Ket is the only member still spoken

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.