Yurak

American  

[yuh-rak] / yəˈræk /

noun

1. Nenets.

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Etymology

Origin of Yurak

1880–85; < Russian yurák; yur-, akin to Komi jaran Samoyed (compare Mansi jorin, Khanty jarən, jaran, jarγan ), with suffix as in Russian permyák Komi, votyák Udmurt ( see Votyak)

Example Sentences

Yurak Rumi is on top of the ridge between the Salcantay and Huadquiña valleys, probably on an ancient road which crossed the province of Uilcapampa.

From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram

After several hours spent in clearing away the dense forest growth which surrounded the walls I learned that this Yurak Rumi consisted of the ruins of a single little rectangular Inca storehouse.

From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram

Such were also, and in some measure still are, the kindred Lapps, who with the allied Yurak Samoyeds of Arctic Russia are the only true nomads still surviving in Europe.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

Finally the trail to Yurak Rumi was reported finished.

From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram

Our hosts assured us that this must be the place, since no one hereabouts had ever heard of any other Yurak Rumi.

From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram