Kamasin

noun

Ka·​ma·​sin

¦kämaə¦sēn,

¦kam-,

-sin

variants or less commonly Kamass

ˈkäməs,

ˈkam-

or Kamassian

kəˈmashən,

-asēən

or Kamassin

like kamasin

plural Kamasin or Kamasins

1

a

: a Samoyed people on the upper Yenisei river, Siberia, who are ethnically largely extinct or absorbed into the Russian culture by intermarriage

b

: a member of such people

2

: the Uralic language of the Kamasin people

Word History

Etymology

Kamasin, Kamass, Kamassin from Russian Kamasintsy (plural), from Kamasin Kangmāãžə; Kamassian probably from Kamass + -ian

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