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
Definition of Kamasin
1a
: 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
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“Kamasin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kamasin. Accessed 25 Jun. 2022.
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