name
Ryrkaipiy
rur-KAY-pee
rɜːrˈkeɪpiːListen
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Syllable breakdown
Ryrkaipiy
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Chukchi (Russia)
- Meaning
- a Chukchi masculine name derived from ryrkai, meaning walrus, combined with a name-forming suffix; the walrus is one of the most spiritually and practically significant animals in Chukchi life, providing food, hide for boats and clothing, ivory for tools and art, and fat for heat and light; Ryrkaipiy is also the name of a Chukchi village on the shore of the Bering Sea famous as a resting site for enormous Pacific walrus herds; to bear a walrus name is to carry the weight of the most important human-animal relationship in Arctic Chukotka
- Gender
- male
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