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kayak en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkaɪˌæk/ (UK, US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “hunter's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ. Compare Greenlandic qajaq and Yup'ik qayaq.

Meanings

  1. A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck.
    • It’s just offshore from private property inaccessible to the general public, so a good way to approach the rock is by kayak, which can be rented in the small village of Port Austin. 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
qajaq alternative lexicographic
kayack alternative lexicographic
kaiak alternative lexicographic
kiack alternative lexicographic
kayaks Number=Plur lexicographic
qayaq alternative lexicographic
kyack alternative lexicographic
kyak alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

kayak slalom · kayak polo · kayaktivism · kayak cross · kayaktivist · kayak sprint · kayak roll

Descendants

kayak · កាយ៉ាក់ · caiaque · 카약 · カヤック

Relateds

canoe · umiak

Translations (64)

lv kajaks (a type of small boat) · da kajak (a type of small boat) · esu qayaq (a type of small boat) · evn kajuk (a type of small boat) · pl kajak (a type of small boat) · tr kayık (a type of small boat) · hu kajak (a type of small boat) · ru кая́к (a type of small boat) · ar قَايَق (a type of small boat) · tr tekne (a type of small boat) · id kayak (a type of small boat) · iu ᖃᔭᖅ (a type of small boat) · ky каяк (a type of small boat) · kk қылқайық (a type of small boat) · ale iĝyax̂ (a type of small boat) · otk qajiq (qajiq) (a type of small boat) · th เรือเล็กๆ (a type of small boat) · es kayak (a type of small boat) · io kayako (a type of small boat) · nl kajak (a type of small boat) · km កាយ៉ាក់ (a type of small boat) · es cayac (a type of small boat) · nb kajakk (a type of small boat) · de Kajak (a type of small boat) · ik qayaq (a type of small boat) · cmn 獨木舟 /独木舟 (a type of small boat) · mi kōreti (a type of small boat) · vo kayak (a type of small boat) · pt caiaque (a type of small boat) · ale iqyax̂ (a type of small boat) · kl qajaq (a type of small boat) · ale iyĝax̂ (a type of small boat) · fi kajakki (a type of small boat) · ca caiac (a type of small boat) · cmn 皮艇 (a type of small boat) · sh kȁjāk (a type of small boat) · es kayac (a type of small boat) · ka ბაიდარა (a type of small boat) · he קיאק (a type of small boat) · fa قایق (a type of small boat) · hsb kajak (a type of small boat) · ky байдарка (a type of small boat) · hy կայակ (a type of small boat) · ja カヤック (a type of small boat) · esu paitaalek (a type of small boat) · nn kajakk (a type of small boat) · sv kajak (a type of small boat) · rue каяк (a type of small boat) · ru байда́рка (a type of small boat) · fa کایاک (a type of small boat) · hy բայդարկա (a type of small boat) · sl kájak (a type of small boat) · sh ка̏ја̄к (a type of small boat) · tr eskimo kayığı (a type of small boat) · eo kajako (a type of small boat) · ar كَيَاك (a type of small boat) · th คายัค (a type of small boat) · ko 카약 (a type of small boat) · cs kajak (a type of small boat) · is kajak (a type of small boat) · fo kajakk (a type of small boat) · gd caidheag (a type of small boat) · th เรือบด (a type of small boat) · fr kayak (a type of small boat)

kayak en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkaɪˌæk/ (UK, US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “hunter's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ. Compare Greenlandic qajaq and Yup'ik qayaq.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak.
    • Kayaking is an Olympic sport.
  2. (transitive) To traverse (a body of water) by kayak.
    • On a dare, he kayaked the Harlem River in New York from Hell's Gate to Spyten Duyvil.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
kayaks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
kyak alternative lexicographic
kaiak alternative lexicographic
kyack alternative lexicographic
qajaq alternative lexicographic
kiack alternative lexicographic
qayaq alternative lexicographic
kayaked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kayaked Tense=Past lexicographic
kayack alternative lexicographic
kayaking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

kayaking · kayakable · kayaker · kayakist

Translations (16)

mi kōreti (to traverse a body of water by kayak) · fi meloa kajakilla (to use a kayak to travel or race) · fr kayaker (to use a kayak to travel or race) · fi kajakoida (to use a kayak to travel or race) · nl kajakken (to use a kayak to travel or race) · sv paddla (to use a kayak to travel or race) · nb padle kajakk (to use a kayak to travel or race) · fi meloa (to traverse a body of water by kayak) · fi meloa (to use a kayak to travel or race) · fi meloa kajakilla (to traverse a body of water by kayak) · mi kōreti (to use a kayak to travel or race) · hsb kajakować (to use a kayak to travel or race) · mi hoe kōreti (to use a kayak to travel or race) · fi kajakoida (to traverse a body of water by kayak) · hsb kajakować (to traverse a body of water by kayak) · mi hoe kōreti (to traverse a body of water by kayak)