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umiak en · NOUN

Etymology

From Inuvialuktun ᐅᒥᐊᖅ (umiaq, “women's boat”).

Meanings

  1. A large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is propelled by paddles; used by the Eskimos for transportation.
    • In many regions, people went inland at the end of August (often travelling upriver in large sealskin boats called umiat) to hunt caribou till September or October. 2002, Louis-Jacques Dorais, 'Inuit', Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, ed. Paul Robert Magocsi, University of Toronto, page 135

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
umiaks Number=Plur lexicographic
oomiak alternative lexicographic
umiac alternative lexicographic
umiaq alternative lexicographic
umiat Number=Plur lexicographic
oomiac alternative lexicographic

Relateds

kayak

Translations (8)

ru байда́ра (large inuit boat) · da umiak (large inuit boat) · ca umiac (large inuit boat) · kl umiaq (large inuit boat) · nb umiak (large inuit boat) · da konebåd (large inuit boat) · fi umiakki (large inuit boat) · nb konebåt (large inuit boat)