kayak

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

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.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak.
2. (transitive) To traverse (a body of water) by kayak.

Έννοιες

είδος ξύλινης βάρκας

καγιάκ

Συνώνυμα

kaiak

canoe

🛶

dugout

pirogue

kyak

Μεταφράσεις

kayak

Kajak

kayak

caiac

kayac

kayak

caiaque

Paddelboot

canoa esquimese

Kanu

kayac

kayaker

canoa

🛶

canoé

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈkaɪˌæk/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Συγγενές με Καλαάλισουτ: qajaq

Συγγενές με Central Yupik: qayaq

In summary

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