kayak

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

kayak

kayac

canoa

🛶

cayac

Sinónimos

kaiak

canoe

🛶

dugout

pirogue

kyak

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkaɪˌæk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con groenlandés: qajaq

Cognado con 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.