kayak

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

kayak

canoa esquimese

canoa

🛶

piroga

kajak

sinonimi

kaiak

canoe

🛶

dugout

pirogue

kyak

Traduzioni

kayak

Kajak

kayak

caiac

kayac

caiaque

Paddelboot

canoë

🛶

canoé

kayac

kayaker

plezierboot

kano

🛶

kajak

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkaɪˌæk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine groenlandese: qajaq

Affine yupik centrale: qayaq

In summary

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