kayak

(Îngilîzî)

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.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈkaɪˌæk/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Hevwate bi kalalîsûtî: qajaq

Hevwate bi 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.

Hevwate

kaiak

canoe

🛶

dugout

pirogue

kyak

Werger

kayak

Kajak

kayak

kajak

caiac

kayak

kayac

caiaque

Paddelboot

canoa esquimese

Kanu

canoë

🛶

canoé

kayac

Kahn