kayak

Meaning

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkaɪˌæk/

Etymology

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