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Umiak vs Kiak - What's the difference?

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umiak

English

Alternative forms

* umiac, umiaq, oomiac, oomiak

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (nautical) A large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is propelled by paddles; used by the Inuit for transportation.
  • * 2002 , Louis-Jacques Dorais, 'Inuit', Aboriginal Peoples of Canada , ed. Paul Robert Magocsi, University of Toronto, page 135:
    • In many regions, people went inland at the end of August (often travelling upriver in large sealskin boats called umiat ) to hunt caribou till September or October.

    See also

    * kayak

    kiak

    Not English

    Kiak has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'kiak':

    kick, kayak, keck, kiosk, kook, kwik, keak, keek, kak, kaik, kajk, kyack, kaiak, kyak, kiack