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Kyak vs Umiak - What's the difference?

kyak | umiak |

As nouns the difference between kyak and umiak

is that kyak is while umiak is (nautical) a large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is propelled by paddles; used by the inuit for transportation.

kyak

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • 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