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kajakk.

a kayak; a long, narrow, decked boat propelled with a double-bladed paddle, originally an Inuit skin-on-frame hunting craft

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/¹ˈkajak/[ˈkàj.ak]/kaˈjakː/alternative[kaˈjakː]
  1. a kayak; a long, narrow, decked boat propelled with a double-bladed paddle, originally an Inuit skin-on-frame hunting craft

    masculine
    Vi padlet kajakk langs kysten hele ettermiddagen.
  2. kayaking; the sport of racing or competing in a kayak

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Greenlandic qajaq (“kayak”), from Proto-Inuit *qayaq (“boat, kayak; build a kayak”), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ (“boat, kayak”). Compare the parallel borrowings Norwegian Nynorsk kajakk, Danish kajak, Swedish kajak, German Kajak and English kayak.

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