umiak.
an umiak; a large, open traditional Inuit boat with a wooden or bone frame traditionally covered with animal skins, used especially to transport people and equipment and for hunting
Meaning & usage
an umiak; a large, open traditional Inuit boat with a wooden or bone frame traditionally covered with animal skins, used especially to transport people and equipment and for hunting
En umiak kunne frakte både mennesker og utstyr langs kysten.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Greenlandic umiaq (“umiak, traditional open skin boat”), from Proto-Inuit *umia- (“large skin boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *umi(r)a- (“large skin boat”). Compare the parallel borrowings Norwegian Nynorsk umiak, Danish umiak and English umiak.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.