umiak

== English == === Alternative forms === umiac, umiaq, oomiac, oomiak === Etymology === From Inuvialuktun ᐅᒥᐊᖅ (umiaq, “women's boat”). === Noun === umiak (plural umiaks or umiat) (nautical) A large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is propelled by paddles; used by the Eskimos 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. ==== Translations ==== === See also === kayak == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Greenlandic umiaq. === Noun === umiak umiak ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== konebåd