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Inuit transport
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umiak
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
large Eskimo boat, c.1743, from Eskimo umiaq "an open skin boat." Said by 18c.-19c. sources to be a "woman's boat," as opposed to the kayak , which was worked exclusively by men.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The umiak , umialak , umiaq , umiac , oomiac , oomiak , ongiuk , or anyak is a type of open skin boat used by both Yupik and Inuit , and was originally found in all coastal areas from Siberia to Greenland . First arising in Thule times, it has traditionally ...
Usage examples of umiak.
Tirkiluk, yet she committed some crime, and her parents rowed out with her into the ocean in their umiak, and threw her overboard.
All those stately kayaks, umiaks, York boats and peterheads were displaced by functional 14- or 24foot square-stern aluminum canoes, weighted down with 25- or 45-h.
Wood can be used for sleds, and tent frames and the frames of kayaks and umiaks, the large, broad vessels which can hold several individuals, sometimes used in whaling.
Many times the umiaks, or the light, one-man vessels, the kayaks, do not return.