Umiak Definition

o͝omēak
noun
A large, open boat made of skins stretched on a wooden frame, used by Eskimos.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Umiak

Noun

Singular:
umiak
Plural:
umiaks, umiat

Origin of Umiak

  • From Inuktitut (Western Canadian Inuktitut) [script?] (umiaq, “women's boat").

    From Wiktionary

  • Inuit umiaq

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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