or u′mi·aq·
a large, open boat made of skins stretched on a wooden frame, used by Eskimos
Origin of umiak
Eskimo (Eastern dialect, dialectal )umiak
u·mi·akWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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umiak
also oo·mi·ak
noun
A large open boat used by Yupik and Inuit people, made of skins stretched on a wooden frame, usually propelled by paddles.
Origin of umiak
Inuit umiaqTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural umiaks or umiat)
Origin
From Inuktitut (Western Canadian Inuktitut) [script?] (umiaq, “women's boat").
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