umiak

English

A group of Inuits in an umiak in the 1920s.

Alternative forms

• umiac, umiaq, oomiac, oomiak

Etymology

From Inuvialuktun ᐅᒥᐊᖅ (umiaq, “women's boat”).

Noun

umiak (plural umiaks or umiat)

1. (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

large inuit boat

• Catalan: umiac m
• Danish: konebåd c, umiak c
• Finnish: umiakki
• Greenlandic: umiaq

See also

• kayak

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Greenlandic umiaq.

Noun

umiak

1. umiak
   • 2007, Grønland:

     De var vel for tunge og for farlige at fragte i ubearbejdet stand så langt i umiakken.

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   • 2015, Kirsten Hastrup, Thule på tidens rand, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Både umiakker og kajakker var skindbetrukne.

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   • 2013, Jørn Riel, Den lange rejse, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     I løbet af vinteren reparerede Sølvi og Narua den gamle konebåd, som Katauk havde lovet dem, og de fik megen hjælp af bopladsens ældre koner, der havde tilbragt hver sommer af deres liv med at sejle på langfart i disse store umiakker.

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Declension

Declension of umiak

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	umiak	umiakken	umiakker	umiakkerne
genitive	umiaks	umiakkens	umiakkers	umiakkernes

Synonyms

• konebåd