umiak

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umiak

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

noun umiaks · umiat · umiac · umiaq · oomiac · oomiak

A large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is propelled by paddles; used by the Eskimos for transportation. 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.

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noun large inuit boat

Русский	байда́ра bajdára

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@misc{umiak_2026,
  title = {umiak},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/umiak},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}