umiak

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈuːmɪˌæk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(o̅o̅′mē ak′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
u•mi•ak  (o̅o̅′mē ak′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Nautical, Anthropologyan open Eskimo boat that consists of a wooden frame covered with skins and provided with several thwarts: used for transport of goods and passengers.
  • Inuit umiaq women's boat
  • 1760–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
umiak, oomiak / ˈuːmɪˌæk/
  1. a large open boat made of stretched skins, used by Inuit
    Compare kayak
Etymology: 18th Century: from Greenland Inuktitut: boat for the use of women
'umiak' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
oomiak

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