komatik

[ koh-mat-ik ]

/ koʊˈmæt ɪk /

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noun

a sled made by binding crossbars to wooden runners with rawhide, invented and first used by the Inuit of northern Canada.

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Origin of komatik

First recorded in 1815–25, komatik is from the Inuit word qamutik

Words nearby komatik

Kolyma, Kolyma Mountains, Kolyma Range, Komandorski Islands, Komati, komatik, kombu, kombucha, Komenský, Komi, Komi Autonomous Republic

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How to use komatik in a sentence

I'm thinkin' now if you stays with the dogs and komatik, I'll go and set the traps.
Left on the Labrador|Dillon Wallace
You'll be needin' dogs and komatik (sledge) to take you about.
Troop One of the Labrador|Dillon Wallace
And crouching close together under the lee of the komatik they munched in silence.
Bobby of the Labrador|Dillon Wallace
He would have lost the komatik himself now had he wandered even a dozen feet from it.
Bobby of the Labrador|Dillon Wallace

I don't know north from south, and I couldn't hit in ten guesses in which direction the komatik is!
Bobby of the Labrador|Dillon Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for komatik

komatik

/ (ˈkəʊmætɪk) /

noun

a sledge having wooden runners and crossbars bound with rawhide, used by the Inuit and other related peoples

Word Origin for komatik

C20: from Inuktitut (Labrador)

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