komatik

[ koh-mat-ik ]

noun

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

komatik

/ ˈkəʊmætɪk /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of komatik¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of komatik¹

C20: from Inuktitut (Labrador)

Example Sentences

I'm thinkin' now if you stays with the dogs and komatik, I'll go and set the traps.

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You'll be needin' dogs and komatik (sledge) to take you about.

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And crouching close together under the lee of the komatik they munched in silence.

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He would have lost the komatik himself now had he wandered even a dozen feet from it.

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I don't know north from south, and I couldn't hit in ten guesses in which direction the komatik is!

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