umiak
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of umiak
First recorded in 1760–70, umiak is from the Inuit word umiaq “women's boat”
Example Sentences
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His chronicle of a voyage in an umiak, an open skin-covered Eskimo craft, from Nome to a fragment of rock called King Island, is a masterpiece of terse narrative and clinical observation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both bodies were wrapped in blankets, placed in a native umiak to be towed to Point Barrow.
From Time Magazine Archive
“An umiak and kayaks,” she cried to her husband.
From Eskimo Folk-Tales by Worster, W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander)
An umiak started out on a journey, and the people in it were hurried and forgetful.
From Eskimo Folk-Tales by Worster, W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander)
And toiled along north and north in an umiak.
From Eskimo Folk-Tales by Worster, W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander)
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