Meaning & use
kaiak
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An older variant spelling of kayak, a small, narrow boat propelled with a double-bladed paddle, traditionally covered and used by the Inuit.
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Early explorers described the Inuit hunters gliding across the ice in their kaiaks.
The museum exhibit includes a traditional sealskin kaiak from Greenland.
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'Kaiak' reflects an early English transliteration of the Inuit word 'qajaq'; the now-standard spelling 'kayak' has largely replaced it.
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