Image:Wda Kajak 2005 Szumyk.jpg|thumb|a modern kayak

English

Etymology

From {{term|||tr=qayaq|man's boat}}.

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-kayak.ogg
• IPA (US): /ˈkaɪˌæk/

Noun

1. a type of small boat, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position.

Translations

• Croatian: {{t-|hr|kajak|m}}
• Danish: {{t-|da|kajak|n}}
• Faroese: {{t-|fo|kajakk|f|xs=Faroese}}
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|kayak|m}}

• German:
• Hungarian:
• Japanese: {{t-|ja|カヤック|tr=kayakku|sc=Jpan}}
• Latvian: kajaks
• Polish: {{t+|pl|kajak|m}}

See also

• canoe
• umiak

Verb

1. to use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak
2. :Kayaking is an Olympic sport.
3. to traverse a body of water by kayak.
4. :On a dare, he kayaked' the Harlem River in New York from Hell's Gate to Spyten Duyvil.

Category:English palindromes

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Turkish

Noun

kayak

1. ski

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