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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


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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Kayak \Kay"ak\, n. (Naut.)
A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and
usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits
amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to
the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet kayak
n : a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight
with animal skins; used by Eskimos
v : travel in a small canoe; "we kayaked down the river"
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