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kayak
1757, from Dan.
kajak,
from Greenland Eskimo
qayaq
, lit. "small boat of skins."
umiak
"large Eskimo boat," c.1743, from Eskimo
umiaq
"an open skin boat." Said by 18c.-19c. sources to be a "woman's boat," as opposed to the
kayak
, which was worked exclusively by men.
