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komatik

komatik noun: a rawhide-lashed sledge with wooden crossbars and runners, first invented and used by the Inuit of Northern Canada, but since used also by non-Inuit people.

Noun

komatik (plural komatiks)

  1. A rawhide-lashed sledge with wooden crossbars and runners, first invented and used by the Inuit of Northern Canada, but since used also by non-Inuit people.

Forms of komatik

pluralkomatiks
alternative formcomatik
alternative formqamutiik
alternative formqamutiq

Origin of komatik

From Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᒧᑏᒃ (qamotiik); attested since about 1824.

Questions about komatik

What does komatik mean?
Komatik means a rawhide-lashed sledge with wooden crossbars and runners, first invented and used by the Inuit of Northern Canada, but since used also by non-Inuit people.
What part of speech is komatik?
Komatik is a noun.
What is the plural of komatik?
The plural of komatik is komatiks.

Words near komatik in the dictionary

  1. komatasukui
  2. Komati
  3. komatiite
  4. komatiites
  5. komatiitic
  6. komatik
  7. komatiks
  8. Komatis
  9. Komatsu
  10. komatsuna
  11. Komatsus

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