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oomiack

oomiack is the alternative spelling of umiak.

Meaning of umiak

Noun

umiak (plural umiaks or umiat)

  1. A large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is propelled by paddles; used by the Eskimos for transportation.
    • In many regions, people went inland at the end of August (often travelling upriver in large sealskin boats called umiat) to hunt caribou till September or October.2002, Louis-Jacques Dorais, 'Inuit', Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, ed. Paul Robert Magocsi, University of Toronto, page 135

Forms of oomiack

pluraloomiacks

Questions about oomiack

What is oomiack the alternative spelling of?
Oomiack is the alternative spelling of umiak.

Words near oomiack in the dictionary

  1. oomfchella
  2. oomfie
  3. oomfies
  4. oomfs
  5. oomiac
  6. oomiack
  7. oomiacks
  8. oomiacs
  9. oomiak
  10. oomiaks
  11. Oommen

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