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umiack

umiack is the dated form 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 umiack

pluralumiacks

Questions about umiack

What is umiack the dated form of?
Umiack is the dated form of umiak.

Words near umiack in the dictionary

  1. umgangs
  2. umgoloti
  3. Umholtz
  4. Umholtzes
  5. umiac
  6. umiack
  7. umiacks
  8. umiacs
  9. umiak
  10. umiaks
  11. umiaq

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