umiakとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Inuvialuktun ᐅᒥᐊᖅ (umiaq, “women's boat”).

名詞

umiak (plural umiaks or umiat)

1. (nautical) A large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is propelled by paddles; used by the Eskimos for transportation.
   • 2002, Louis-Jacques Dorais, 'Inuit', Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, ed. Paul Robert Magocsi, University of Toronto, page 135:

     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.

参考

• kayak