different between inuit vs umiak

Danish

Etymology

From Greenlandic inuit (“people”), plural of inuk (“person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [inu?id?]

Noun

inuit c (singular definite inuitten, plural indefinite inuitter)

1. Inuit

Inflection

Synonyms

• eskimo c

Derived terms

• inuitisk

French

Etymology

From Inuktitut ???? (inuit, “the people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n?it/

Adjective

inuit (indeclinable) or inuit (feminine singular inuite, masculine plural inuits, feminine plural inuites)

1. Of or pertaining to the Inuit people.

Usage notes

Variably inflected or left invariant in all forms; the official recommendation in Canada is to inflect it, and in France to leave it uninflected.

Derived terms

• inuitisation
• inuitiser

Related terms

• Inuit
• inuktitut

References

• Inuit/Inuk (Recommandation linguistique du Bureau de la traduction)

Greenlandic

Noun

inuit

1. plural of inuk

Related terms

• inuiaat

Inuktitut

Noun

inuit

1. plural of inuk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?nuit/, [i?nui?t?]

Adjective

inuit (invariable)

1. Inuit

Noun

inuit m or f (plural inuites)

1. Inuit
2. (uncountable) Inuktitut

English

Alternative forms

• umiac, umiaq, oomiac, oomiak

Etymology

From Inuvialuktun ???? (“women's boat”).

Noun

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.

Translations

See also

• kayak

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Greenlandic umiaq.

Noun

umiak

1. umiak
   • 2007, Grønland

     De var vel for tunge og for farlige at fragte i ubearbejdet stand så langt i umiakken.

   • 2015, Kirsten Hastrup, Thule på tidens rand, Lindhardt og Ringhof ?ISBN

     Både umiakker og kajakker var skindbetrukne.

   • 2013, Jørn Riel, Den lange rejse, Lindhardt og Ringhof ?ISBN

     I løbet af vinteren reparerede Sølvi og Narua den gamle konebåd, som Katauk havde lovet dem, og de fik megen hjælp af bopladsens ældre koner, der havde tilbragt hver sommer af deres liv med at sejle på langfart i disse store umiakker.

Declension

Synonyms

• konebåd