different between kayak vs cayuco

English

Alternative forms

• kaiak, kiack, kyack, kyak, qayaq, kayack, qajaq

Etymology

Borrowed from Inuktitut ??? (qajaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?ka??æk/

Noun

kayak (plural kayaks)

1. A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck

Translations

See also

• canoe
• umiak

Verb

kayak (third-person singular simple present kayaks, present participle kayaking, simple past and past participle kayaked)

1. (intransitive) To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak.

2. (transitive) To traverse (a body of water) by kayak.

Derived terms

• kayaker
• kayakist

Translations

Anagrams

• yakka

Cebuano

Etymology

From English kayak, borrowed from Inuktitut ??? (qajaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?yak

Noun

kayak

1. a kayak

Noun

kayak

1. to ride a kayak

Cornish

Noun

kayak

1. kayak

References

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

French

Alternative forms

• kayac (rare)

Etymology

From Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ??? (qajaq, “man's boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.jak/
• Homophone: kayaks
• Hyphenation: ka?yak

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

1. kayak

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kayak” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Betawi kayak, from Javanese ?? (kaya, “like, such as”), from Pali ??? (k?ya), from Sanskrit ? (ka, “similarity (suffix)”).

Alternative forms

• kaya
• kek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ka.ja?]
• Hyphenation: ka?yak

Adverb

kayak

1. (colloquial) like, such as

Synonyms

• sebagai
• seperti

Etymology 2

From Dutch kajak, from English kayak, from Inuktitut ??? (qajaq, “man's boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ka.jak]
• Hyphenation: ka?yak

Noun

kayak (first-person possessive kayakku, second-person possessive kayakmu, third-person possessive kayaknya)

1. (sports) kayak

Further reading

• “kayak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Alternative forms

• cayac, caiaco (rare)

Etymology

Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ??? (qajaq, “man's boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?jak/
• Hyphenation: ka?yàk

Noun

kayak m (invariable)

1. kayak

Derived terms

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English kayak.

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

1. (Jersey) kayak

Spanish

Alternative forms

• kayac, cayac

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

1. kayak

Derived terms

Turkish

Etymology

From kaymak.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?yak

Noun

kayak (definite accusative kaya??, plural kayaklar)

1. ski

Declension

Volapük

Noun

kayak (nominative plural kayaks)

1. kayak

Declension

English

Noun

cayuco (plural cayucos)

1. A sort of canoe or kayak.

Spanish

Etymology

cayo +? -uco

Pronunciation

Noun

cayuco m (plural cayucos)

1. cayuco
2. (Louisiana) pirogue

Further reading

• “cayuco” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.