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kayak

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man’s boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

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Verb[edit]

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.
    Kayaking is an Olympic sport.
  2. (transitive) To traverse (a body of water) by kayak.
    On a dare, he kayaked the Harlem River in New York from Hell’s Gate to Spyten Duyvil.

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English kayak, borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man’s boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ka‧yak

Noun[edit]

kayak

  1. a kayak

Noun[edit]

kayak

  1. to ride a kayak

Cornish[edit]

Noun[edit]

kayak

References[edit]

French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • kayac (rare)

Etymology[edit]

From Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man’s boat”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kayak m (plural kayaks)

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “kayak”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Betawi kayak, from Javanese ꦏꦪ (kaya, “like, such as”), from Old Javanese kaya (“like, as, as if, it looks as if”), from Pali काय (kāya), from Sanskrit क (ka, “similarity (suffix)”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

kayak

Alternative forms[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Dutch kajak, from English kayak, from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man’s boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • “kayak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man’s boat”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kayak m (invariable)

Derived terms[edit]

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Noun[edit]

kayak m (plural kayaks)

Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: ka‧yak

Noun[edit]

kayak m (plural kayaks)

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ka‧yak

Noun[edit]

kayak (definite accusative kayağı, plural kayaklar)

Declension[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

kayak (nominative plural kayaks)

Declension[edit]

  • English terms borrowed from Inuktitut
  • English terms derived from Inuktitut
  • English terms derived from Proto-Eskimo
  • English 2-syllable words
  • English terms with IPA pronunciation
  • English terms with audio links
  • Rhymes:English/aɪæk
  • Rhymes:English/aɪæk/2 syllables
  • English lemmas
  • English nouns
  • English countable nouns
  • English palindromes
  • English verbs
  • English intransitive verbs
  • English terms with usage examples
  • English transitive verbs
  • en:Watercraft
  • Cebuano terms derived from English
  • Cebuano terms derived from Inuktitut
  • Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Eskimo
  • Cebuano lemmas
  • Cebuano nouns
  • Cebuano palindromes
  • ceb:Watercraft
  • Cornish lemmas
  • Cornish nouns
  • Cornish palindromes
  • French terms derived from Inuktitut
  • French 2-syllable words
  • French terms with IPA pronunciation
  • French terms with audio links
  • French terms with homophones
  • French lemmas
  • French nouns
  • French countable nouns
  • French palindromes
  • French masculine nouns
  • fr:Sports
  • fr:Watercraft
  • Indonesian terms borrowed from Betawi
  • Indonesian terms derived from Betawi
  • Indonesian terms derived from Javanese
  • Indonesian terms derived from Old Javanese
  • Indonesian terms derived from Pali
  • Indonesian terms derived from Sanskrit
  • Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
  • Indonesian lemmas
  • Indonesian adverbs
  • Indonesian palindromes
  • Indonesian colloquialisms
  • Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
  • Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
  • Indonesian terms derived from English
  • Indonesian terms derived from Inuktitut
  • Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Eskimo
  • Indonesian nouns
  • Requests for plural forms in Indonesian entries
  • id:Sports
  • Italian terms derived from Inuktitut
  • Italian 2-syllable words
  • Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
  • Rhymes:Italian/ak
  • Rhymes:Italian/ak/2 syllables
  • Italian lemmas
  • Italian nouns
  • Italian indeclinable nouns
  • Italian countable nouns
  • Italian terms spelled with K
  • Italian terms spelled with Y
  • Italian palindromes
  • Italian masculine nouns
  • it:Sports
  • it:Watercraft
  • Norman terms borrowed from English
  • Norman terms derived from English
  • Norman lemmas
  • Norman nouns
  • Norman palindromes
  • Norman masculine nouns
  • Jersey Norman
  • nrf:Watercraft
  • Spanish 2-syllable words
  • Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
  • Rhymes:Spanish/ak
  • Rhymes:Spanish/ak/2 syllables
  • Spanish lemmas
  • Spanish nouns
  • Spanish countable nouns
  • Spanish palindromes
  • Spanish masculine nouns
  • Turkish terms suffixed with -ak
  • Turkish lemmas
  • Turkish nouns
  • Turkish palindromes
  • Turkish nouns with irregular stem
  • Volapük lemmas
  • Volapük nouns
  • Volapük palindromes
  • vo:Watercraft

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