kayak

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English

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A modern kayak.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ. Compare Greenlandic qajaq and Yup'ik qayaq.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈkaɪˌæk/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
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  • Rhymes: -aɪæk

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

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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.
    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.

Derived terms

Translations

to traverse a body of water by kayak

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧yak

Noun

kayak

  1. a kayak

Verb

kayak

  1. to ride a kayak

Cornish

Noun

kayak

  1. kayak

References

French

un kayak

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

  1. kayak

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

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

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ka‧yak

Adverb

kayak

  1. (colloquial) like, such as
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ka‧yak

Noun

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

  1. (sports) kayak

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Italian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈjak/
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • 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

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈʝak/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈʃak/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈʒak/

  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: ka‧yak

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

  1. kayak

Derived terms

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Turkish

Etymology

From kay- +‎ -ak.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ka‧yak

Noun

kayak (definite accusative kayağı, plural kayaklar)

  1. ski

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kayak
Definite accusative kayağı
Singular Plural
Nominative kayak kayaklar
Definite accusative kayağı kayakları
Dative kayağa kayaklara
Locative kayakta kayaklarda
Ablative kayaktan kayaklardan
Genitive kayağın kayakların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular kayağım kayaklarım
2nd singular kayağın kayakların
3rd singular kayağı kayakları
1st plural kayağımız kayaklarımız
2nd plural kayağınız kayaklarınız
3rd plural kayakları kayakları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular kayağımı kayaklarımı
2nd singular kayağını kayaklarını
3rd singular kayağını kayaklarını
1st plural kayağımızı kayaklarımızı
2nd plural kayağınızı kayaklarınızı
3rd plural kayaklarını kayaklarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular kayağıma kayaklarıma
2nd singular kayağına kayaklarına
3rd singular kayağına kayaklarına
1st plural kayağımıza kayaklarımıza
2nd plural kayağınıza kayaklarınıza
3rd plural kayaklarına kayaklarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular kayağımda kayaklarımda
2nd singular kayağında kayaklarında
3rd singular kayağında kayaklarında
1st plural kayağımızda kayaklarımızda
2nd plural kayağınızda kayaklarınızda
3rd plural kayaklarında kayaklarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular kayağımdan kayaklarımdan
2nd singular kayağından kayaklarından
3rd singular kayağından kayaklarından
1st plural kayağımızdan kayaklarımızdan
2nd plural kayağınızdan kayaklarınızdan
3rd plural kayaklarından kayaklarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular kayağımın kayaklarımın
2nd singular kayağının kayaklarının
3rd singular kayağının kayaklarının
1st plural kayağımızın kayaklarımızın
2nd plural kayağınızın kayaklarınızın
3rd plural kayaklarının kayaklarının

Volapük

Noun

kayak (nominative plural kayaks)

  1. kayak

Declension

declension of kayak
singular plural
nominative kayak kayaks
genitive kayaka kayakas
dative kayake kayakes
accusative kayaki kayakis
vocative 1 o kayak! o kayaks!
predicative 2 kayaku kayakus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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