ӄаяӽ

Sirenik

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ. Compare Greenlandic qajaq.

Noun

ӄаяӽ (qajax̌)

1. kayak

References

• G. A. Menovschikov (1964) Язык сиреникских эскимосов [The language of Sirenik Eskimos]‎^[1], Академия Наук СССР, page 187
• Fortescue, Michael, Jacobson, Steven, Kaplan, Lawrence (2010) Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates, 2nd edition, Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center: University of Alaska Fairbanks, →ISBN, page 293