kajakk

Faroese

Etymology

This word derives, like English kayak, from Greenlandic qajaq, (possibly via Danish kajak), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰaˈjaʰkː]

Noun

kajakk f (genitive singular kajakkar, plural kajakkir)

1. kayak

Declension

Declension of kajakk
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kajakk	kajakkin	kajakkir	kajakkirnar
accusative	kajakk	kajakkina	kajakkir	kajakkirnar
dative	kajakk	kajakkini	kajakkum	kajakkunum
genitive	kajakkar	kajakkarinnar	kajakka	kajakkanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Greenlandic qajaq.

Noun

kajakk m (definite singular kajakken, indefinite plural kajakker, definite plural kajakkene)

1. (nautical) a kayak

References

• “kajakk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Greenlandic qajaq.

Noun

kajakk m (definite singular kajakken, indefinite plural kajakkar, definite plural kajakkane)

1. (nautical) a kayak

References

• “kajakk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.