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Kayaks were first used by Inuits (eskimos) to hunt and fish, they are "closed cockpit" meaning you sit in the boat, they then used to wear a seal skin "skirt" (spray deck) that was stiched to the boat, making it impossible to get out once the boat was capsized, hence the term "eskimo roll" in order to re-right the boat once capsized. Kayaks are different from Canoe's as these are "open cockpit" you sit or kneel in the boat and there isn't anything holding you in. Pocahontis stylee. (there are exceptions to this of course with white water canoes etc.)
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoI believe Kayak is an Inuit (Native Aboriginals located in what is now Alaska, United States of America) word.
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The English word kayak came to us in 1757 from the Danish word kajak, which derives from the Greenland Eskimo word qayaq.
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∙ 12y agoKayak is a programming language in which every primitive operation, and hence every program, is invertible. Any Kayak procedure can be run either forwards or backwards, or even both within one invocation of the program. The syntax of Kayak is such that running a procedure in reverse is equivalent to running a characterwise reversal of that procedure forward.
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∙ 7y agoThe word kayak is from the Greenlandic language.
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∙ 12y agoYak
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What is an alternative name for a Kayak?
In the Inuit language the name for a kayak is Qajaq. Also kayaks can be referred to as a canoe.
Which of these English words comes from the Inuit language?
Kayak
What is the Language origin of word kayak?
It is Native American
What language gives us Kayak?
inuit (greenland)
What country and language does the word kayak came from?
It comes from the Inuit word "qayaq".
Where does the language kayak come from?
I think whatever the Eskimos spoke... I'm not sure.
What palindrome means what do you call a craft you can paddle across a lake?
degged- past tense of deg, meaning to water a plant bob- to float on the surface of water water in hebrew is a palindrome romanian word apa means the water in the language vőro hämähämäh means dip, water, or plunge
What is a palindrome for a type of canoe?
kayak
What word doesn't have a Spanish root?
The English language words "parka" and "kayak" have no Spanish root.
Is a boat a kayak?
no, a kayak is a kayak NOT a boat
What is the palindrome for eskimo boat?
It is a kayak.
What is the meaning of the name Somerset?
"muka loe kayak tahi" from indonesian language, It means you're extremely genius!
