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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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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.
What language gives us Kayak?
inuit (greenland)
Which of these English words comes from the Inuit language?
Kayak
What is the Language origin of word kayak?
It is Native American
Where does the language kayak come from?
I think whatever the Eskimos spoke... I'm not sure.
What is a palindrome for a type of canoe?
kayak
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 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 language does the word kayak come from?
The Greenland Eskimo's word for "small boat of skins", qayaq, moved over to the Danish wordkajak, which came to be an English word in 1757.
Where does the word kayak come from?
the word kayak comes from Asia, North America and Gr eenlandAns 2The word 'kayak' comes from the word 'inuktitut' in the Aleut/ Inuit group of languages. It's original meaning was 'man's boat' .( I live in Canada and we often hear words in that language or encounter them in crosswords.)
