kayak
A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or…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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» We could go kayaking next weekend.
Мы могли поехать кататься на байдарках на следующих выходных. — odexed
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1 sensesA 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.
Kajak
байда́ркаbajdárka, кая́кkaják
- a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos
Examples
62 sentencesWe could go kayaking next weekend.
ruМы могли поехать кататься на байдарках на следующих выходных. — odexed
Tom might've gone kayaking by himself.
Tom never goes kayaking by himself.
I came here to go kayaking.
Tom likes kayaking, but I don't.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “hunter's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qaBorrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “hunter's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ. Compare Greenlandic qajaq and Yup'ik qayaq.
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