байдара

Perhaps an augmentative of ба́йда (bájda).

• IPA^(key): [bɐjˈdarə]

байда́ра • (bajdára) f inan (genitive байда́ры, nominative plural байда́ры, genitive plural байда́р)

1. (obsolete, regional) large fishing boat, cargo boat (used on the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and Caspian Sea)
2. (large) canoe, umiak, bidarrah (a large, seaworthy open boat traditionally used by the native inhabitants of Eastern Siberia and Alaska)
   • 1924, Владимир Обручев [Vladimir Obruchev], “Берингов пролив”, in Плутония; English translation from Brian Pearce, transl., Plutonia, 1955:

     Маши́ну засто́порили, и байда́ра подплыла́ к бо́рту; спусти́ли трап.

     Mašínu zastóporili, i bajdára podplylá k bórtu; spustíli trap.

     The engine was stopped and the canoe drew alongside. A ladder was lowered.

• байда́рка (bajdárka)