ᖃᔭᖅ

From Proto-Inuit *qayaq, from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ.

• IPA^(key): /qaˈjaq/

ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq) (plural ᖃᔭᐃᑦ, Latin qajaq)

1. kayak; small boat covered over by a surface deck with a hole for seating one person, traditionally used by the Inuit for hunting
   • 2025, ᓖᓴ ᒍᕆᒍᐊ [Lisa Gregoire], “ᐅᑎᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᒪᕐᐱᒧᑦ [Return to the Sea]”, in ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ [Inuktitut]‎^[1], number 133/134, →ISSN, page 35:

     ᓈᓚᒃ ᓇᑉᐹᓗᒃ ᐅᒃᑑᐱᕆ 2004-ᒥ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᑎᕐᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᔭᖅ ᑲᖏᕐᓱᔪᐊᒥ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᕕᓂᖅ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᖃᔭᖅ ᐅᑎᕐᑎᑕᐅᔪᕕᓂᖅ ᑯᐯᑉ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᔪᑦᓴᔭᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᓕᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂᑦ ᓄᐃᑕᑎᑕᐅᓕᕐᓱᓂᓗ ᐱᖑᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᒥᕐᖑᐃᓯᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᕕᖓᓂ.

     naalak nappaalok oktoopiri 2004-mi, qofiasoqataoyoq otirtitaotilloco qayaq kangirsoyoami sanayaolaortofiniq. taanna qayaq otirtitaoyofiniq kopep takotsaoyotsayanik pioliarfinganit noitatitaolirsonilo pingoaloit mirngoisirfingata takotsaotitsifingani.

     Naalak Nappaaluk in October 2004, celebrating the return of the last traditional qajaq to be made in his hometown of Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik. The qajaq was repatriated from the Musée de la civilisation de Quebec and is now displayed at the Pingualuit National Park Interpretation Centre.

• Lucien Schneider (1985), Dermot Ronan F. Collis, transl., Ulirnaisigutiit: An Inuktitut-English Dictionary of Northern Quebec, Labrador and Eastern Arctic Dialects, Québec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, →ISBN, page 278, accessed through Ulirnaisigutiit Electronic Edition (Inuktitut - English - French Dictionary: Nunavik and Adjacent Regions)‎^[2], 2025