u|mi|ak

u|mi|ak or u|mi|ack «OO mee ak», noun.

an open boat used by the Inuit made of skins covering a wooden or bone frame and worked by paddles. The umiak is very much broader and usually longer than a kayak. It is used especially by the women of a family or group of families to bring back the meat killed by the men and to transport a family and its possessions from place to place. Also, oomiac, oomiak.

╂[< Eskimo umiaq an open skin boat]