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Where does “umiaq” come from?

umiaq (Greenlandic) comes from Proto-Inuit *umia-, from Proto-Eskimo *umi(r)a-.

umiaq (Greenlandic): a woman's boat

Definitions

  1. a woman's boat

Ancestry of “umiaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Inuit*umia-—
2Proto-Eskimo*umi(r)a-—

Words derived from “umiaq”

  • umiak
  • umiarsuaq
  • umiarsualivik
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