English Explanatory Dictionary

komatik

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rawhide-lashed sledge with wooden crossbars and runners, first invented and used by the Inuit of Northern Canada, but since used also by non-Inuit people.

Word forms

komatik komatiks comatik qamutiik qamutiq

Etymology

From Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᒧᑏᒃ (qamotiik); attested since about 1824.

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