Etymology

komatik

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Inuktitut ᖃᒧᑏᒃ
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  1. Inuktitut · derived fromᖃᒧᑏᒃ
  2. English todaykomatik

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

Words from the same roots

Inuktitutᖃᒧᑏᒃ all →

kamotikqamutik

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.