Meanings
noun
- A bidarka.
An especially genuine example is in the hands of a young Aleut man named Chris Lokanin, who aims to carry on his ancestral iqyax-building […]
2004, The Woodenboat, page 171 more example
Each pain was a wave, and she tried to float above it, as though she were back in that small iqyax with Sok, riding the North Sea when she came as his bride to the River People.
2000, Sue Harrison, Cry of the Wind, page 51
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Aleutiqyax̂“kayak”
- Englishiqyax
From Unangan Aleut iqyax̂ (“kayak”).
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iqyax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iqyax
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“iqyax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iqyax. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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