komatik

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noun

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.

OriginInuktitut ᖃᒧᑏᒃ →
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Meanings

nounkomatik (plural komatiks)

plural komatiks · alternative comatik · alternative qamutiik · alternative qamutiq

  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.

Origin

  1. Inuktitutᖃᒧᑏᒃ
  2. Englishkomatik

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

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APA

komatik. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/komatik

MLA

“komatik.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/komatik. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “komatik,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/komatik.

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