kajakk

Faroese

Etymology

This word derives, like English kayak, from Greenlandic qajaq, (possibly via Danish kajak), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʰaˈjaʰkː]

Noun

kajakk f (genitive singular kajakkar, plural kajakkir)

  1. kayak

Declension
Declension of kajakk
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kajakk kajakkin kajakkir kajakkirnar
accusative kajakk kajakkina kajakkir kajakkirnar
dative kajakk kajakkini kajakkum kajakkunum
genitive kajakkar kajakkarinnar kajakka kajakkanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Greenlandic qajaq

Noun

kajakk m (definite singular kajakken, indefinite plural kajakker, definite plural kajakkene)

  1. (nautical) a kayak

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Greenlandic qajaq

Noun

kajakk m (definite singular kajakken, indefinite plural kajakkar, definite plural kajakkane)

  1. (nautical) a kayak

References
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