# kayak
## English
### Alternative forms

* kaiak, kiack, kyack, kyak, qayaq, kayack, qajaq

### Etymology

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “hunter's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ. Compare Greenlandic qajaq and Yup'ik qayaq.

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˈkaɪˌæk/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪæk

### Noun

kayak (plural kayaks)
* A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck

#### Derived terms

* kayak cross
* kayak polo
* kayak roll
* kayak slalom
* kayak sprint

#### See also

* canoe
* umiak

### Verb

kayak (third-person singular simple present kayaks, present participle kayaking, simple past and past participle kayaked)
* (intransitive) To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak.
    Kayaking is an Olympic sport.
* (transitive) To traverse (a body of water) by kayak.
    On a dare, he kayaked the Harlem River in New York from Hell's Gate to Spyten Duyvil.

#### Derived terms

* kayaker
* kayaking
* kayakist

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* yakka

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English kayak, borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ka‧yak

### Noun

kayak
* a kayak

### Verb

kayak
* to ride a kayak

## Cornish
### Noun

kayak
* kayak

### References

* http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

## French
### Alternative forms

* kayac (rare)

### Etymology

From Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.jak/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: kayaks
* Hyphenation: kayak

### Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)
* kayak

#### Derived terms

* canoë-kayak
* canoé-kayak
* kayak de mer
* kayak de neige
* kayak de rivière
* kayak sur neige
* kayaker
* kayakeur
* kayakiste

### Further reading

* “kayak”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Betawi kayak, from Javanese ꦏꦪ (kaya, “like, such as”), from Old Javanese kaya (“like, as, as if, it looks as if”), from Pali काय (kāya), from Sanskrit क (ka, “similarity (suffix)”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈka.jaʔ]
* Hyphenation: ka‧yak

#### Adverb

kayak
* (colloquial) like, such as
    Synonyms: sebagai, seperti

##### Alternative forms

* kaya
* kek

### Etymology 2

From Dutch kajak, from English kayak, from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈka.jak]
* Hyphenation: ka‧yak

#### Noun

kayak (plural kayak-kayak)
* (sports) kayak

### Further reading

* “kayak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* cayac, caiaco (rare)

### Etymology

From Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈjak/
* Rhymes: -ak
* Hyphenation: ka‧yàk

### Noun

kayak m (invariable)
* kayak

#### Derived terms

* kayakista

## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from English kayak.

### Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)
* (Jersey) kayak

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* kayac, cayac

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈʝak/ [kaˈʝak]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈʝak/ [kaˈʝak]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈʃak/ [kaˈʃak]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈʒak/ [kaˈʒak]
* Rhymes: -ak
* Syllabification: ka‧yak

### Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)
* kayak

#### Derived terms

* kayakismo

### Further reading

* “kayak”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Turkish
### Etymology

From kay- +‎ -ak.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ka‧yak

### Noun

kayak (definite accusative kayağı, plural kayaklar)
* ski

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
kayak
kayaklar
definite accusative
kayağı
kayakları
dative
kayağa
kayaklara
locative
kayakta
kayaklarda
ablative
kayaktan
kayaklardan
genitive
kayağın
kayakların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
kayağım
kayaklarım
2nd singular
kayağın
kayakların
3rd singular
kayağı
kayakları
1st plural
kayağımız
kayaklarımız
2nd plural
kayağınız
kayaklarınız
3rd plural
kayakları
kayakları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
kayağımı
kayaklarımı
2nd singular
kayağını
kayaklarını
3rd singular
kayağını
kayaklarını
1st plural
kayağımızı
kayaklarımızı
2nd plural
kayağınızı
kayaklarınızı
3rd plural
kayaklarını
kayaklarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
kayağıma
kayaklarıma
2nd singular
kayağına
kayaklarına
3rd singular
kayağına
kayaklarına
1st plural
kayağımıza
kayaklarımıza
2nd plural
kayağınıza
kayaklarınıza
3rd plural
kayaklarına
kayaklarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
kayağımda
kayaklarımda
2nd singular
kayağında
kayaklarında
3rd singular
kayağında
kayaklarında
1st plural
kayağımızda
kayaklarımızda
2nd plural
kayağınızda
kayaklarınızda
3rd plural
kayaklarında
kayaklarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
kayağımdan
kayaklarımdan
2nd singular
kayağından
kayaklarından
3rd singular
kayağından
kayaklarından
1st plural
kayağımızdan
kayaklarımızdan
2nd plural
kayağınızdan
kayaklarınızdan
3rd plural
kayaklarından
kayaklarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
kayağımın
kayaklarımın
2nd singular
kayağının
kayaklarının
3rd singular
kayağının
kayaklarının
1st plural
kayağımızın
kayaklarımızın
2nd plural
kayağınızın
kayaklarınızın
3rd plural
kayaklarının
kayaklarının :

## Volapük
### Noun

kayak (nominative plural kayaks)
* kayak

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only