- komatik
- noun Etymology: Inuit qamutik Date: circa 1824 an Eskimo sledge with wooden runners and crossbars lashed with rawhide
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
komatik
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komatik — noun A rawhide lashed sledge with wooden crossbars and runners used by the Inuit people … Wiktionary
komatik — [ kɒmətɪk] noun a dog sled used by the people of Labrador. Origin C19: from Inuit qamutik … English new terms dictionary
komatik — ko·mat·ik … English syllables
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