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bidarka|baɪˈdɑːkə|
Also baidarka, baidarke, bidarkee.
[ad. Russ. baĭdárka, pl. -ki, dim. of baĭdára an oomiak.]
In Alaska and adjacent regions, a portable canoe for one or more persons; a kayak.
1834W. F. Tolmie Jrnl. 20 June (1963) 283 The youth took his departure—soon after a bidarka approached— paddled by two men—the officer sitting in the middle seat. 1868F. Whymper Trav. Alaska 137 Their ‘baidarkes’ are similar to the Greenland ‘kyack’. 1894Outing (U.S.) XXIII. 389/1 A one-hatch bidarka, or hunting boat, of the Aleutian Islands. 1898Century Mag. LV. 672 Their kayaks and bidarkees. 1967J. C. Beaglehole in Cook's Jrnls. (1967) III. i. 412 The small baidarka [was] the same as the Eskimo kayak. |