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Kaiaks (pp. 45—46, p. 187 and figs. 33 and 86 to 102). — 

 Technical names: carqin (dual carqisiij, plural carqisin) kaiak, 

 man's boat (West Greenland qajaq); paa'^lin paddle, double-oar: 

 paa^"taa his or its (the kaiak's) paddle; mulia blade of the paddle; 

 täsia the part of the paddle grasped by the hands, the handle; 

 käitor bone cap on end of paddle blade; kättua (dual kätluak) its 

 (the paddle's) kättor; toqutsernera holes in basal surface of kättor 

 for mortising on the shaft end; ciaa, ceea, ceerajuät bone tire 

 along edge of paddle; paaia man-hole of kaiak; kiliijaa, paasiätCI), 

 peqic^^n/'njaki'?) wooden ring, hoop around man-hole; iijérqiwia, 

 eerqiwia (or naijeq) piece of fur skin in the bottom of man-hole, 

 seat of the man; atciijukulaa, atconukkutaa holder or peg of bone 

 for the harpoon shaft fixed in the deck to the right of the man- 

 hole; ninniweekW^aa or saa"'nert"^aa bone mounting on fore part of 

 keel; pooa, pooja skin cover of the boat; pooa ki^^'kkaq globular 

 button or bone cap which covers the point of stem and stern ; 

 oowiwän {oo^^^weewän) cross seams in deck skin (in back and front 

 of the man-hole); kiliwän longitudinal seam (seams) in the kaiak 

 cover; naaitïnera patch sewn on the cover; ilaneq, ilänera patch on 

 the under side of the cover; neet^^'aaia sloping part of the keel; 

 usukummiaa, isukummiaa or usootaa (plur. usoosät) kaiak end, end 

 part of the framework reckoned from the place where the keel 

 bends upwards to the point of stem or stern; tunnaak junction of 

 the gunwale planks in fore and after, deck parts of framework 

 between usoosät and ribs; pernera seam between usoosät and tunnaak 

 parts; apummaafkj (two) gunwale plank(s), gunwale; ataak lateral 

 bottom planks; kujaa or qilercia ('the raid one') keel; tippiän ribs 

 (grooved into the keel); ajaajät narrow cross pieces in the deck 

 between the gunwales; soolia separate part of deck frame in front 

 of the kaiaker consisting of the two following parts; masia broad 

 cross piece in deck before man-hole (over the thighs of the man); 

 tunertiwän. two or three longitudinal pieces in the deck before the 

 man-hole reaching from masia to the knees of the man; erserpia cross 

 piece in the deck behind the man-hole; tukummia flat cross piece 

 in the fore part inside the kaiak against which the kaiaker places 

 his feet; cooa fore, stem; keewa after, stern; talérpialé tuaa right 

 side; kittérmialé tuaa left side; ilerq^^^aatin tuaagin turning right (in 

 rowing); kiitermeerti tuaagin turning left; ikaan kaiak supports, four 

 posts erected to guard kaiak and tent poles on their tops, used 

 only by men who have no umiak and therefore no umiak supports 

 {napalin); ikaan are not so high as napalin. 



Every adult man has his kaiak, exceptionally two kaiaks. Most 

 are able to build and steer their kaiak themselves. Boj^s have as a 



