The men launched their kayaks, while the women, having loaded their oomiaks with their goods, tossed their dogs and children on the top of them.
I would have asked Him to clear the sea of ice," replied the Eskimo promptly, "and send us kayaks and oomiaks to take us on shore.
In a few minutes the kayaks and oomiaks came sweeping round the point and made straight for the landing-place.
Kayaks, lines, and spears were got ready, and oomiaks were launched; for women and children loved to see the sport, though they did not join in it.
We left our canoes and oomiaks there, and took to sledges because the floes were unbroken.
Great was the surprise among the natives when they perceived that the three oomiaks had disappeared.
Their admiration was, however, a little calmed by the discovery that the kayaks could beat the Kablunet boat in speed, though the women in their oomiaks could not keep up with it.
They eat fish too, like us, and other people bring them their meat in great oomiaks from far-off lands.
Sometimes he went with Toolooha, or Tekkona, or Oblooria, in one of the nativeoomiaks to fish.
Of course, Chingatok and their other Eskimo fellow-travellers had given their friends graphic descriptions of everything, but this only served to whet the desire to see the wonderful oomiaksin action.
Towards evening the women's oomiaks had all gone ahead, and we were given to understand that they were about to encamp for the night.
Three oomiaks with the women followed us, and we found that, when rowed by two women, and steered by a third, they surpassed our boats in speed.
The western Esquimaux had parted from them seven nights before, but they supposed that they had not made much progress, as their oomiaks were heavily laden.
The men alone use the kaiyacks, and the oomiaks are allotted to the women and children.
We encamped on the spot which our Esquimaux friends had left in the morning, to remove in their oomiaks and kaiyacks towards the Mackenzie, where they could set their fishing nets, and catch whales and seals.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "oomiaks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
