| Ajaaq |
Cross Beam (deck beam). |
| Ajaaq Seeqqortarfik |
Cross Beam (deck beam). Knee Support |
| (Ajaaq) Tukerumiaq |
Cross Beam (deck beam). Foot Support |
| (Ajaaq) Isserfik |
Cross Beam (deck beam)."Back" Support (deck beam immediately behind cockpit coaming). |
| Akuilisaq |
Short spray skirt. Also called tuiitsoq in some districts. It is often left open at the top, and held up by suspenders. Intended for calm conditions during the warmer months. |
| Apummaq |
Gunwale; one of two longitudinal frame members and the primary structural component of a Greenland skin-on-frame kayak. The plural form (gunwales) is apummat. |
| Aquut |
Steering fin, or skeg. These are often lashed into place. |
| Asagiikkut |
Harpoon support. |
| Asaloq |
Line Rack. |
| Avataq |
Hunting Float attached to the end of the harpoon line. Provides drag to harpooned animals and may prevent them from sinking (if the are dead). |
| Kujaaq |
Keelson. |
| Masik |
Masik. A curved deck beam, often in the range of six to seven cm wide, that supports the front of the cockpit coaming. |
| Mulik |
Paddle blade. |
| Niutaaq |
Stem and stern profile. |
| Norsaq |
Throwing board for launching harpoons and darts. It is shaped to enable it to be useful for rolling. |
| Paaq |
Cockpit coaming. |
| Paatit |
Paddle. |
| Pukkoq |
Mortice. |
| Qajaq |
Kayak. Only a Greenlandic kayak is given this designation. Other kayaks (e.g., fiberglass sport kayaks) are often called qajariaq, meaning "like a qajaq." The plural form (kayaks) is qaannat. |
| Qoorutit |
Lashings. |
| Siaaneq |
Side stringer. |
| Taalutaq |
Shooting Screen. A white screen deployed from the front of the kayak, used after the introduction of firearms, to hide the body of the kayaker and make the kayak appear as a block of ice to a seal. |
| Taqqap_Qoorutaa |
Tightener (slider) for deck lines.Taqqat is the term for deck lines (plural). |
| Taqqap_Taqqaasaq |
Foreward (foredeck) deck line. |
| (Taqqaq) Qasungasoq |
Aft deck line. |
| Taqqat |
Deck lines or cross straps. |
| Tasiaq |
Midpiece (loom) of paddle. |
| Tippik |
Rib (kayak). |
| Tuilik |
Full kayak jacket. |
| Tunersuk |
Deck stringer. |
| Tuunnaa |
Join as in joinery. (e.g., tunnaq is the "join" at the stem and stern) |
| Tuunnap Kikiai |
Trunnel (wooden peg) used to hold the gunwales together fore and aft. |
| Usuusappuua |
Bone knob at extreme end(s) of kayak. |
| Usuusaq |
End piece (stem or stern). |