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Re: Off Topic: Two Questions
By:Rick Allnutt
Date: 9/5/2002, 4:12 pm
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: Two Questions (ChrisMenard)

All I can find for baidarka is an alternate spelling:

bidarka

SYLLABICATION: bi·dar·ka
PRONUNCIATION: b-därk
NOUN: A one- or two-hole kayak used by the Aleut and various Alaskan Eskimo groups.
ETYMOLOGY: Russian badarka, diminutive of badara, of Siberian origin.

Interesting that the final a is silent! I always pronounced it.

Live and learn.

Messages In This Thread

Off Topic: Two Questions
Paul J -- 9/5/2002, 12:15 pm
Re: Off Topic: I say
Nick Schade-Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/5/2002, 4:11 pm
Re: Off Topic: I say
Rick Allnutt -- 9/6/2002, 10:08 am
Re: Off Topic: I say
Nick Schade-Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/6/2002, 12:53 pm
Re: Sorry Nick
Chip Sandresky -- 9/6/2002, 4:43 pm
Re: Sorry Nick
Robert -- 9/9/2002, 12:14 am
Re: Off Topic: Two Questions
ChrisMenard -- 9/5/2002, 3:50 pm
Re: Off Topic: Two Questions
Rick Allnutt -- 9/5/2002, 4:12 pm
baidarka - silent final 'a'..very interesting! *NM*
Shawn Baker -- 9/5/2002, 5:14 pm
Re: Off Topic: Two Questions
Dan Ruff -- 9/5/2002, 3:57 pm
Two Answers
Rick Allnutt -- 9/5/2002, 2:47 pm
Re: Two Answers
Paul J -- 9/5/2002, 2:55 pm
Re: Off Topic: Two Questions
LeeG -- 9/5/2002, 2:18 pm