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avatak
[< Esk.]
North
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a sealskin bag used as a buoy or float.
See: dan(def. 1)
Quotations
1966
. . . it's all noise and confusion on the boat while the Eskimos work off steam by shouting and aimlessly rushing around : looking at harpoons, at avataks (sealskin bladders), fitting lines, then dropping that and picking up the rifles.