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kamik

(ˈkɑːmɪk)
n
(Clothing & Fashion) Canadian a traditional Inuit boot made of caribou hide or sealskin
[from Inuktitut]
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The Minister of Industry met at his office of the ministry Monday with the delegation of the Chinese Kamik Engineering Company headed by the Director General of the Engineering Department of Sugar Industry Huang Bin Nia.
On Day 4, the entire class revisited the library for a read-aloud of Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story (Uluadluak, 2012).
Strong like iron, yet light like helium, RubberHe is Kamik's own lightweight innovation.
Each beautifully illustrated word--such as kamik, siku and nanuq highlights an aspect of Inuit life in the Arctic and is presented in English and in Inuktitut characters.
Early exploration into the phenomenon of sudden cardiac arrest in patients undergoing hemodialysis revealed a rate of 7 per 100,000 hemodialysis sessions (Kamik et al, 2001).
Dans les textes publies en anglais, il est tres frequent de retrouver un assez grand nombre de termes en inuktitut, des termes courants tels que anaana (maman), ataata (papa), ataatatsiaq (grand-pere), kamik (bottes), qimmiq (chien) ou des termes plus specialises comme mitsiaq (cordon ombilical) ou puukuluk (mere biologique).
At MIT, mechanical engineer Rohit Kamik's team is building membranes a single atom thick, to help water molecules just pop through.
Kamik is not only a great read for a group or individual, but a good teaching resource about a specific aspect of Inuit culture.
The Jennifer Rainboot boot ($65) from Kamik is simple and stylish, comes in a multitude of colors and is made with recyclable, PVC-free synthetic rubber.