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prettygoodwordcaique or caïque (kah-eek) - n., a small single-masted wooden vessel of the eastern Mediterranian, often brightly painted, used for fishing and trawling.
Also, a type of rowboat used in the Bosporus, and a type of parrot. The sailing vessel is also spelled kaiki, especially when referring to a Greek instance. English borrowed the word around 1620 from French, from Italian caicco, from either Greek kaiki or directly from Turkish kayιk, from Ottoman Turkish qayïk, from Old Turkish qayghuq -- which deep root leads to speculation about whether it's cognate of Inuit qayaq, the ancester of kayak.
---L.
Also, a type of rowboat used in the Bosporus, and a type of parrot. The sailing vessel is also spelled kaiki, especially when referring to a Greek instance. English borrowed the word around 1620 from French, from Italian caicco, from either Greek kaiki or directly from Turkish kayιk, from Ottoman Turkish qayïk, from Old Turkish qayghuq -- which deep root leads to speculation about whether it's cognate of Inuit qayaq, the ancester of kayak.
---L.
