Navis is latin for ship
the word kayak comes from Asia, North America and Gr eenlandAns 2The word 'kayak' comes from the word 'inuktitut' in the Aleut/ Inuit group of languages. It's original meaning was 'man's boat' .( I live in Canada and we often hear words in that language or encounter them in crosswords.)
There are many Latin words for various types of boat and ship. These include navicula, cumba, linter, navis, navigium and scapha.
Despite not using boats themselves, the Blackfoot had words for "to paddle" and for various types of boat.ahkiohsatsis means a boat or canoeistsi-ahkiohsatsis means a steamer or paddle-steamer (literally fire-canoe)omahk-ahkiohsatsis means a larger shipThe main element of all these is ahki-, meaning to sail or paddle.
There were many different languages in the middle ages, each with its own word for boat.
The boat = el barco
If you trace the origins of the word you will find it comes from words meaning "boat". So, it doesn't really add much meaning. Of course, it's only used for a particular sort of boat, particularly the Chinese junk.
Ferry Boat
U boat is used for German submarines in both World Wars. It is a translation of German U-Boot which is short for Unterseeboot.A U-Boat is the English expression for the German U-Boot (these languages are related historically - this explains the "boat" and "boot" - meaning the same). The "U" is short for "Untersee-Boot", "unter" equals "sub", "see" equals "mare"... seen? A U-Boot is German for submarine.
small boat
Whatever you want it to be
Boat is mostly used as a noun. When used as a verb (meaning to travel by boat) the past tense is boated.