angakkoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aŋätku-, from Proto-Eskimo *aŋalku-. Compare Inuktitut ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ (angatkoq) and Inuvialuktun angatkuq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ŋak.kɔq/

Noun

angakkoq (plural angakkut)

  1. shaman, angakok
  2. (North Greenland) basin

Derived terms

  • angakkoqarneq (“shamanism”)
  • angakkuarpoq (“do magic”)
  • angakkussartoq (“shaman's apprentice”)
  • angakkuersaarneq (“necromancy”)

Descendants

  • Danish: angakok
  • English: angakok

References

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