angakkoq

Greenlandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /a.ŋak.kɔq/

Noun edit

angakkoq (plural angakkut)

shaman, angakok
(North Greenland) basin

Derived terms edit

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

Descendants edit

Danish: angakok
English: angakok

References edit

angakkoq in Katersat
DAKA

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