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

• angakkoq in Katersat
• DAKA