angakkoq
Greenlandic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Inuit *aŋätku-, from Proto-Eskimo *aŋalku-. Compare Inuktitut ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ (angatkoq) and Inuvialuktun angatkuq.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editangakkoq (plural angakkut)
Derived terms
edit- angakkoqarneq (“shamanism”)
- angakkuarpoq (“do magic”)
- angakkussartoq (“shaman's apprentice”)
- angakkuersaarneq (“necromancy”)