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)

shaman, angakok
(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

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