angekok

English

Etymology

Variant of angakok, from Greenlandic.

Noun

angekok (plural angekoks)

An Eskimo/Inuit sorcerer or shaman.

Synonyms

angakok (from Greenlandic)
angatkuq (from Inuvialuktun)
angakkuq (from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut)
angekkok, angekut (variants of angekok)

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