angakkuq

English

Etymology

From (Eastern Canadian) Inuktitut ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ (angatkoq).

Noun

angakkuq (plural angakkuqs)

1. An Inuit shaman.
   • 2002, Louis-Jacques Dorais, 'Inuit', Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, ed. Paul Robert Magocsi, University of Toronto 2002, p. 141:

     The shaman (angakkuq), because of his/her disposition and training [...], was the only one who knew how to bridge the gap between the various categories of beings and communicate with all of them [...].

Synonyms

• angatkuq (from Inuvialuktun)
• angakok (from Greenlandic)
• angekok (variant of angakok)