angak

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Greenlandic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Inuit *aŋaɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *aŋaɣ. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᖓᒃ (angak).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

angak (plural angaat)

  1. maternal uncle

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

Yup'ik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Yupik *aŋaɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *aŋaɣ. Compare Greenlandic angak.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ŋak/, [ˈaŋak]
  • Hyphenation: an‧gak

Noun[edit]

angak

  1. maternal uncle

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 39
  • Steven A. Jacobson (2012) “angak”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN