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Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *aŋätku-, from Proto-Eskimo *aŋalku-. Compare Inuktitut ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ (angatkoq) and Inuvialuktun angatkuq.
Pronunciation
Noun
angakkoq (plural angakkut)
- shaman, angakok
- (North Greenland) basin
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