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English
Etymology
From Greenlandic angakkoq.
Noun
angakok (plural angakoks)
- An Inuit shaman.
Synonyms
Danish
Etymology
Greenlandic angakkoq
Noun
angakok
- angakok
2010, Jørgen Vangsted, Rejsen til Grønland: - midt i en dansk mørketid, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 117:Men angakokken havde fået stolpen rettet op og kunne nu vende hjem til bygden og fortælle, at alt var vel – at Jorden ikke gik under denne gang.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1982, Hinrich Rink, Eskimoiske eventyr og sagn:Da Besværgelsen var forbi og Lamperne igjen bleve tændte, vilde Isigadlagarsuk have sin Kone til at følge med hjem, men Angakokken sagde, at han vilde beholde hende.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1917, Frederik Carl Peter Rüttel, Ti aar blandt Østgrønlands hedninger:Angakokken udstødte en Mængde Lyde, ikke ulig dem Børnene kan opvarte med hjemme, naar de spidser Munden lidt og samtidig lader Tungen spille fra den ene Side af Munden til den anden.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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