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Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *aŋu-nt, from Proto-Eskimo *aŋu-nt. Compare Inuktitut ᐊᖑᑦ (angot) and Inuvialuktun angun. Related to anguvoq (“catches a seal”) (by a reduced form of -ti), according to Stig Bjørnum.
Pronunciation
Noun
angut (plural angutit)
- man
1988, Atuagagdliutit, NIVIARSIAQQATUT PERORSAGAAVUNGA:
2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 128:Harryp uppik sukkulaaq puuiarpaa allagartarlu nassaaralugu. Tassaamiguatsiarporlu angutip kiinaata assinga. Affaannarmik isaruaqarpoq, qingaa peqingasuuvoq angisooq, nujai umiilu takisuujupput qeersuut. Assilissap ataani ateq allassimavoq: Albus Dumbledore.- Harry unwrapped his Chocolate Frog and picked up the card. It showed a man's face. He wore half-moon glasses, had a long crooked nose and flowing silver hair, beard and moustache. Underneath the picture was the name Albus Dumbledore.
Declension
References
- ^ Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk grammatik, p. 266. Atuagkat 2003.
Inuktitut
Noun
angut
- Latin spelling of ᐊᖑᑦ (angot)
Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آنغت (angıt), آنغیت (angıt), آنغد (angıd) or آنغید (angıd), from Proto-Turkic *āŋkït (“wild duck”), shares common origin with Mongolian ангир (angir). Cognates with Azerbaijani anqut, Chagatai انقوت (anḳut), انقور (anḳur), Karakhanid اَنْكِتْ (aŋıt, anɣıt), Kumyk гьанкъут (hanqut, “loon”), Kyrgyz аңыр (aŋır), Turkmen aňk, Uyghur ھاڭگىرت (hanggirt, “swan goose”), Uzbek angʻirt, Western Yugur aŋït, Yakut аҥыр (añır).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aŋˈɡut/
- Hyphenation: an‧gut
Noun
angut (definite accusative angudu, plural angutlar)
- Ruddy Shelduck
- (slang, derogatory) bumpkin, fool, idiot, twerp
Declension
Derived terms
Adjective
angut
- (slang) foolish
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آنغت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 224
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آنغیت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 39
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Ăŋ(k)ɨt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aŋıt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 176
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “angut”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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