Angekut

/ˈæŋɛkʊt/ noun

Definition

Another variant form of angekkok; a shaman or spiritual practitioner among Arctic peoples.

Etymology

Another romanization of the Inuit 'angakkuq,' with the '-ut' ending reflecting alternative transliteration approaches by different anthropologists and explorer accounts.

Kelly Says

The three spellings—angekkok, angekok, angekut—are actually the same word, showing how colonial history created confusion by having different people write down the same Inuit word in three different ways!

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