angak

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

  • angaaq

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aŋak/, [a.ŋək]

Noun

angak (plural angaat)

  1. maternal uncle

Declension

References

Yup'ik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

angak

  1. maternal uncle

Declension

References

  • 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
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