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- Inuktitut · derived fromᑐᐱᓚᒃ
- Greenlandic · derived fromtupilak
- English todaytupilak
From Greenlandic tupilak or Inuktitut ᑐᐱᓚᒃ (topilak), ᑐᐱᓚᖅ (topilaq).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tupilak
Today it means: A monster (either invisible or having a physical form constructed from animal bones, sinew, etc) created in secret by a shaman and sent into the sea to seek and kill a specific enemy. Full definition →
Greenlandic tupilak ← Inuktitut ᑐᐱᓚᒃ