Matching Names
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| ▸ | Angula | Angula | ||||
| From an interjection: Wow! A handsome attractive man. The verb angulavaa means "to soften a bird skin by chewing on it and sucking out the fat, which should be real treat. In the mythology supernatural beings that assist humans are rewarded by being given bird skins to chew from. In the legend about habits of people from Appamiut near Maniitsoq, an Unneraarsuk (shore spirit) was rewarded with bird skins to chem, and returned the favor by supplying them with ample seals. The spirit was called Angulaasseritooq, (The One Eager to Chew Bird Skins). In a myth from Thule about the woman Anoritooq (Plenty Winds), she adopted a polarbear through magic and it caught seals for her. The bear was called Angulligaamaaq (The One Who is Partial to Cheewing Bird skins). In Arctic Canada, Angulalik is both a surname and lastname among Inuinnaqtut speaking Inuit. The ending -lik ('provided with', 'owner') often is an indication that there is talk about an amulet or helper spirit of the name bearer. The verb angulavaa is identical in meaning to the verb igguppaa, which means 'chewing and sucking out the fat of a birdskin (for the sake of taste, without regard to its later use or preservation state). The word igguppaa has given rise to the utterance iggoraarsuk (often shortened to gigue), and is an exclamation which means: Handsome! Attractive! In short form it is also a loving expression towards a loved one or to child. Igguppaa is a contraction of kivas, "sucks it up, swallows". Angula seems to have the same meaning, and the connotation to the noun "angut (man)", and the interjection "angusuu!", which in the mid 1800s was an expression for "Wow! That was something!", seems to be no accident. | ||||||