"tupilaq" meaning in All languages combined

See tupilaq on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: tupilaqs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tupilaq (plural tupilaqs)
  1. (Inuit mythology) Alternative form of tupilak Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tupilak Categories (topical): Mythology
    Sense id: en-tupilaq-en-noun-fR~rOdUE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mythology",
          "orig": "en:Mythology",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Northern latitudes: prose poems, page 13:",
          "text": "Perhaps it was a tupilaq, all bone and gaping jaws, intent upon tormenting her even more. Then she saw Titanic written on it in big letters. A White Man's word. Maybe the word meant: We are too many.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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    }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English words containing Q not followed by U",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Mythology"
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Northern latitudes: prose poems, page 13:",
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