Tupilak
German, noun[ˈtupilak]
Tupilak is spelled T-U-P-I-L-A-K (7 letters). Tupilak is a German masculine noun meaning “a tupilak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mystische, teils groteske Figur aus Grönland, die aus Knochen oder Zähnen geschnitzt wird, schamanistischem…”.
What does Tupilak mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea tupilak
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mystische, teils groteske Figur aus Grönland, die aus Knochen oder Zähnen geschnitzt wird, schamanistischem Denken entstammt und teils als Abwehrzauber dient
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Tupilak
- Tupilaks genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tupilak?
- [ˈtupilak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.