tupilaq

English

Noun

tupilaq (plural tupilaqs)

1. (Inuit mythology) Alternative form of tupilak
   • 2000, Northern latitudes: prose poems, page 13:

     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.