manidoo
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
manidoo (plural manidoos or manidoog)
- Alternative form of manitou
Ojibwe[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *maneto·wa (“supernatural being”).
Noun[edit]
manidoo (plural manidoog)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- gichi-manidoo: Great Spirit, God
- gichi-manidoo-giizis (plural: gichi-manidoo-giizisoog): January
- manidoo-biiwaabik (plural: manidoo-biiwaabikoon): steel; magnet
- manidoons (plural: manidoonsag): (diminutive) little spirit; insect
- manidoowi (animate, intransitive): he is a spirit
- niizh manidoowag: two-spirit
- manidoo-waabooz: cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus spp.)