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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/maneto·wa

This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Algonquian

Noun

*maneto·wa

  1. a supernatural being (a god or a supernaturally powerful person or animal)

Descendants
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Plains Cree: manitôw
    • Montagnais: manitoːw
    • Menominee: manɛ·to·w (“game animal (other than a bird)”)
    • Ojibwe: manidoo (“spirit, god”)
    • Fox: manetôwa (“snake; spirit or god”)
    • Shawnee: maneto (“snake; supernatural being”)
    • Miami: manetoowa (“devil, evil spirit, monster”), and possibly also manetwa, minetwa (“falling snow”)
  • Eastern Algonquian: *manətōw
    • Mi'kmaq: məndu
    • Mohegan-Pequot: manto
    • Munsee: manutoow (/manə́toːw/)
    • Unami: manëtu (/manətːu/)
      • Pidgin Delaware: Manétto

References
  • Goddard (1982)
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
  • Algonquian Spirit, edited by Brian Swann (2005)
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