manidoo

English

Noun

manidoo (plural manidoos or manidoog)

Alternative form of manitou

Ojibwe

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *maneto·wa (“supernatural being”).

Noun

manidoo (plural manidoog)

Synonyms

jiibay (plural jiibayag)

Derived terms

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.)

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