wendigo
A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree…A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.
Meaning
2 sensesA malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.
Wendigo
ве́ндигоvéndigo, виндигоvindigo
вендігоvendiho
Synonym of splake (“kind of hybrid fish”).
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Ojibwe wiindigoo, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·nteko·wa (“owl; malevolent spiriBorrowed from Ojibwe wiindigoo, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·nteko·wa (“owl; malevolent spirit, cannibalistic monster”). Compare Plains Cree wîhtikow, ᐃᐧᐦᑎᑯᐤ (“greedy person; cannibal; giant man-eating monster”).
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Forms
plural: wendigo / wendigos / wendigoesSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular