wiindigoo
English edit
Noun edit
wiindigoo (plural wiindigoos or wiindigoog)
- Alternative spelling of wendigo.
Ojibwe edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Algonquian *wi·nteko·wa.
Noun edit
wiindigoo (plural wiindigoog)
- (mythology) In Algonquian mythology, a malevolent cannibalistic spirit into which humans may transform, or which may possess humans; a wendigo or windigo.
- (mythology) A cannibalistic or man-eating giant or monster which may appear in the winter.
- wiindigoowi!
- He/she is a wendigo!
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: wendigo