manidoo

English

Noun

manidoo (plural manidoos or manidoog)

1. Alternative form of manitou

Ojibwe

Etymology

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

Noun

manidoo (plural manidoog)

1. spirit
2. manitou
3. god

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.)