wiindigoo

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English

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Noun

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wiindigoo (plural wiindigoos or wiindigoog)

  1. Alternative spelling of wendigo.

Ojibwe

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *wi·nteko·wa.

Noun

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wiindigoo (plural wiindigoog)

  1. (mythology) In Algonquian mythology, a malevolent cannibalistic spirit into which humans may transform, or which may possess humans; a wendigo or windigo.
  2. (mythology) A cannibalistic or man-eating giant or monster which may appear in the winter.
    wiindigoowi!
    He/she is a wendigo!

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Descendants

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  • English: wendigo