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