manitou

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians.
    — The favourite abode of this Manitou is still shown. It is a great rock or cliff on the loneliest part of the mountains, and, … is known by the name of the Garden Rock.

词形变化

manitous plural

词源

From Pidgin Delaware Manétto, from Unami manëtu and Munsee manútoow, later influenced by French manitou, from Cree/Montagnais manito꞉w; from Proto-Algonquian *maneto·wa (“supernatural being”).
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