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man⋅i⋅tou

[man-i-too]
–noun, plural -tous, (especially collectively) -tou.
(among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
Also, man⋅i⋅to [man-i-toh] , man⋅i⋅tu [man-i-too] .


Origin:
1605–15; < Unami Delaware monə́t⋅u, reinforced by or reborrowed from Ojibwa manito⋅ and other cognates (all < Proto-Algonquian *maneto⋅wa); sp. influenced by equivalent F word
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