See wendigo on Wiktionary
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"(mythology) A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wetiko"
},
{
"word": "wihtikow"
},
{
"word": "witigo"
},
{
"english": "derived from Cree",
"word": "witiko"
}
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Synonym of splake (“kind of hybrid fish”)"
],
"links": [
[
"splake",
"splake#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"extra": "kind of hybrid fish",
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "splake"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛndɪɡəʊ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛndiɡoʊ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "weendigo"
},
{
"word": "wiindigoo"
},
{
"word": "windago"
},
{
"word": "windiga"
},
{
"word": "windigo"
},
{
"word": "witigo"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wīndījū",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"word": "وِينْدِيجُو"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vendigo",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"word": "վենդիգո"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "vindigo",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"word": "վինդիգո"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"word": "溫迪哥"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wēndígē",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"word": "温迪哥"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"word": "vendiko"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wendigo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"word": "Wendigo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"word": "ウェンディゴ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wendigo",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"word": "웬디고"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "véndigo",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ве́ндиго"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"word": "وندیگو"
},
{
"code": "crk",
"lang": "Plains Cree",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"word": "wîhtikow"
},
{
"code": "crk",
"lang": "Plains Cree",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"word": "ᐑᐦᑎᑯᐤ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "véndigo",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ве́ндиго"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vindigo",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "виндиго"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"word": "เวนดิโก"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vendiho",
"sense": "malevolent and violent cannibal spirit in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вендіго"
}
],
"word": "wendigo"
}
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