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"ref": "1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle",
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"ref": "1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans, published 1888, page 319",
"text": "If it were possible to translate the comprehensive and melodious language in which he spoke, the ode might read something like the following: \"Manitou! Manitou! Manitou! Thou art great, thou art good, thou art wise: Manitou! Manitou! Thou art just.\"",
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},
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"word": "Manitou"
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"word": "manetôwa"
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"word": "Manitu"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians",
"word": "マニトゥ"
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"sense": "A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians",
"word": "Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka"
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"sense": "A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians",
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"sense": "A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians",
"word": "orę́·naʔ"
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"sense": "A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians",
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"sense": "A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians",
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"sense": "A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians",
"word": "маниту"
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