manitouとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanɪtuː/

名詞

manitou (複数形 manitous)

1. A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians.
   • 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle:

     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.

   • 1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans, published 1888, page 319:

     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."

   • 1987, John A Grim, The Shaman, page 143:

     Each Ojibway shaman's method of communication with the manitou patron is unique and is related to a personal dream experience.

   • 2005, Joseph Boyden, Three Day Road, Penguin, published 2008, page 43:

     My father strung it high in a tree for the manitous to watch over.

使用する際の注意点

Sometimes used as a proper noun, in which case it is often capitalized.

参照

• Oxford English Dictionary, Third (online) Edition

アナグラム

• tinamou