manitu

manitu (plural manitus)

1. Alternative spelling of manitou.

• utinam

• manitó

• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧tu

manitu m (plural manitus)

1. manitou (a god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians)

• “manitu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “manitu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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manitu (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

1. To make, to be making.

• manitun (transitive inanimate verb)

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “manitu”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project