wetiko

W4E1T1I1K5O1

A form of wihtikow — A wendigo.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounwetiko (plural wetikos)

plural wetikos

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wihtikow.

    Pennisk wasn't afraid of the wetiko.

    1994, Ronald Lavallée, translated by Patricia Claxton, Tchipayuk, or, The way of the wolf, page 208
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    Just then a Wetiko charged into view!

    2005, Maggie Siggins, Bitter embrace: white society's assault on the Woodland Cree, page 141

    [Jack] Forbes states that the overriding characteristic of a wétiko, a Cree word literally meaning “cannibal,” is “that he consumes other human beings for profit, that is, he is a cannibal” […]

    2001, Arturo J. Aldama, Disrupting Savagism

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