Meanings
plural wetikos
- 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 2082 more examples
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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wetiko. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetiko
“wetiko.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetiko. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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