wakonn.

/ˈweɪkən/

Etymology: Dakota wakaŋ ‘a spirit, something consecrated; taku wakaŋ and wakaŋ tanka, the Great Spirit’; substantive use of wakaŋ adjective, ‘spiritual, sacred, consecrated’ (Riggs Gram. Dict. Dakota Lang.). J. F. Cooper ( Prairie xxviii) has the form wahcondah.

Among some American Indians, a spiritual being that is the object of religious reverence; also, a fetish: = manitou n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > North American Indian > wakon

manitou1671

wakon1778

Great Spirit1836

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > fetish

fetisheer1665

manitou1671

festiso1680

medicine1767

wakon1841

fetish1849

fetishry1885

1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xiii. 381 The Chipéways call this being Manitou or Kitchi-Manitou; the Nadowessies, Wakon or Tongo-Wakon, that is, the Great Spirit.

1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 299 They believe..in the spirits, gods, or manitos, whom they denominate wakons.

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. liv. 166 On the surface of the rocks [are seen] their sculptured hieroglyphics—their wakons, totems, and medicines.

Compounds

wakon-bird n. a fabulous bird venerated by the Indians.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > types of mythical bird

pelicanOE

tiger1481

Stymphalid1560

roc1579

mamuque?1590

firebird1601

sunbird1616

ganzaa1633

cocklicrane1653

white bird1697

wakon-bird1778

simurgh1786

thunder-birda1827

huma1841

oozlum bird1858

lightning bird1870

jubjub1871

ho-ho bird1901

storm-bird1913

1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xviii. 473 The name they have given it is expressive of its superior excellence, and the veneration they have for it; the wakon bird being in their language the bird of the Great Spirit.

1806 T. Moore To Lady Charlotte Rawdon 75 Swift upon the purple plume Of my Wakon-Bird I fly Where [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	wakon
释义	wakonn. /ˈweɪkən/ Etymology: Dakota wakaŋ ‘a spirit, something consecrated; taku wakaŋ and wakaŋ tanka, the Great Spirit’; substantive use of wakaŋ adjective, ‘spiritual, sacred, consecrated’ (Riggs Gram. Dict. Dakota Lang.). J. F. Cooper ( Prairie xxviii) has the form wahcondah. Among some American Indians, a spiritual being that is the object of religious reverence; also, a fetish: = manitou n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > North American Indian > wakon manitou1671 wakon1778 Great Spirit1836 the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > fetish fetisheer1665 manitou1671 festiso1680 medicine1767 wakon1841 fetish1849 fetishry1885 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xiii. 381 The Chipéways call this being Manitou or Kitchi-Manitou; the Nadowessies, Wakon or Tongo-Wakon, that is, the Great Spirit. 1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 299 They believe..in the spirits, gods, or manitos, whom they denominate wakons. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. liv. 166 On the surface of the rocks [are seen] their sculptured hieroglyphics—their wakons, totems, and medicines. Compounds wakon-bird n. a fabulous bird venerated by the Indians. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > types of mythical bird pelicanOE tiger1481 Stymphalid1560 roc1579 mamuque?1590 firebird1601 sunbird1616 ganzaa1633 cocklicrane1653 white bird1697 wakon-bird1778 simurgh1786 thunder-birda1827 huma1841 oozlum bird1858 lightning bird1870 jubjub1871 ho-ho bird1901 storm-bird1913 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xviii. 473 The name they have given it is expressive of its superior excellence, and the veneration they have for it; the wakon bird being in their language the bird of the Great Spirit. 1806 T. Moore To Lady Charlotte Rawdon 75 Swift upon the purple plume Of my Wakon-Bird I fly Where [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1778
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