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Lakota
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lakota Lak̇ot̄a Lak'ota łakota Łakota
English
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Alternative forms
en Lakhota Lak̇ot̄a Lak'ota La-Cotah
Etymology
en :bor lkt:Lakȟóta<t:alliance of friends> + 1
Pronunciation
en /ləˈkəʊtə/ RP
en /ləˈkoʊtə/ GenAm
en əʊtə 3
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Lakota.wav US
Noun
s *
A member of a Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux, now living primarily on the Rosebud, Pine Ridge, Lower Brule, Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Reservations.
en Dorothy M. Johnson 1951 in book Warrior's Exile Indian Country London Corgi 1961 60 ‘He wore an eagle feather from the time he was sixteen. He counted coup many times on La-Cotahs and Cut Arms’.
Translations
Note: These are translations for the plural form.
tribe
German: de Lakota m-p
Lakota: lkt Lakȟóta, lkt Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, lkt Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Oyáte
Navajo: nv Naałání, nv Bitsiiʼ Yishbizhí
Russian: ru лако́та m
Spanish: es lakota m m-p f f-p
Proper noun
The language spoken by the Lakota.
en Autumn Spanne Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/crazy-rock-formations 2018-07-17 This park’s strange and beautiful rock formations were formed by the Yellowstone River and various streams that have cut through the rock over millions of years, carving out hoodoos, spires and caprocks. The name Makoshika comes from a Lakota word for badlands. https://web.archive.org/web/20251217005651/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/crazy-rock-formations 17 December 2025
en city co/Kossuth County s/Iowa.
en small city/county seat co/Nelson County s/North Dakota c/USA.
Derived terms
en Lakotan Lakota squash
Translations
language
French: fr lakota m
Lakota: lkt Lakȟótiyapi
Russian: ru лако́та m
Swedish: sv lakota c
See also
en Dakota
en Sioux
en Nakota
Further reading
The Lakhota Sioux Heritage, Culture and Language Site
en Native American tribes
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr
pl m
Declension
Lakotowie Lakotów
Proper noun
f Lakocina Lakocianka
pl f
Declension
Further reading
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr Lakotová
sk m
Declension
m-pr surn
Further reading