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Lakȟóta
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Lakhota Lakĥoṫa Lakh̓oṫa
English
Etymology
en lkt Lakȟóta.
Noun
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en Lakota (people).
en Alissa Antilla Native American voices honor the horse through art in Mia exhibition Twin Cities 2018-07-31 https://www.twincities.com/2018/07/31/native-american-voices-honor-the-horse-through-art-in-mia-exhibition/ Native American voices and perspectives, speaking through art, all feature an immensely important creature in the lives of the Dakhóta, Nakhóta and Lakȟóta — the horse — in an exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, “Horse Nation of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ.” https://web.archive.org/web/20180801112737/https://www.twincities.com/2018/07/31/native-american-voices-honor-the-horse-through-art-in-mia-exhibition/ 1 August 2018
en Alexander Hackett Indigenous knowledges and AI come together in Suzanne Kite’s exhibition at Concordia’s FOFA Gallery News - Concordia University 2023-10-11 https://www.concordia.ca/news/stories/2023/10/11/indigenous-knowledges-and-ai-come-together-in-suzanne-kite-s-exhibition-at-concordia-s-fofa-gallery.html In Lakȟóta traditions, materials like metals and minerals each have unique essences and relationships to humans. https://web.archive.org/web/20260217121155/https://www.concordia.ca/news/stories/2023/10/11/indigenous-knowledges-and-ai-come-together-in-suzanne-kite-s-exhibition-at-concordia-s-fofa-gallery.html 17 February 2026
Proper noun
en Lakota (language).
en Artificial intelligence is shaping the future of music — but at what cost? CBC Music 2021-03-18 https://www.cbc.ca/music/artificial-intelligence-is-shaping-the-future-of-music-but-at-what-cost-1.5952955 To turn out original lyrics, Kite fed Lakȟóta songs into GPT-2 (GPT-3's predecessor), which the platform's Western makeup was unable to decipher. There's a message to decode in the unintelligibility of the output."I put Lakȟóta songs in there but you can't read them," she explained. "They come out as weird vocables that seem to be mocking the music." https://web.archive.org/web/20250805043117/https://www.cbc.ca/music/artificial-intelligence-is-shaping-the-future-of-music-but-at-what-cost-1.5952955 5 August 2025
Lakota
Alternative forms
lkt Lakĥoṫa Lakh̓oṫa Lakhota Lak'ota
Etymology
Literally means "friend". Inherited from proto-Dakota und *khota, und *khoRa; from Proto-Mississippi-Valley und *hkota, und *hkoRa, und *hkora; from lkt sio-pro -. Compare with lkt kȟolá a friend and dak dakhóta an ally.
Pronunciation
lkt /laˈk͡xota/
Proper noun
lkt proper noun SICC or White Hat spelling Lak̇ot̄a
Lakota
Lakota language: Lakȟótiyapi is preferable to Lakȟóta to mean “Lakota language”
Synonyms
lkt Lakȟótiyapi
lkt Lakȟol
lkt Očhéthi Šakówiŋ
lkt Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Oyáte
Related terms
lkt kȟolá<t:a friend><qq:modern Lakota>
Adjective
lkt adjective
Lakota
Descendants
en Lakota Lakȟóta 1
See also
lkt seven Lakota tribes Húŋkpapȟa Itázipčho Mnikȟówožu Oglála Oóhenuŋpa Sičháŋǧu Sihásapa
Further reading
Entry friend (1), Comparative Siouan Dictionary
lkt Demonyms