name
Meaning 1
The language spoken by the Lakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
Lakota
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ləˈkəʊtə/
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General-American: /ləˈkoʊtə/
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rhymes with -əʊtə
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: L AH0 K OW1 T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city in Kossuth County, Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A small city, the county seat of Nelson County, North Dakota, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Teton, Teton Sioux, Teton Dakota
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Sioux, Siouan
Narrower terms: Brule, Hunkpapa, Miniconju, Oglala, Ogalala, Sihasapa, Two Kettle
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Lakota Lakȟóta (“alliance of friends”).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: lakota — language
- Lakota: Lakȟótiyapi — language
- Russian: лако́та (lakóta) — language
- Swedish: lakota — language
- German: Lakota — tribe
- Lakota: Lakȟóta — tribe
- Lakota: Očhéthi Šakówiŋ — tribe
- Lakota: Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Oyáte — tribe
- Navajo: Naałání — tribe
- Navajo: Bitsiiʼ Yishbizhí — tribe
- Russian: лако́та (lakóta) — tribe
- Spanish: lakota — tribe