Lakota
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Lakota Lakȟóta (“alliance of friends”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləˈkəʊtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ləˈkoʊtə/
- Rhymes: -əʊtə
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
Lakota (plural Lakotas or Lakota)
- 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.
Translations
- Note: These are translations for the plural form.
tribe
Proper noun
Lakota
- The language spoken by the Lakota.
- 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN[1]:
- 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.
- A city in Kossuth County, Iowa.
- A small city, the county seat of Nelson County, North Dakota, United States.
Derived terms
Translations
language
See also
Further reading
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈkɔ.ta/
- Rhymes: -ɔta
- Syllabification: La‧ko‧ta
Proper noun
Lakota m pers
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Lakota
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Lakota | Lakotowie |
| genitive | Lakoty | Lakotów |
| dative | Lakocie | Lakotom |
| accusative | Lakotę | Lakotów |
| instrumental | Lakotą | Lakotami |
| locative | Lakocie | Lakotach |
| vocative | Lakoto | Lakotowie |
Proper noun
Lakota f
- a female surname
Declension
Declension of Lakota
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Lakota | Lakoty |
| genitive | Lakoty | Lakot |
| dative | Lakocie | Lakotom |
| accusative | Lakotę | Lakoty |
| instrumental | Lakotą | Lakotami |
| locative | Lakocie | Lakotach |
| vocative | Lakoto | Lakoty |
Further reading
- “Lakota”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022