Lakota

See also: lakota, Lak'ota, łakota, and Łakota

English

Alternative forms

• Lakhota, Lak'ota

Etymology

From Lakota Lakȟóta (“alliance of friends”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləˈkəʊtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ləˈkoʊtə/
• Rhymes: -əʊtə

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Noun

Lakota (plural Lakotas or Lakota)

1. 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

• German: Lakota (de) m pl
• Lakota: Lakȟóta, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Oyáte
• Navajo: Naałání, Bitsiiʼ Yishbizhí
• Russian: лако́та (ru) m (lakóta)
• Spanish: lakota m or m pl or f or f pl

Proper noun

Lakota

1. The language spoken by the Lakota.
2. A city and town in Iowa.
3. A small city, the county seat of Nelson County, North Dakota, United States.

Derived terms

• Lakota squash

 

Translations

language

• French: lakota (fr) m
• Lakota: Lakȟótiyapi
• Russian: лако́та (ru) m (lakóta)
• Swedish: lakota (sv) c

See also

• Dakota
• Sioux
• Nakota

Further reading

• The Lakhota Sioux Heritage, Culture and Language Site

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈkɔ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: La‧ko‧ta

Proper noun

Lakota m pers

1. 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

1. 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