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- Lakota · calque ofHeȟáka Sápa
- English todayBlack Elk
From black (“color”) + elk (“wapiti”). Calque of any of several indigenous languages of North America: * (Lakota): Calque of Lakota Heȟáka Sápa; from Lakota heȟáka (“elk”) + sápa (“black”).
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