Meanings
- Synonym of Lakota (language)
There are two dialects (or varieties) of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ language spoken on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. The Thítȟuŋwaŋ in the area speak Lakȟótiyapi or Northern Lakota, whereas the Iȟáŋktȟuŋwaŋna speak Dakȟótiyapi or Western Dakota.
2019, Tasha R. Hauff, Lakȟótiyapi kiŋ uŋglúkinipi (We revitalize our Lakota Language): Native Language Revitalization at Standing Rock, UC Berkeley1 more example
Zitkala-Ša was born on the Yankton Indian Reservation in South Dakota on February 22, 1876. Her name, Zitkala-Ša, is Lakota/Lakȟótiyapi for "Red Bird." When she was eight years old, Quaker missionaries took her and several other children to attend White's Indiana Manual Labor Institute, where she was given the name Gertrude Simmons.
2021 February 22, Seren Morris, “Who Was Zitkala-Ša? Google Doodle Celebrates Indigenous American Writer and Activist”, in NewsweekSynonyms: Lakota
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Lakota (language)
Origin
- LakotaLakȟótiyapi
- EnglishLakȟótiyapi
Unadapted borrowing from Lakota Lakȟótiyapi.
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Lakȟótiyapi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lak%C8%9F%C3%B3tiyapi
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