ohunkakan

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noun

Traditional Sioux evening stories.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounohunkakan pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyTraditional Sioux evening stories.

Origin

  1. Lakotaohúŋkakaŋ“myth, story of the distant (mythic) past”
  2. Englishohunkakan

From Lakota ohúŋkakaŋ (“myth, story of the distant (mythic) past”).

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Chicago

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