Black Elk

English

Alternative forms

• Black-Elk, Blackelk

Etymology

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”)

Proper noun

Black Elk (plural Black Elks)

1. (countable) An Amerindian surname.
   1. A surname from Lakota.

Translations

Translations

• Lakota: Heȟáka Sápa