Lakȟóta

See also: Lakhota, Lakĥoṫa, and Lakh̓oṫa

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Lakota Lakȟóta.

Noun

Lakȟóta sg or pl

1. Synonym of Lakota (people).
   • 2018 July 31, Alissa Antilla, “Native American voices honor the horse through art in Mia exhibition”, in Twin Cities‎^[1]:

     Native American voices and perspectives, speaking through art, all feature an immensely important creature in the lives of the Dakhóta, Nakhóta and Lakȟóta — the horse — in an exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, “Horse Nation of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ.”

   • 2023 October 11, Alexander Hackett, “Indigenous knowledges and AI come together in Suzanne Kite’s exhibition at Concordia’s FOFA Gallery”, in News - Concordia University‎^[2]:

     In Lakȟóta traditions, materials like metals and minerals each have unique essences and relationships to humans.

Proper noun

Lakȟóta

1. Synonym of Lakota (language).
   • 2021 March 18, “Artificial intelligence is shaping the future of music — but at what cost?”, in CBC Music‎^[3]:

     To turn out original lyrics, Kite fed Lakȟóta songs into GPT-2 (GPT-3's predecessor), which the platform's Western makeup was unable to decipher. There's a message to decode in the unintelligibility of the output.
     "I put Lakȟóta songs in there but you can't read them," she explained. "They come out as weird vocables that seem to be mocking the music."

Lakota

Alternative forms

• Lakĥoṫa, Lakh̓oṫa, Lakhota, Lak'ota

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈk͡xota/

Proper noun

Lakȟóta (SICC or White Hat spelling Lak̇ot̄a)

1. Lakota
2. Lakota language: Lakȟótiyapi is preferable to Lakȟóta to mean “Lakota language”

Synonyms

• Lakȟótiyapi
• Lakȟol
• Očhéthi Šakówiŋ
• Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Oyáte

Adjective

Lakȟóta

1. Lakota