Lakota

See also: lakota, Lak'ota, łakota, and Łakota

English

Alternative forms

• Lakhota, Lak'ota

Etymology

Etymology tree

Lakota Lakȟótabor.

English Lakota

Borrowed from Lakota Lakȟóta (“alliance of friends”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləˈkəʊtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ləˈkoʊtə/
• Rhymes: -əʊtə

• Audio (US):

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Noun

Lakota (plural Lakotas or Lakota)

1. A member of a Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux, now living primarily on the Rosebud, Pine Ridge, Lower Brule, Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Reservations.

Translations

• Note: These are translations for the plural form.

tribe

• German: Lakota (de) m pl
• Lakota: Lakȟóta, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Oyáte
• Navajo: Naałání, Bitsiiʼ Yishbizhí
• Russian: лако́та (ru) m (lakóta)
• Spanish: lakota m or m pl or f or f pl

Proper noun

Lakota

1. The language spoken by the Lakota.
   • 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     This park’s strange and beautiful rock formations were formed by the Yellowstone River and various streams that have cut through the rock over millions of years, carving out hoodoos, spires and caprocks. The name Makoshika comes from a Lakota word for badlands.

2. A city in Kossuth County, Iowa.
3. A small city, the county seat of Nelson County, North Dakota, United States.

Derived terms

• Lakota squash

Translations

language

• French: lakota (fr) m
• Lakota: Lakȟótiyapi
• Russian: лако́та (ru) m (lakóta)
• Swedish: lakota (sv) c

See also

• Dakota
• Sioux
• Nakota

Further reading

• The Lakhota Sioux Heritage, Culture and Language Site

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈkɔ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: La‧ko‧ta

Proper noun

Lakota m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Lakota

	singular	plural
nominative	Lakota	Lakotowie
genitive	Lakoty	Lakotów
dative	Lakocie	Lakotom
accusative	Lakotę	Lakotów
instrumental	Lakotą	Lakotami
locative	Lakocie	Lakotach
vocative	Lakoto	Lakotowie

Proper noun

Lakota f (traditional married form Lakocina, traditional unmarried form Lakocianka)

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Lakota

	singular	plural
nominative	Lakota	Lakoty
genitive	Lakoty	Lakot
dative	Lakocie	Lakotom
accusative	Lakotę	Lakoty
instrumental	Lakotą	Lakotami
locative	Lakocie	Lakotach
vocative	Lakoto	Lakoty

Further reading

• “Lakota”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lakɔta/, [ˈlakɔta]
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Hyphenation: La‧ko‧ta

Proper noun

Lakota m pers (female equivalent Lakotová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Lakota
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Lakota	Lakotovia	Lakotovci
genitive	Lakotu	Lakotov	Lakotovcov
dative	Lakotovi	Lakotom	Lakotovcom
accusative	Lakotu	Lakotov	Lakotovcov
locative	Lakotovi	Lakotoch	Lakotovcoch
instrumental	Lakotom	Lakotami	Lakotovcami

Further reading

• “Lakota”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026