lakota









lakota


noun, plural Te·tons, (especially collectively) Te·ton for 2.

  1. the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
  2. a member of any of the tribes belonging to this branch, as the Brulé, Hunkpapa, Miniconjou, and Oglala.
  3. a dialect of the Dakota language.

member of a western Sioux people, 1806, from Dakota titonwan, literally “dwellers on the prairie,” from thi + huwa. Not related to the Grand Teton mountain range.

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