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A buffalo cow = p'te

A young male buffalo = p'ta

A buffalo bull = tatanka

An old buffalo = tagu'

The word tatanka literally means "big hump" and it could be applied to any animal with its head carried lower than its spine, such as the moose and the bear.

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The Lakota have names for different types of squirrel:

  • zicha is a reddish grey tree squirrel
  • zichahota is a tree squirrel
  • thashnahecha is a ground squirrel
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In Lakota, rabbit is mashtinchala

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kola for friend but if you are talking about friendship then it is called kolaya.

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moche carstou

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no Sioux word for goodbye


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Nothing, since it is a Dakota Sioux word - but it is spelled koda. In Lakota it would be kola. Cola is a drink such as Coke or Pepsi. Both koda and kola means friend.


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Does the word kola mean friend in any native American language?

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What is the English translation of Sioux word wakankiya?

The English translation of the Sioux word "wakankiya" is "sacred."


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How do you say do you see that i am your friend can you see that you will always be my friend in Sioux language?

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What the Sioux word for Sioux?

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