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11LightOfThe Sun11 · 01-22-2010, 08:31 AM

It would be Lakota. Sioux is a French word. There is 3 dialects. Lakota, Nakota, Dakota.
MAKA-SSE-WA

MAKA=Skunk

WA is a suffix in many pronouns so it probably translates as He-Skunk or She-Skunk or something like that. But the SSE is not a translatable word at all.

I looked in some very reliable places so sorry I can't do better!!

BTW John Trudell, as great a man he is, is not available to be the Language expert or even be asked if he knows one by just anyone who is curious.

01-22-2010, 08:31 AM	#9
11LightOfThe Sun11 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4	Re: Anybody with Lakota Language Knowledge? It would be Lakota. Sioux is a French word. There is 3 dialects. Lakota, Nakota, Dakota. MAKA-SSE-WA MAKA=Skunk WA is a suffix in many pronouns so it probably translates as He-Skunk or She-Skunk or something like that. But the SSE is not a translatable word at all. I looked in some very reliable places so sorry I can't do better!! BTW John Trudell, as great a man he is, is not available to be the Language expert or even be asked if he knows one by just anyone who is curious.