A question about Sioux/Lakota?

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A question about Sioux/Lakota?

In the Movie "Dances With Wolves", the Lakota equivalent of "Dances With Wolves" sounded like "Tumanny tatanka ob wachi". But I thought "tatanka" meant "buffalo"? Is his name "Dances with Buffalo"?

2007-06-08 09:04:27 · 1 answers · asked by FUNdie 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

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Pretty close. They're very similar words.

buffalo is thathanka
wolf is sungmanitu thanka (spelling differs, depending on the source (sounds like shunk mannEE too tanka)

2007-06-08 09:19:09 · answer #1 · answered by Margie U 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋