Khéya Wíta

Lakota

Etymology

khéya (“snapping turtle”) +‎ wíta (“island”). The turtle is a symbol of the earth in Lakota culture.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʰɛja wɪta]

Proper noun

Khéya Wíta

  1. the world
  2. North America
  3. the Americas, both continents of North and South America
    Eháŋk'ehaŋ Khéya Wíta él tȟatȟáŋka forty million yukȟáŋpi. ― There were forty million buffalo in the Americas in the old days.
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