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Hunkpapa

Hunkpapa noun: a member of a Native American group, one of the seven council fires of the Lakota tribe.

Noun

Hunkpapa (plural Hunkpapas or Hunkpapa)

  1. A member of a Native American group, one of the seven council fires of the Lakota tribe.
    • If I'd kept a woman, he realized, instead of sending 'em back to their fathers' lodges - the Shoshone girl, them two Hunkpapas, the Crow I called Sally, even that Ree that come near talking me to death - if I'd kept one of 'em for more than just a winter, I'd have boys of my own by now to bring in...1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, War Shirt; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 110

Forms of Hunkpapa

pluralHunkpapas
pluralHunkpapa

Origin of Hunkpapa

From Lakota Húŋkpapȟa (“head of the circle”).

Questions about Hunkpapa

What does Hunkpapa mean?
Hunkpapa means a member of a Native American group, one of the seven council fires of the Lakota tribe.
What part of speech is Hunkpapa?
Hunkpapa is a noun.
What is the plural of Hunkpapa?
The plural of Hunkpapa is Hunkpapas.

Words near Hunkpapa in the dictionary

  1. hunkily
  2. hunkiness
  3. Hunkins
  4. Hunkinses
  5. hunkish
  6. Hunkpapa
  7. Hunkpapas
  8. hunks
  9. hunks of junk
  10. hunkses
  11. hunksome

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