Da|ko|ta

Da|ko|ta «duh KOH tuh», noun, plural -ta or -tas.

1. a member of an American Indian tribe living on the plains of the northern United States and southern Canada; Sioux: »

The competitive Kwakiutl and the co-operative Dakota are hunters (Ogburn and Nimkoff).

2. the Siouan language of this tribe.

╂[American English < Siouan (Dakota) tribal name dako'ta, also an adjective meaning “friendly, feeling affection for”]