Black Elk
English
Etymology
black (“color”) + elk (“wapiti”). Calque of any of several indigenous languages of North America
- (Lakota): Calque of Lakota Heȟáka Sápa; from Lakota heȟáka (“elk”)+sápa (“black”)
Alternative forms
- Black-Elk, Blackelk
Proper noun
Black Elk (plural Black Elks)
- (countable) A Amerindian surname.
- A surname, from Lakota.
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