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English word origin

Etymology of Teton

Borrowed from Lakota Thítȟuŋwaŋ (“Teton”). a general name for all seven Lakota tribes. from thíta (“a plain, prairie”) + tȟuŋwaŋ (“village”).

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

The language of this people. · A small city in Fremont County, Idaho. · The Teton River (Idaho), a tributary of the Snake River. · The Teton River (Montana), a tributary of the Missouri River.

noun

A member of the largest group of Sioux peoples.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Lakota Thítȟuŋwaŋ (“Teton”). a general name for all seven Lakota tribes. from thíta (“a plain, prairie”) + tȟuŋwaŋ (“village”).

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Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

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