iktómi

See also: Iktomi

Lakota

Alternative forms

  • iŋktómi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “need the derivation or proto forms”) The figurative sense of “trickster” is based on the mythological character Iktómi.

Cognate with Dakota uŋktómi.

Noun

iktómi (first-person singular possessive imáktomi)

  1. spider (order Araneae)
  2. (figuratively) trickster, swindler, cheat

Derived terms

  • iktómi húhaŋskaska (“daddy long-legs spider”)
  • iktómi sápa, iktómi-sápa (“black widow”)
  • iktómi tȟawókaške, iktómi-tȟawókaške (“spider web”)

See also

  • Iktómi (“Iktomi (trickster spirit)”)

References

  • Jan Ullrich, editor, compiled by Ben Black Bear Jr. and Richard Two Dogs (2023), “iktómi”, in New Lakota Dictionary App‎[1] (electronic app), Kyle, SD: Lakota Language Commission, via LLC Bookstore
  • Jan Ullrich, editor (2011) [2008], New Lakota Dictionary, 2nd edition, Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Commission, page 26
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