omásʼapȟela

Lakota

Alternative forms

  • omázapȟela

Etymology

From omásʼapȟe (“telephone”) +‎ -la (diminutive suffix). Coined by the Lakota Language Immersion School in South Dakota in the 2010s.[1]

Noun

omásʼapȟela

  1. (neologism) smartphone, cell phone, mobile phone

References

  1. ^ Lawrence, J.P. (7 March 2018), “How do you say “smartphone” in Lakota?”, in The Outline‎[1], retrieved 27 October 2024
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