n.
Pronunciation: d ə - ' k ō -t ə
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Dakotas also Dakota
Etymology: Dakota (Yankton-Yánktonai and Santee dialects) dak h óta, perhaps literally, friendly, allied
Date: 1804
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the northern Mississippi valley
2 : the Siouan language of the Dakota people