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black elk

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables
black- elk
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An Amerindian surname.

Countable

name

An Amerindian surname.

Countable

Etymology

From 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”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Black Elks (plural) Black-Elk (alternative) Blackelk (alternative)

Questions

What does black elk mean?
An Amerindian surname.
Where does black elk come from?
From 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”).

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