Zitkala
The Lakota word for "bird".
Meaning and origin
Zitkala is the plain Lakota noun for bird, zitkála, used on its own as a girl's name and also as the base of longer names built by adding another word to it.
How to pronounce Zitkala
| English (US) | zit-KAH-lah /zɪtˈkɑːlə/ |
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