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The Lakota had many specific terms for buffalo. These include:

  • pte (a buffalo cow)
  • ptehchaka (any buffalo)
  • tatanka (a buffalo bull, but also a male moose, bear)
  • ptehinchala (a buffalo calf)
  • heyuktan (a buffalo with bent horns)
  • ptesan (a white buffalo)
  • ptezinchala (a buffalo calf)
  • heshlushluta (a smooth horned buffalo)
  • tabloka (a buffalo bull, bull moose, male grizzly)
  • tasha (red buffalo)
  • p'ta (a male buffalo)
  • ptesan (yellowish-white buffalo cow)
  • ptasapa (black male buffalo)
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