"wakaŋ" meaning in Dakota

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  "etymology_text": "Derived from the Dakota word kan, \"anything that is old or has existed a long time\" or an incomprehensible but wonderful experience.",
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          "ref": "2012, Colette Hyman, Dakota women's work : creativity, culture, and exile (in English):",
          "text": "The wakan nature of these objects also came from the belief that the women creating them were inspired by a spirit being: the Double Woman, or the Two-Women.",
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          "ref": "2012, Gwen Westerman, Bruce White, Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota (in English), page 19:",
          "text": "Water that comes from within the earth is pure and as such is considered wakaŋ or sacred.",
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        "sacred; holy"
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          "ref": "2012, Gwen Westerman, Bruce White, Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota (in English), page 20:",
          "text": "Other accounts place Dakota people even farther north than Bde Wakan.",
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          "ref": "1894, Sunkawakan Wicayuhapi, Santee Agency, Nebraska: Synod of Lakes and Prairies (Presbyterian Church), Santee Normal Training School Press, page 6:",
          "text": "Śunkawakan cinca kin tohanyan icagapi kte cin iyehanyan icagapi śni qa kan waśake śni kinhan ecen wowidagwicunyanpi iyecece śni.",
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        "a sacred item, location, or person",
        "affixed to proper nouns to indicate holiness"
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      "word": "wakan"
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      "english": "Dakota",
      "word": "Wakháŋ"
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      "roman": "Lakota",
      "word": "Wakȟáŋ"
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  "word": "wakaŋ"
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  "etymology_text": "Derived from the Dakota word kan, \"anything that is old or has existed a long time\" or an incomprehensible but wonderful experience.",
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          "ref": "2012, Colette Hyman, Dakota women's work : creativity, culture, and exile (in English):",
          "text": "The wakan nature of these objects also came from the belief that the women creating them were inspired by a spirit being: the Double Woman, or the Two-Women.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Gwen Westerman, Bruce White, Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota (in English), page 19:",
          "text": "Water that comes from within the earth is pure and as such is considered wakaŋ or sacred.",
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          "text": "Other accounts place Dakota people even farther north than Bde Wakan.",
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        },
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          "text": "Śunkawakan cinca kin tohanyan icagapi kte cin iyehanyan icagapi śni qa kan waśake śni kinhan ecen wowidagwicunyanpi iyecece śni.",
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  "word": "wakaŋ"
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