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Sakakawea

Olivia Musembi
By Olivia Musembi Senior Content Writer
Updated: Aug 30, 2024 | 👁️ 13 Views | 🔊 4 Pronunciations
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Gender: Female

Origin: Native American

Meaning: Meaning 'bird woman' or 'boat pusher' in Hidatsa

Pronunciation: suh-KUH-kuh-way-uh, səˌkɑːkəˈweɪə, S AE K AH K AO IY AH

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  • 1. Sakakawea Meanings
  • 2. Sakakawea Pronunciation Guide
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Sakakawea Meanings

  • Meaning 'bird woman' or 'boat pusher' in Hidatsa
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  • Sakakawea was a Native American woman who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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  • Dragging a boat
  • Origin - Native American
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Believed to mean 'bird woman' or 'boat pusher' in the Hidatsa language. She was a Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition as a guide and interpreter.

The name Sakakawea is of Native American origin and means Meaning 'bird woman' or 'boat pusher' in Hidatsa, Sakakawea was a Native American woman who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition., Dragging a boat. It is often used as a Female name.

Sakakawea Pronunciation Guide

Phonetic Pronunciation: suh-KUH-kuh-way-uh

IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet): səˌkɑːkəˈweɪə

ARPAbet Phonetic Pronunciation: S AE K AH K AO IY AH

S: Pronounce as in "sit" (S IH T)

AE: Pronounce as in "cat" (K AE T)

K: Pronounce as in "cat" (K AE T)

AH: Pronounce as in "but" (B AH T)

K: Pronounce as in "cat" (K AE T)

AO: Pronounce as in "thought" (TH AO T)

IY: Pronounce as in "see" (S IY)

AH: Pronounce as in "but" (B AH T)

This pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET system, a phonetic notation developed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) for speech recognition systems. Each ARPABET symbol corresponds to a distinct sound in English. For example, 'JH' represents the sound as in 'joke,' 'AA' represents the sound as in 'father,' and 'N' represents the sound as in 'no.'

The pronunciation guide was generated using the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, a public domain resource for phonetic pronunciations of words.

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