| Language | Lakota |
|---|---|
| Entry | gesture |
| Meaning | to signify by a certain gesture of the head (sic) that expresses contempt, dislike, hatred etc.; it consists in opening one’s closed fist and moving it toward the object disliked and thus making the fingers outstretched; or in snapping one’s finger in the sign of contempt. |
| Original entry | tʔáptʔapa, ka- ‘to signify by a certain gesture of the head (sic) that expresses contempt, dislike, hatred etc.; it consists in opening one’s closed fist and moving it toward the object disliked and thus making the fingers outstretched; or in snapping one’s finger in the sign of contempt’. B-294 |
| Sources | EB: 294 |