Fromakáŋ(“on, upon”) +wówa(“to write”) +-pi(plural suffix), literally“they write on it”.
akáŋwowapi
- desk,writingtable(table for writing and reading)
- Jan Ullrich, editor, compiled by Ben Black Bear Jr. and Richard Two Dogs (2023), “akáŋwowapi”, inNew Lakota Dictionary App[1] (electronic app), Kyle, SD: Lakota Language Commission, via LLC Bookstore
- Jan Ullrich, editor (2011) [2008],New Lakota Dictionary, 2nd edition, Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Commission, page38