Colors in Dakota

[Rory M Larson]

> I have never been able to get anyone to tell me the difference between
sha
> and luta for 'red', however, except to say that "luta" is restricted to
> ceremonial contexts and/or names.

While we're on the subject, could I get some good comparativist
to tell me if Lakhota "luta" is equivalent to OP "zhide"?  They
both mean 'red', and everything else matches except that I don't
recall any other cases of Lakhota 'l' equating to OP 'zh'.

Rory