wickiup

wick·i·up

a small, temporary dwelling or shelter of grass, brush, etc. over a frame, traditionally used by Indian peoples of the Great Basin and SW U.S.
any crude shack or shelter

Origin of wickiup

from Fox wiikiyaapi, house: origin, originally referred to houses of the style of Algonquian peoples of the Great Lakes region; akin to wigwam

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wickiup

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noun

A frame hut covered with matting, as of bark or brush, used by nomadic Native Americans of North America.

Origin of wickiup

Fox wi·kiya·pi house from Proto-Algonquian wi·kiwa·^&qnodot;mi

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Noun

(plural wickiups)

A domed hut, similar to a wigwam, used by some semi-nomadic Native American tribes, particularly in the southwestern and western United States.

Origin

Though wickiups were built by many Native American peoples, the word apparently comes from a form like wiikiyaapi or wikiyapy meaning "lodge" or "house" in Fox, or wickiop (“house") in Menominee. Wickiup-like structures can found throghout the Southwestern United States, and terms similar to wickiupare present "among Native Americans in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, and California".

Alternatively, the term may be a variant of wikiwam (“wigwam").

Either way, its ultimate origin is the Proto-Algonquian root *wiÂ·kiwaÂ·Ê”mi (“house").

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