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wi·kiya·pi
Fox (Meskwaki) · pre-1800s
"a house, dwelling"
meant 'house' or 'dwelling', from the shared Algonquian root 'wik-' meaning 'to dwell'
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wickiup
English · 1843
"a small hut or shelter made of brush and matting"
borrowed into English, first applied to Great Lakes dwellings and later to southwestern brush shelters
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