teepee

Etymology 1
From the word , which consists of two elements: the verb , and , a pluralising enclitic (a suffix-like ending that marks the subject of the verb as plural), which means "they dwell". Lakota verbs can be used as nouns and this is the case with, which in practice just means "house".

Noun



 * 1) A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
 * 2) A conical formation of small flammable sticks leaning on each other, in roughly the shape of an Indian teepee, built over smaller tinder such as cotton or leaves.

Translations

 * Apache:
 * Western Apache: kuughá
 * Bulgarian: вигвам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 梯皮
 * Danish: tipi
 * Esperanto: tipio
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Lakota: thípi
 * Pashto: تيپي
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: tepee
 * Spanish: tipi
 * Swedish: tipi
 * Turkish: