wickiup
English
Etymology
Wickiup-like structures were built by many Native American peoples throughout the Southwestern United States,[1] and terms similar to wickiup are present "among Native Americans in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, and California",[2] but the source of the word appears to be Fox wîkiyâpi (“house”).[1][3] Alternatively, it may be a variant of wikiwam (“wigwam”). Either way, its ultimate origin is the Proto-Algonquian root *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”). Doublet of wigwam.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɪkɪʌp/[4]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɪk.i.ʌp/
Noun
wickiup (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.
- 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses:
- At that time there were still indians camped on the western plains and late in the day he passed in his riding a scattered group of their wickiups propped upon that scoured and trembling waste.
- 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses:
See also
- other traditional Native American dwellings:
- hogan (used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States)
- igloo (used by the Inuit, made of snow)
- teepee (used in the Great Plains)
- tupik (used by the Inuit during the summer)
- wetu (used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States)
- wickiup (used in the southwestern and western United States)
- wigwam (used in the northeastern United States)
References
- "Wickiup", MSN Encarta, 22 April 2007 ()
- "wickiup", The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition (Columbia University Press, 2003) via Answers.com (23 April 2007, )
- "wickiup", The World in So Many Words (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999) via Answers.com (23 April 2007; )
- Andrew Delahunty, From Bonbon to Cha-cha: Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases (2008)