About Tipi
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A tipi (also teepee, tepee) is a conical tent originally made of skins and popularised by the American Indians of the Great Plains. The dwelling was remarkably durable, and gave warmth and comfort to it's inhabitants during harsh winters, was dry during heavy rains, and cool during the heat of summers. It was portable, which was an important factor since most tribes were highly mobile, and could be broken down and packed away quickly when a tribe decided to move, and could be constructed just as quickly when a tribe settled an area.
The word Tipi comes into English from the Lakota language. The word thípi consists of two elements: the verb thí, meaning "to dwell," and a pluralizing enclitic (a suffix-like ending that marks the subject of the verb as plural), =pi, and means "they dwell." In Lakota, formal verbs can be used as nouns, and this is the case with thípi, which in practice just means "house."
The term "wigwam" is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to an abode of this type. A wigwam is a domed hut-like dwelling formed with a frame of arched poles, most often wooden, and covered with some sort of roofing material such as grass, brush, bark, rushes, mats, reeds, or cloth.
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