tepee

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a portable conical dwelling traditionally made from poles and animal hides or canvas by Indigenous peoples of the North American Plains

   The family raised the tepee by arranging long poles in a cone and stretching the cover around them.

Simplified etymology

Tepee, recorded in English from the mid-18th century, comes from Sioux tīpī, meaning “dwelling.” It originally denoted the portable conical dwelling used by nomadic peoples of the Plains.

An English spelling of tipi, borrowed from Dakota thipi 'dwelling.' The spellings tipi, teepee, and tepee represent the same word; tipi is now widely preferred in historical and Indigenous contexts.

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