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thípi

dwelling; the source of English tipi

DATE
Dakota historical and modern record
SENSE
portable dwelling
FAMILY
Siouan / Mississippi Valley Siouan · Dakotan
CANONICAL KEY
node:60:thipi:attested:sense:portable-dwelling

Merriam-Webster prints the Dakota form with aspiration and acute stress.

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Dakota · Dakota historical and modern record · dwell root

thí-

to dwell

SOUND
Dakota thípi is formed on thí- “to dwell”; the final morphology is treated conservatively rather than assigned a folk literal gloss.
MEANING
The act or state of dwelling supplies a noun for a dwelling.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster · American Heritage editors
CONFIDENCE
established
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Present-Day English · 1743–today · portable dwelling

tipi

a conical portable dwelling of certain Great Plains peoples

SOUND
The English spelling family tepee / teepee / tipi adapts Dakota thípi and regularizes its sounds in English.
MEANING
A Dakota dwelling term becomes an English name for a specific Great Plains dwelling form.
CHRONOLOGY
The spelling-family first-known-use report is 1743.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster editors
CONFIDENCE
established
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