Pit house, dug-out house, winter cache you can walk into, storage shed. pax̣nɨ́mɨnx̣ana tiičámna paˀíƛ̓ɨmux̣ix̣ana wɨlčí patkʷáywayčɨnx̣ana kk̓aywáki twáki ku šwíčtki paˀíƛ̓ɨmux̣ix̣ana twáan ku tiičámki pašapálk̓ʷikɨnx̣ana ku kʷná paˀílukɨnx̣ana papáčupa ílukški álaqayx̣ix̣ana ‘they used to dig the ground, they would cover the pit, lay across short poles and cover the poles with ryegrass and bury it over with earth, and there in the middle they would make a fire, their place would light up with the fire’; wɨlčí áwača pt̓ilimaamí ku áwača náx̣š wɨlčí katkaatmaamí ‘the girls had a pit house and the boys had another pit house’; wɨlčinmí níit ‘box tent, army tent’. [NP /wikées/.]
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