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Dwelling and Furnishing Vocabulary Wuttapu�ssuck - the long poles which men fixed for covering by the women
Abockqu�sinash - mats for covering the weetu frame
Munnota�bana - mats for the inside hangings
Weetu - home
Puttuckak�un - a round house
Ne�squttaw - a house with two fires
Shw�shcuttow - a house with three fires
Wuchickap�uck - birch or chestnut bark use to cover the weetu frame
K�phash - shut the door
N�te, Y�te, Ch�kot or Sq�tta - a fire
Not�wese or Chickaut�wese - a little fire
Puck - smoke
Puckissu - smokey
Wunnauchinc�mock - smoke-hole or chimney
A�quiegs - household stuff
Wunnaugonh�mmin - a wooden tray or bowl
Wunn�ug (pl., wunn�uganash) - a tray
Wunnaugn�mese - a little tray
Puppucksh�ckhege - a box
M�unetash - great store
T�kunck or W�skunck - a pounding mortar for grain
Maumich�manege - a needle
Tatt�gganish - shake this
Cutsshitteo�s - wash this
P�wsawash - dry or air this
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