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Lavvu (noun) means a portable shelter used by the Sami of northern Europe, built along the same lines as a Native American tipi but with a lower, less upright shape that holds steadier in strong wind.

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A portable shelter used by the Sami of northern Europe, built along the same lines as a Native American tipi but with a lower, less upright shape that holds steadier in strong wind.

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Etymology

Probably from Northern Sami lávvu, which ultimately goes back to Proto-Samic *lāvō.

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"lavvu" (noun) means a portable shelter used by the Sami of northern Europe, built along the same lines as a Native American tipi but with a lower, less upright shape that holds steadier in strong wind.