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Goahti The goahti is a traditional Lapp dwelling, resembling a tepee. It may be either permanent or temporary. The permanent hut, usually covered with bark and turf, is older than the temporary dwelling made of any easily transportable material which was mainly used by the pastoral reindeer-herding Saami. From the simplest lean-to shelter, the Saami developed a structure in which the poles are enhanced with two semi-circular wooden extensions to provide increased space. The frame is today usually covered with canvas, in earlier times with woven mats, reindeer hides or bark. The name for this type of dwelling in North Saami is goahti. Equivalent forms are found in the other [[Modern Saami languages|Saami languages]] (e.g. South Saami gåetie, Inari kuáti, Skolt kueˊtt). It is an ancient Finno-Ugric word, related to Finnish kota Lapp hut and Hungarian ház house . The current view is that the word was borrowed into Proto-Finno-Ugric from an Indo-European source (cf. Persian kad house). Previously borrowing in the opposite direction was also suggested. The word has also been considered an ancient word of wide dispersion over different language families (fi. kulkusana), as there are similar words in both Germanic and Turkic languages. [[Table of contents: Etymology|Table of contents: Etymology]] [[Table of contents: Living and household, clothing etc.| Table of contents: Living and household, clothing etc.]] Otsikko 102