Talk:Quinzhee

message: While the subject of this article is worthy of an encyclopedia, the content is nothing more than a how-to. I have created an module for Quinzhee in Wikibooks using this content. The article should now be amended to describe the nature, history, cultural significance, and modern examples of quinzhees. --Tysto 00:11, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
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message: What language does the name quinzhee come from and what does it mean? 82.32.238.139 07:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "...is a shelter of Athapaskan origin" ed.mtu.edu/esmis/winter/quinzhee.html  Other sources say it is an Innuit word.  Unlike "snow house", it is not English and there is no one spelling that is agreed on. Onelook.com produces only one source for this word: This article.
It's Slavey: kǫ́ézhii - My source is the OED.  There are a number of dialects in the Slavey dialect chain, and it's not clear which one it's from.  I can tell you I don't know any similar word in Dene Suline, so I can believe a Slavey origin.  I am much too lazy to write out a citation for the page.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.90.208.176 (talk) 13:37, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology

message: "To make the snowhouse more robust, one should pour water over it after cutting the door."
I'm curious - why after?
HLHJ 23:38, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This isn't in the article anymore, but belated thanks, Funjiking. That would be a lot of water... I was taught that an ice shell on the inside (produced by heating) is preferable, which in terms of physics makes sense; the overlying snow will help keep the ice in compression (I mean, not a solid dome of ice, just well-metamorphosed snow). I've added this, with some sources, though better ones would be nice. HLHJ (talk) 01:08, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pouring water on a Quinzhee 

message: The category :category:Traditional Native American dwellings is U.S.-centric and does not apply to the Athabaska in the North. In Canada, the term First Nations is used, not "Native American".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.219.254.84 (talk) 17:18, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong Category

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Is the second image (A quinzhee made in Finland) a quinzhee or an iglo (as in the title of the image and its category)? Hobbema (talk) 00:10, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
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message: > Snow is typically piled 1.5 to 2 meters (6 to 10 feet) high in a dome 3 to 4 meters (10 to 12 feet) in diameter.
...should read something like: 
Snow is typically piled 1.5 to 2 meters (5 to 6.5 feet) high in a dome 3 to 4 meters (10 to 13 feet) in diameter.
1.5m is about 4'11"   
 
2m is about 6'7"  
3m is about 9'10"  
4m is about 13'1" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.56.238.158 (talk • contribs) 05:53, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I've replaced all manual conversions with the  template. Mindmatrix 14:02, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Height/Diameter Conversions are wrong 

message: In Finland we say "lumikammi" when it's made as a shelter and "lumilinna" (literaly snow castle" when it's made for fun, like town of Kemis lumilinna. The word "kammi" is from Sami language (gámme).
https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kammi 37.33.240.125 (talk) 06:00, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  About lumitalo