ajoupa

He roamed the woods by day with his dog and apprentices, and at night slept in the open air or in a rude shed hastily constructed of leaves and skins, which served as a house, and which he called after the Indian name, "ajoupa" or

The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Clarence Henry Haring 1922

The most practical reminder of the quest of cinchona which the travelers found was an occasional _ajoupa_ alone in the wilderness, with a broken pot and a rusted knife or axe beneath it -- witness that some eager searcher had traveled the road before themselves.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Various

An old clearing soon appeared, provided with the welcome accommodation of an _ajoupa_, or shed built upon four posts.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Various

These huge forms, soldered together at the waist like Chang and Eng, and clothed with shaggy woods up to the top, had been the guardian watchers over their days in the ajoupa at Maniri.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various

During the absence of the cascarilleros a flat calm reigned in the ajoupa of Maniri.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Various

After a longer stay in the island, one discovers also that in almost every room of every dwelling -- stone residence, wooden cottage, or palm - thatched ajoupa -- there is a _chapelle_: that is, a sort of large bracket fastened to the wall, on which crosses or images are placed, with vases of flowers, and lamps or wax-tapers to be burned at night.

Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The child lived and thrived; -- she is now a pretty chocolate-colored girl of eight, who follows her mother every day from their mountain ajoupa down to the city, and back again, -- bearing a little trait upon her head.

Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

She approaches the ajoupa: both men remove their big straw hats; and both salute her with a simultaneous "Bonjou ', Manzell."

Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

-- "Ça ka fai moin pè," exclaims Gabou, turning his face towards the ajoupa.

Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Not even in default of houses a cabin, a hut, an ajoupa, or a wigwam?

Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery Jules Verne 1866