atikᵘ

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Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *atehkwa (“reindeer,caribou”).

Pronunciation

• (Mamit) IPA^(key): /atiːhkʷ/
• (Sheshatshiu) IPA^(key): /tiːkʷ/
• (Uashat) IPA^(key): /tukʷ/ , IPA^(key): /tiːkʷ/
• (Pessamit) IPA^(key): /təkʷ/

Noun

atikᵘ anim (diminutive atikuss)

1. caribou, Rangifer tarandus

Related terms

• minaushtineu (“a male caribou in the fall (whose antlers have lost their velvet)”)
• nipinatikᵘ (“a a male caribou in the spring and summer (when his antlers have grown back)”)
• tshishetikᵘ (“an adult caribou”)
• tashipishkueutikᵘ (“an adult female caribou which is no longer reproducing”)
• uapitsheushkamikᵘ (“caribou moss (Cladonia)”)
• ishkuetikᵘ (“a female caribou”)
• tshitshuteu (“a male caribou after the rut (as his energy begins to return)”)
• nushetikᵘ (“a mother caribou”)
• iapeutikᵘ (“a male caribou in rut”)
• natutikueu (“he goes after caribou”)
• utatikumeu (“a caribou path”)
• napetikᵘ (“a male caribou”)
• uapatikᵘ (“albino caribou”)
• mishtikuai (“caribou pelt”)
• niuaikanat (“dried, powdered (caribou or moose) meat”)
• aiapeshish (“a young male caribou that still has its antlers in winter”)
• uishakᵘ (“a male caribou in rut”)
• atikumeu (“a caribou path”)
• atikuian (“caribou pelt”)
• pashetikᵘ (“a two-year-old female caribou”)

References

Mailhot, J., MacKenzie, M., & Junker, M.-O. (2013). In Online Innu Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.innu-aimun.ca/dictionary.