atikᵘ
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Algonquian *atehkwa (“reindeer,caribou”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Mamit) IPA(key): /atiːhkʷ/
- (Sheshatshiu) IPA(key): /tiːkʷ/
- (Uashat) IPA(key): /tukʷ/ , IPA(key): /tiːkʷ/
- (Pessamit) IPA(key): /təkʷ/
Noun
editatikᵘ anim (diminutive atikuss)
Related terms
edit- 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
editMailhot, J., MacKenzie, M., & Junker, M.-O. (2013). In Online Innu Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.innu-aimun.ca/dictionary.