Ilaaqutsiq • Porcupine

Mammal - Erethizon dorsatum

Innu-Aimun Common Additional Terms

Kakuss Young porcupine (less than 1 year old)

Patakᵘ; Patakuss Two-year old porcupine

Tshisheiakᵘ Adult porcupine

Ishkueiakᵘ;Nusheiakᵘ Female porcupine
Napeiakᵘ Male porcupine

Umanishiuakᵘ;Umanishiuakush; Atamateshiuakᵘ Porcupine fetus

Source:

Les Éditions Tshakapesh, 2018. Uashat, Quebec

Photo Credit: Porcupine by Patrick Randall, 2018. https://www.flickr.com/photos/animaliaproject/44115762660. Licenced with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0.

Cree

Term	Dialect
Kaakw	Southern East Cree, iiyiyiuyimuwin (Northern East Cree)
Kâko	L-dialect Cree

Dene

Term	Dialect
Ch'ǫ	K’áshogot’ıne (Hare, North Slavey)
Ch'ųę	Shıhgot’ıne (Mountain, North Slavey), Sahtúgot’ıne (Bear Lake, North Slavey)
Dech'uē	Kaska (Danezāgé')
Ts'iit	Tanacross
Ts’it	Dinjii Zhuh k’yuu (Gwich'in)

English

Term	Dialect
Porcupine	Standard English

Français

Term	Dialect
Porc-épic	Français canadien

Greenlandic

Term	Dialect
Ilaquseq	Kitaamiusut Kalaallisut

Innu-aimun

Term	Dialect
Kakᵘ	Innu-aimun

Inuktut

Term	Dialect
Ilaaqutsiq	Nunavimmiutitut - Sanikiluarmiut
IlâKutsik	Nunatsiavummiutut

Secwepmectsín

Term	Dialect
Kú7pece	Secwepemctsín