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Tuktu • Caribou
Innu-Aimun Common Additional Terms
Tshitshuteu;Tshuteu 2-year old male caribou, Male caribou after the rut (as his energy begins to return)
Napetikᵘ Male caribou
Upinau;Pinauiu Adult male caribou in winter that has lost its antlers
Uishakᵘ; Iapeutikᵘ Male caribou in rut
Uminussineu Male caribou before the rut
Nipinatikᵘ Male caribou in spring and summer
Minashkuau-atikᵘ Caribou of the forest
Uapatikᵘ Albino caribou
Atikuss Young caribou (less than 1 year old)
Pashetikush One-year old female caribou
Ishkuetikᵘ; Nushetik Female caribou
Nushetiku Female caribou (during reproductive years)
Umanishish; Umanishiutikᵘ Caribou or moose fetus
Ishkuetikuss;Nishkuetikuss Female caribou (less than 1 year old)
Pinetikunanish;Ussatikuss Newborn caribou
Tshishetikᵘ Adult caribou
Tashipishkueutikᵘ Adult female caribou, no longer reproducing
(Source: Les Éditions Tshakapesh, 2018. Uashat, Quebec)
Photo Credit: Bull Caribou on a misty day by Frostnip, 2018. https://www.flickr.com/photos/135422841@N07/43860650491. Licenced with CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en.