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.