kakᵘ

Montagnais

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ka·kwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːkʷ/

Noun

kakᵘ anim (diminutive kakuss)

  1. beaver, Erethizon dorsatum
  • ishkueiakᵘ (“a female porcupine”)
  • kakuapui (“porcupine broth”)
  • kaui (“a porcupine quill”)
  • mititakueu (“he follows porcupine tracks”)
  • muakuenanu (“he eats porcupine”)
  • muakueu (“he eats porcupine”)
  • napeiakᵘ (“a male porcupine”)
  • nuakueu (“he chases porcupine”)
  • nusheiakᵘ (“a mother porcupine”)
  • nutakueu (“he is busy harvesting porcupine”)
  • patakauietutueu (“he launches his quills”)
  • patakᵘ (“a two-year-old porcupine”)
  • tshipatshikauieu (“he is picked by a porcupine quill”)
  • tshisheiakᵘ (“an adult porcupine”)
  • uashatueu (“a tree with the bark removed by a porcupine”)
  • ukauiakᵘ (“a porcupine quill”)
  • ushuiakᵘ (“a porcupine-quill comb”)
  • utakupiunakᵘ (“porcupine den”)

References

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

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