kakᵘ

From Proto-Algonquian *ka·kwa.

• IPA^(key): /kaːkʷ/

kakᵘ anim (diminutive kakuss)

1. beaver, Erethizon dorsatum

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

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