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Diagram showing the Innu names for the parts of a canoe

Click on the active links in the list of words below to hear the pronunciation of the word in Innu-aimun. Not all of the words have sound clips associated with them.

A - takuaikan
B, C - mekuamitak^u
D - nishtamitak^u

1 - kapiten
2 - tetaut-apikan
3 - minikukanashk^u
4 - tshinatinau
5 - utshanikush / ushkatitshekan
6 - apikaniss
7 - apinan-apikan
8 - anashkan
9 - uatshinau
10 - ashpitakaikan
11 - mishkutui
12 - kanishtamitakutshet
13 - katakuashtunanit
katshishtashkuatet
shipaitakan - ush

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