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Caribou

2 stages from Mi'kmaq to English.

Today it means a North American reindeer, found in Arctic and subarctic regions
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Stage 1 of 2
qalipu
Mi'kmaq · pre-1600s
"a snow-digging animal"
possibly meaning "snow shoveler", describing how the animal digs through snow
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Stage 2 of 2
caribou
French/English · 1600s-1700s
"a North American reindeer"
adopted through French colonial contact in Canada
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