Aqpik • Cloudberry

Plant - Rubus chamaemorus

The cloudberry grows to 10–25 cm (4–10 in) high. The leaves alternate between having 5 and 7 soft, hand-like lobes on straight, branchless stalks. After pollination, the white (sometimes reddish-tipped) flowers form raspberry-sized aggregate fruits which are more plentiful in wooded rather than sun-exposed habitats. Consisting of between 5 and 25 drupelets, each fruit is initially pale red, ripening into an amber color in early autumn.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_chamaemorus)

Main Photo Credit: Ripe cloudberry by Philipum, 2006. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hjortron.jpg. Licenced with Public Domain.

Cree

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Ostikwânimin - ᐅᐢᑎᒁᓂᒥᐣ N-dialect Cree
Oštikwânimin - ᐅᔥᑎᒀᓂᒥᓐ L-dialect Cree
Shikutaauh - ᔑᑯᑖᐤᐦ Northern East Cree
Shikuteuh - ᔑᑯᑌᐤᐦ Southern East Cree

Dene

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Nakàl Dinjii Zhuh k’yuu (Gwich'in)

English

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Bakeapple Nunatsiavut English
Cloudberry Standard English

Français

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Chicouté Français canadien

Greenlandic

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Uluusiit Kalaallisut

Innu-aimun

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Shikuteu Innu-aimun

Inuktut

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Appik Nunatsiavummiutut
Aqpik - ᐊᖅᐱᒃ South Qikiqtaaluk, North Qikiqtaaluk, Aivilingmiutut, Kivallirmiutut, Nattilingmiutut, Inuinnaqtun, Sallirmiutun, Kangiryuarmiutun
Arpik Nunavimmiutitut - Sanikiluarmiut

Inupiaq

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Asiaq North Alaskan Iñupiaq

L'nui'simk (Mi'kmaq)

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Mkuo’qminaqsi’k L'nui'simk (Francis-Smith orthography)

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