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#: {{ux|cacr|Skatǫ́ tayakotuke:yą́ khįmnirąka:tshę̀:n tarų:maquhųmqueyeyą́ tshąytshù tarų:ma'''ną:skǫ̀''', às ya:wyaquitshlorù ku:watsįquú sų̀m mįnutkè:.|When the trawlers used to come ashore, the crews would try to pay us at the bar with '''stolen''' cod, as if we couldn't catch fresher fish a few minutes away.}}

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Cabot Creole

Etymology

From Proto-North Iroquoian *-nẽːhskʷ-

Pronunciation

Verb

-ną̀꞉sk (perfective -ną̀꞉sk, punctual -ną꞉skǫ̀)

  1. to steal
    Skatǫ́ tayakotuke:yą́ khįmnirąka:tshę̀:n tarų:maquhųmqueyeyą́ tshąytshù tarų꞉maną꞉skǫ̀, às ya:wyaquitshlorù ku:watsįquú sų̀m mįnutkè꞉.
    When the trawlers used to come ashore, the crews would try to pay us at the bar with stolen cod, as if we couldn't catch fresher fish a few minutes away.