Contionary:skatǫ́

Cabot Creole

Etymology

From Basque euskaldun, backformed from *yoskatǫ́ by analogy to yo-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [skaɾṍ]

Noun

skatǫ́ (incorporating form -skatǫ-)

1. trawler, trawl boat

   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.

2. (archaic) whaler (boat and person)

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