Contionary:-ną̀:sk
Cabot Creole
Etymology
From Proto-North Iroquoian *-nẽːhskʷ-
Pronunciation
Verb
-ną̀꞉sk (perfective -ną̀꞉sk, punctual -ną꞉skǫ̀)
- 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.