Contionary:-tsįquú

Cabot Creole

Etymology

From Proto-North Iroquoian *-tsiʔnkʷaɹ-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃĩgʷə́]

Verb

-tsįquú (perfective -tsįquùsk, punctual -tsįquarą́)

1. green, yellow

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2. fresh

   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.