Contionary:skatǫ́
Cabot Creole
Etymology
From Basque euskaldun, backformed from *yoskatǫ́ by analogy to yo-
Pronunciation
Noun
skatǫ́ (incorporating form -skatǫ-)
- 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.
- (archaic) whaler (boat and person)
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