Contionary:mįnùt

Cabot Creole

Etymology

From English minute

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mĩnə̀t]

Noun

mįnùt (incorporating form -mįnut-)

1. minute

   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.