Contionary:-queyé

Cabot Creole

Etymology

From French payer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʷejé]

Verb

-queyé (perfective -queyèsk, punctual -queyeyą́)

1. to pay, to hire

   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.