Fishing & Seafood Vocabulary

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Nnattuckqunnuwen - I go fishing

Ntaûmen - I am fishing

Hoquaún (pl., hoquaûnash) - a hook

Peewâsicks - little hooks

Maúmacocks - great hooks

Onawangónnakaun - bait

Mishoon - a canoe

Mishoonémese - a little canoe

Mishíttouwand - a great canoe

Wútkunck - a paddle or oar

Chémosh-chémeck - to paddle or row

Ashòp - a fish net

Naumaùs (pl., namaùssuck) - a fish

Pauganaùt (pl., pauganaùttamwock) - a cod

Qunnamaug (pl., qunnamaugsuck) - a lamprey

Aumsuog - Alewives

Munnawhatteaûg - alwives (from munnoquohteaûg, meaning “they manure”)

Missúckeke (pl., missuckekéquock) - a bass

Wawwhúnneke (pl., wawwhunnekesûog) - a mackrell

Kaúposh (pl., kaúoshaûog) - a sturgeon

Mishquammaúquock - salmon (or “red fish”)

Osacóntuck - possibly the pollack, whiting or cusk

Mishcùp (pl., mishcuppaûog) - a bream

Tautaûog - sheepsheads

Neeshaûog, Sassammaûquock or Nquittéconnaûog - eels

Tatackommâuog - porpoises

Pôtop (pl., pôtoppaûog) - a whale

Waskèke - whalebone

Ashaûnt (pl., ashauntteaûg) - a lobster

Opponenauhock - oysters

Sickìssuog - long clams

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