sasqatu

Recordings:

Translation: Flying squirrel

Part of Speech: noun animate

Meanings:

flying squirrel

Example of word used in a sentence:

Text: Gi's gi'l nemi't sasqatu?
Translation: Have you seen a squirrel?
Recording: Recording by ewm 🔉

Pronunciation Guide: sas·hka·du

Related Entry: sasgatu

Alternate Grammatical Forms:

sasqatu'g -- flying squirrels -- (plural)
sasqatu'l -- a flying squirrel -- (fourth person)

Document References:

Pacifique Dictionary Manuscript, Page Image #735

Transcription:	sasğăto, tog, ecureuil volant (aussi nommé p.c.q. il est applaté en l'air) v. 151.2
Expanded:	sasğăto, sağătog, ecureuil volant (aussi nommé parce qu'il est applaté en l'air) v. 151.2
Transliteration:	sasqatu, sasqatu'g, flying squirrel (also named because he is flat in the air) v. 151.2
Source as entry:	sasqatu, sasqatug, flying squirrel (also named because he is flat in the air)
Normalized source as entry:	sasqatu, sasqatu'g, flying squirrel, flying squirrels (also named because it is flat in the air)

Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, Page Image #262
Rand's Micmac dictionary from phonographic word-lists - transcribed and alphabetically arranged, with a grammar and list of place-names by Jeremiah S. Clark, Page Image #183

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