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Fishing & Seafood Vocabulary Nnattuckqunnuwen - I go fishing
Nta�men - I am fishing
Hoqua�n (pl., hoqua�nash) - a hook
Peew�sicks - little hooks
Ma�macocks - great hooks
Onawang�nnakaun - bait
Mishoon - a canoe
Mishoon�mese - a little canoe
Mish�ttouwand - a great canoe
W�tkunck - a paddle or oar
Ch�mosh-ch�meck - to paddle or row
Ash�p - a fish net
Nauma�s (pl., nama�ssuck) - a fish
Paugana�t (pl., paugana�ttamwock) - a cod
Qunnamaug (pl., qunnamaugsuck) - a lamprey
Aumsuog - Alewives
Munnawhattea�g - alwives (from munnoquohtea�g, meaning �they manure�)
Miss�ckeke (pl., missuckek�quock) - a bass
Wawwh�nneke (pl., wawwhunnekes�og) - a mackrell
Ka�posh (pl., ka�osha�og) - a sturgeon
Mishquamma�quock - salmon (or �red fish�)
Osac�ntuck - possibly the pollack, whiting or cusk
Mishc�p (pl., mishcuppa�og) - a bream
Tauta�og - sheepsheads
Neesha�og, Sassamma�quock or Nquitt�conna�og - eels
Tatackomm�uog - porpoises
P�top (pl., p�toppa�og) - a whale
Wask�ke - whalebone
Asha�nt (pl., ashaunttea�g) - a lobster
Opponenauhock - oysters
Sick�ssuog - long clams
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