Moose and Swampy Cree Dictionary
This is a Moose and Swampy Cree to English Dictionary, by C. Douglas Ellis, including the glossaries of the three Spoken Cree volumes and the Cree Legends and Narratives from the West Coast of James Bay. The forms are given in Moose Cree. See the corresponding full forms dictionary here with both L and N dialects.
isa
IPC
in fact, to be sure, indeed, then; 1:2; 2:3; 18:2; 41:1; êko isa so then, well then
Cree Legends and Narratives
iskôl-
NI
school
Spoken Cree [19]
iskôliwi-
VAI
go to school, attend school
Spoken Cree [9], [19]
iskôliwi-
VAI
attend school (MC); 42:6; SC: iskôniwi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
iskôniwi-
VAI
attend school (SC); MC: iskôliwi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
iskîtôw-
NA
skidoo
Spoken Cree [26]
isk’-ôšihtâ-
VAI-T
complete s.t., make s.t. to an end; 41:7; [contracted form of iskw-ošihtâ-]
Cree Legends and Narratives
iskali
IPN
whole, entire, all
Spoken Cree [11]
iskali
IPN
the whole, entire; 5:5; iskali-kîšik all day long; 6:6; iskali-tipisk all night long; iskan’-tipiskâw all night; 61:5; iskali-pipon all winter; 39:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
iskali-’tâkoš
IPC
all afternoon
Spoken Cree [31]
iskali-kîšik
IPC
all day
Spoken Cree [11]
iskali-nîpin
IPC
all Summer
Spoken Cree [31]
iskali-tawâstêw
IPC
all week
Spoken Cree [33]
iskali-tipisk
IPC
all night
Spoken Cree [11]
iskisi-
VAI
be tired out, be winded
Spoken Cree [27]
iskokâpawi-
VAI
be so tall
Spoken Cree [30]
iskon-
VTA
roll s.o. up; (13:9) n’tiskonâwak niwanakwayak I roll up my sleeves; cf. ayiskon-, wanakway-
Cree Legends and Narratives
iskon-
VTA/VTI
push s.o./s.t. up. contrast iškon-
Spoken Cree
iskonâk
IPC
since: iskonâk kâ... from the time that...
Spoken Cree [19], [49]
iskonâk
IPC
since; 47:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
