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.
ispahtâ-
VAI
run
Spoken Cree [29]
ispakocin-
VAI
fly high: lit., hang high
Spoken Cree [8]
ispali-
VAI/VII
so go; be so; last; be time to... transpire, happen; 1:2; 11:11; transpire, happen; 12:4; 39:1; môla ispaliw it does not so happen (i.e., it is not possible); otâpâna šâposkamik kâ-ispaniki trains which go through the country; nâspic mistah’ îspaniw antê šôniyân there is a good deal of money involved there, 41:12; êliwêhk mistah’ ispaliw anima that sure costs a lot, 42:10; môna wâwâc pêyak ominikošiš t’-êspanîpan it wouldn’t even take one minute, 42:32; ê’kwâni mâk’ âskani-pipon micon’ îspaliwa n’cawâšimišinân anima askiy and that moss lasted our child the whole winter, 51:3; kici-ispaliyahk ililiwaskîhk for us to go to the Indian reservation, 56:8; cf. ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ispali-
VAI/VII
get along so, go so, go thus; happen, turn out; last v. tašîwîmakan-
Spoken Cree [7], [9], [10]
ispalihiko-
VAI
experience, have happen to one
Spoken Cree [49]
ispaliho-
VAI
thrust oneself, put oneself there, spring; 9:13; 13:8; 13:11; take over; 13:14; dash (over); 19:9; tântê kâ-ispalihot? where did he disappear to? (50:1); cf. ...paliho-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ispalihtwâ-
VAI-T
make s.t. go, have a go at s.t.; 10:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
ispatinâ-
VII
be a steep (river or lake) bank v. …atin…/-
Spoken Cree [27]
ispi(h)lâ-
VAI
fly thither v. pimi(h)lâ-
Spoken Cree [32]
ispiš
IPC
up to, till; 41:17; anim’ ispiš wêskac oš’ âni right up till then a long time ago; cf. ispiš
Cree Legends and Narratives
ispici-
VAI
move with all one’s gear
Spoken Cree [40]
ispihc
IPC
up to, till; 62:2; 68:1; anim’ êspihc at that time, then; cf. ispiš
Cree Legends and Narratives
ispihcî-
VAI
be so strong; do it meanwhile; (28:1) ispihcîyâhkê isa if we have time; cf. tawipali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ispihcîmakan-
VII
be so strong, be as strong as
Spoken Cree [20]
ispihcâ-
VII
be so big; 52:3; (59:4)
Cree Legends and Narratives
ispihcâ-
VII
be so large, be of such a size v. ispîhcâ-
Spoken Cree [10], [47]
ispihci
IPV
so, so much v. ispîhci
Spoken Cree [20]
ispihcikiti-
VAI
be so big; (52:3); 59:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
ispihcipali-
VAI/VII
go so much: e.g., a clock v. tân’ êspihcipalik? at what time?
Spoken Cree [22]
ispihcisî-
VAI
be of such an age; 28:1; nahi n’tispihcisîn I’m of about average age; cf. ispîhcisî-
Cree Legends and Narratives
