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.
kîsisw-
VTA
cook s.o.; 13:12; 18:7; 19:9; 58:5; âhkiko-pimiy ê-wsi-kîsiswâkaniwit, ê-sâsot namês fried fish cooked with seal oil (for wsi, cf. ohci); cf. kisisw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kîsisw-
VTA
cook s.o., bake s.o.
Spoken Cree [4]
kîskošî-
VAI
whistle Cf. various alternates: koskošî-, kwîskošî-
Spoken Cree [29]
kîskošîmakan-
VII
whistle
Spoken Cree [31]
kîskwê-
VAI
be foolish, be mad, be insane, be out of one’s mind; 68:6
Cree Legends and Narratives
kîstâw-
NDA
your (2) brother-in-law v. nîstâw-, wîstâwa.
Spoken Cree [13 ]
kîtaw-ihti-
VAI
be at a loss as to what to do; cf. kwîtaw-ihti-; (42:33)
Cree Legends and Narratives
kîtaw-itâcimo-
VAI
be at a loss for story-telling; 42:33; cf. kwîtaw-itâcimo-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kîtawi-pêh-
VTA
get tired waiting for s.o.; 37:5; ê-’ti-kîtawi-pêhicik as they begin to get tired waiting for me
Cree Legends and Narratives
kîtawi-pêho-
VAI
get tired waiting; 4:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
kîtawi-pêhtâ-
VAI-T
get tired waiting for s.t.; 3:4; 16:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
kîtimw-
NDA
your (2) sister-in-law v. nîtimw-, wîtimwa.
Spoken Cree [13 ]
kîton-
VTI
search for s.t. (without finding); 60:8; cf. kîtowâpaht-, nân’ton-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kîtonaw-
VTA
search for s.o. (without finding); 60:8; cf. kîtowâpam-, nân’tonaw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kîtowâpaht-
VTI
search for s.t. by looking; (60:8)
Cree Legends and Narratives
kîtowâpam-
VTA
search for s.o. by looking; (60:8)
Cree Legends and Narratives
kîwâtis-
NA
one who is bereaved
Spoken Cree [51]
kîwê-
VAI
return, go back, go home; 3:3; 12:13; 16:1; 35:1; 42:26; 58:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
kîwê-
VAI
return, go home
Spoken Cree [9]
kîwašišân-
NA
orphan, ‘grief-child’; 11:2; cf. mâhcicošân-, nîstamošân-, ...šân-
Cree Legends and Narratives
