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.
kâhkâkîšip-
NA
crow-duck, cormorant; cf. ...šip.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâhkâkiw-
NA
crow, raven
Spoken Cree [29], [47]
kâhkâpisi-
VAI
become discoloured (e.g., of something which has been in a fish’s stomach and is not yet quite digested); 29:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâhkâpošw-
NA
dried rabbit; (53:1); cf. ...âpošw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâhkamês-
NA
dried fish; (53:1); cf. kâhkapin, kâhkiso-, kâhkitê-, kâhkitê-wîyâs-, kâhkâpos-, ...amês.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâhkapin-
NA
moose-hide used for making snowshoe netting line, fast-drying hide; 53:1; cf. kâhkamês-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâhkis-
VTI
sear s.t. (stage prior to cooking when meat surface dries and begins to cook over fire); 19:7; ê-’ti-kâhkisahk, kâ-mohci-tômihkâsonici manâ piko anih’ omaskoma as he started to sear it, that bear of his just dripped fat
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâhkiso-
VAI
be dried; (53:1)
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâhkitê-
VII
be dried; (53:1) ê-kâhkitêk piko n’tayân I have only dried meat
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâhkitê-wîyâs-
NI
dried meat; (53:1)
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâhtin-
VTA/VTI
push s.o./ s.t.
Spoken Cree [15]
kâhtin-
VTA/VTI
push s.o./s.t.; (51:2); cf. šêšêkon-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâhtinikâtê-
VII
be pushed; 51:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâhtinikan-
NI
wheelbarrow, baby carriage also as kâ-kâhtiniht otâpânâskw-
Spoken Cree [35]
kâkîciniskê-
VAI
have a stiff or sore arm (with pain) v. tacîtospitonê-
Spoken Cree [33 ]
kâkîcisitê-
VAI
have sore feet
Spoken Cree [33]
kâkîtêwakisi-
VAI
be stiff in the muscles v. tacîtosi-
Spoken Cree [33]
kâkê
IPC
I wonder
Spoken Cree [42]
kâkê
IPC
I imagine, probably; 19:7; cf. kâki
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâkê ošâ (‘ni)
IPC
I thought that...
Spoken Cree [27]
