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.
kêšîciwanw-
NI
Kashechewan, formerly Albany Post, Ontario v. kêhciciwanw-
Spoken Cree [11]
kêšîciwanw-
NI
[place name] Kashechewan (pronounced in English as [kəsǽčəwʌn]; a village located 160 kilometres north of Moosonee on the Albany River; known in English as Albany Post prior to moving to the north channel of the river around 1959); 34:1; 39:3; 42:53; 49:1; cf. ...ciwan.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêšišaw
IPC
hardly; 41:16
Cree Legends and Narratives
kê’wâ’hkân-
NI
sort of thing [contraction of kêkwânihkân]-, 41:14
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêciko-wêpin-
VTA/VTI
throw s.o./s.t. off (i.e., a piece of clothing); 19:8
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêcikon-
VTA/VTI
take off s.o.,/s.t., e.g., article of clothing
Spoken Cree [26]
kêcikonah-
VTA
take off or doff s.o.; 12:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêcikonamaw-
VTA
take it off for s.o.; 12:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêcikopali-
VII
come off; 3:8; cf. ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêcipîsiskâkani-
VAI
take off a jacket
Spoken Cree [37]
kêcipako-
VAI
take s.t. out from one’s clothing
Spoken Cree [45]
kêhciciwanw-
NI
alternate name for village of kêšîciwanw-
Spoken Cree [31]
kêhcin
IPC
for sure; 9:8; 42:33; kêhcin ta-nohta-maci-kîšikâw it’s going to be a bad day for sure; môna kêhcin ka-kî-šâpoškên for certain you won’t be able to pass through it; kêhcin isa for sure
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêhcinâš
IPC
assuredly, definitely
Spoken Cree [21]
kêhcinâc
IPC
assuredly, definitely v. kêhcinâš
Spoken Cree [21]
kêhcinâhêlihtâkwan-
VII
seem sure, seem certain
Spoken Cree [40]
kêhcinâho-
VAI
be sure; 42:6
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêhcinâho-
VAI
be sure, be certain
Spoken Cree [7]
kêhcinâhowin-
NI
certainty, confidence
Spoken Cree [40]
kêhciwâk
IPC
just so, exactly
Spoken Cree [42]
