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.
kaskikwâcikê-
VAI
sew, be sewing
Spoken Cree [45]
kaskikwâcikêstamaw-
VTA
sew s.i. for s.o.
Spoken Cree [45]
kaskikwât-
VTI
sew s.t.
Spoken Cree [45]
kaskitipiskâ-
VII
be very dark, be pitch dark; 37:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
kata
IPV
shall, will [grammatical preverb marking future]; 1:4; cf. ka-, ta-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kawôkihkâ-
VAI
be incapable because of old age
Spoken Cree [34]
kawêšimo-
VAI
go to bed, retire; 3:4; 11:12; 18:8; cf. kawišimo-, ...šimo-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kawêšimo-
VAI
go to bed, retire for the night
Spoken Cree [18]
kawêšimohkâso-
VAI
pretend to go to bed, make as if to go to bed; 9:17; cf. ...hkâso-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kawacî-
VAI
be cold, be frozen; 11:11; 23:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
kawah-
VTI
knock s.t. down; (5:7)
Cree Legends and Narratives
kawah-
VTI
take or knock s.t. down with an instrument
Spoken Cree [10]
kawahikê-
VAI
fell (timber); 14:2; cf. kahikê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kawahkatê-
VAI
starve; 27:6; 59:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
kawahkatê-
VAI
starve, be famished v. šîwatê-
Spoken Cree [23], [47]
kawahw-
VTA
knock s.o. down; 5:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
kawahw-
VTA
take or knock s.o. down with an instrument
Spoken Cree [10]
kawatâpâwê-
VAI
lose one’s life (by means of water); also heard as kawatâpwâwê-; cf. nistâpâwê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kawišimo-
VAI
go to bed, retire; 13:1; 14:3; 55:5; cf. kawêšimo-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kawišin-
VAI
lie; 19:10; cf. ...šin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
