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.
šôminâpôw-
NI
wine (MC)
Spoken Cree [51]
šôminâpoy-
NI
wine (SC)
Spoken Cree [51]
šôw-
NI
[English loanword] (moving picture) show; 42:9; n. 42:16
Cree Legends and Narratives
šôwihkâniwan-
VAI indf.
be a (movie-) show Cf. English “show”.
Spoken Cree [30]
šîšîp-
NA
duck
Spoken Cree [8]
šîšîp-
NA
duck; 18:1; 49:5; 61:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
šîšîpišimo-
VAI
do the duck dance; contrast wâpošo-nîmiwin nîmiwak they do the rabbit dance; cf. ...šimo-
Cree Legends and Narratives
šîhkâpê
IPV
in rows v. kwayaskomohtâ-
Spoken Cree [Supp. Conv. III]
šîhkicišahw-
VTA
encourage or urge s.o., order, direct or get after s.o. (to do s.t.); 42:17
Cree Legends and Narratives
šîhkih-
VTA
urge s.o. on, encourage s.o.; 49:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
šîhkih-
VTA
compel s.o.
Spoken Cree [27]
šîhkim-
VTA
persuade s.o.; 8:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
šîhkim-
VTA
coax s.o., urge s.o., persuade s.o., v. šâkošim-.
Spoken Cree [27], [35]
šîkaho-
VAI
comb one’s hair
Spoken Cree [18]
šîkohkaso-
VAI
be boiled dry (e.g., a kettle or pot)
Spoken Cree [51]
šîkohkatâ-
VII
be emptied by fire, be burned out
Spoken Cree [51]
šîkwašikawin-
VII
drain out (as of a pail with holes); (56:6); cf. kwêtipin-, pâhkwâšikawin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
šîmâkan-
NI
sword, bayonet
Spoken Cree [49]
šîmâkaniš-
NA
officer, warden
Spoken Cree [29]
šîmaci-
VAI
get up, jump up (e.g., to make an intervention at a meeting; also used of animals getting up suddenly)
Spoken Cree [48]
