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.
kišê-’ahâwi-
VAI
be an old person; [contraction of kišê-ayahâwi-]
Cree Legends and Narratives
kišê-’liliw-
NA
old person, old man; [contraction of kišê-ililiw-]; 2:1; 9:1; 11:7; 41:1; 41:2; 58:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
kišê-’liw-
NA
old person, old man; [contraction of kišê-ililiw-]; cf. kišê-’niniw, kišê-’niw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kišê-’niniw-
NA
old person, old man (SC); [contraction of kišê-ininiw-]; MC: kišê-ililiw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kišê-’niw-
NA
old person, old man (SC); cf. [contraction of kišê-ininiw-]
Cree Legends and Narratives
kišê-’skwêw-
NA
old woman; cf. kišê-iskwêw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kišê-’yahâw-
NA
old person; 41:2; 41:17; cf. kišê-ayahâw
Cree Legends and Narratives
kišê-ayahâw-
NA
old person; 44:3; 52:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
kišê-ayahâwi-
VAI
be an old person v. kišêyahâwi-
Spoken Cree [37]
kišê-cîmân ministikw-
NI
[place name] Ship-sands Island, lit., ‘ship island’
Cree Legends and Narratives
kišê-cîmân-
NI
ship; 58:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
kišê-ililîwi-
VAI
be an old person; 42:30; 44:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
kišê-ililîwi-
VAI
be an old person
Spoken Cree [13]
kišê-ililiw-
NA
old person (contraction: kišê-'liliw- ), “elder”;
Spoken Cree [13], [45]
kišê-ililiw-
NA
Joker (at cards): lit., old fellow
Spoken Cree [31 ]
kišê-iskwêw-
NA
old woman; 9:11; 56:3; cf. nôtokwêw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kišê-pîsimw-
NA
February, lit., ‘old moon, great moon’; cf. pîsimw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kišê-pâpîwâtakinam
NA
January, lit., ‘great- or old-scattered-about moon’; [variant form of kišê-pâpîwâtakini-pîsimw-]; (58:5); cf. pîsimw-
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kišê-pâpîwâtakini-pîsimw-
NA
January, lit., ‘great- or old- scattered-about moon’; [variant form of kišê-pâpîwâtakinam]; (58:5); cf. pîsimw-
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kišê-sîpiy-
NI
[place name] Fort George, Quebec, ‘Old River’ (otherwise known as Big River and since construction of the Hydro-Quebec project as La Grande); 58:1; n. 58:2
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