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.
mâcistan-
VII
(of ice) break up, start downriver, drift downriver
Spoken Cree [30], [46 ]
mâciwêpiš-
VTI
slit s.t. down, slash s.t.; (16:5; 63:1)
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâciwêpišw-
VTA
slit s.t. down, slash s.o.; 16:5; 63:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâh-
VTI
go downstream; 62:3; 64:3; cf. natah-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâh-
VTI
go downriver (by water) v. natah-
Spoken Cree [36]
mâhâpoko-
VAI
float downstream, drift downriver; (13:15); cf. liskipotê-, liskiwên-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâhâpolo-
VAI
drift down the river; (56:5); cf. ...âpolo-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâhâpolo-
VAI
paddle downstream
Spoken Cree [36]
mâhâpotê-
VII
go downstream on the water; (13:15); cf. liskipotê-, liskiwên-, ...âpotê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâhapikopali-
VAI
be carried down by the current
Spoken Cree [34]
mâhcâ-
VAI
depart, go away, go fast (Ft. Severn use: possibly Ojibwa influence): syn., kihtohtê- Not to be confused with mâcî- v.mâcâ above.
Spoken Cree [51]
mâhcic
IPC
last, lastly, last time; 5:10; 42:63; 43:3; mâhcic kâ-ôhcît = osîmimâw; cf. ohcî-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâhcic
IPC
at last, last
Spoken Cree [7]
mâhcicošân-
NA
last child; cf. kîwašišân-, nîštamošân-, ...šân-, ohcî-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâhcikon-
VTA/VTI
hold s.o./ s.t., reserve s.o./s.t., set aside s.o./s.t.
Spoken Cree [42]
mâhišk-
VTI
go or walk down the river; 13:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâhipahtâ-
VAI
run downriver; 42:29; cf. ...pahtâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâhipali-
VAI
go downstream (with a motor)
Spoken Cree [36]
mâhkîhkê-
VAI
pitch camp: lit., make a tent
Spoken Cree [36]
mâhkîw'-iškotêhkân-
NI
camp stove: lit.,tent stove
Spoken Cree [12]
