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.
mâskipali-
VAI
be lame, limp; (42:63); cf. ayâhciw-akocin-, ayâhciwipali-, ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâskisi-
VAI
be crippled, be maimed; 9:17
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâskiskaw-
VTA
cripple s.o.; 47:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâskitôhtan-
NA
[proper name] Lame Heel (nickname: so called because the tendon in the ankle was short, causing the man to walk only on the fore-part of his foot); 44:3; cf. ...tôhtan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâskošin-
VAI
lie (on something); (38:1); cf. api-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâskostê-
VII
lie (on something); 38:1; ê-mâskostêk wakît cîmânihk m’pâskisikan with my gun lying on top of the canoe; cf. apîmakan-, astê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâtâšikowan-
VII
begin running (i.e., water), begin dripping; (14:6); cf. kipihtâšikowan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâtâciyosopali-
VAI/VII
begin to boil; (14:6); mâtâciyosopaliw askihk the kettle begins to boil; cf. kipihtâciyosopali-, oso-, ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâtâh-
VTA
track s.o., discern s.o’s footprints
Spoken Cree [38]
mâtâh-
VTA/VTI
come upon (i.e., just see without looking for) s.o./s.t. (e.g., evident tracks or signs of animals, footprints); 3:2; 5:2; 5:3; 5:5; 5:7; 6:5; 12:2; 29:4; n. 5:1; mâtâhêw awiyâšîša he comes upon tracks of animals
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâtâm-
VAI
come up to the track or trail of it; 3:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâtânâ
IPC
[expostulation] then! 65:9; 67:5; ’kâwila mâtânâ anima tôta! don’t do that, then!
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâtânah
IPC
[contraction of manâ ot’âni]; 57; (65:5); kîla mâtânah môšak kiwî-okimâwin you always seem to want to be the boss
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâtahâmê-
VAI
follow a path; 14:4; ’kwâni ... êt’-îši-mâtahâmêt at that ... he started to follow it; cf. …ahamê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâtahcikê-
VAI
begin to eat; 56:6; ’kwân’ êši-mâtahcikêyân, itwêw manâ so then I started eating, he said
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâtahikê-
VAI
scrape moose-hide (to thin it); (56:1); this may be done by both men and women; cf. mat(w)ê-âtahikê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâtahikê-
VAI
scrape hair off the hide
Spoken Cree [40]
mâtahw-
VTA
scrape s.o. (i.e., hides, wayânak.)
Spoken Cree [40]
mâti(h)
IPC
look here! see here! 13:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâtih
IPC
see then! look then!
Spoken Cree [15]
