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.
mêkwâ-nîpin
IPC
in midsummer; 49:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwâ-nîpin-
VII
be midsummer; 22:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwâ-nîpin-
VII
be Midsummer (July - August), be high Summer
Spoken Cree [28], [50]
mêkwâ-nîpinw-
NI
Midsummer (July - August)
Spoken Cree [28]
mêkwâ-pipon-
VII
be Midwinter (January - February)
Spoken Cree [28 ]
mêkwâ-piponw-
NI
Midwinter (January - February)
Spoken Cree [28]
mêkwâšk-
VTI
run into s.t., fall in with s.t., intercept s.t.; 32:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwâškamâkê-
VAI
come right in the midst; 13:12
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwâškaw-
VTA
fall in with s.o., run into s.o.; intercept s.o. (while en route); 6:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwâškaw-
VTA
meet s.o. by chance, run into s.o. unexpectedly
Spoken Cree [33], [47]
mêkwâc
IPC
while [as conjunction, with ê- with conj.indic.]; 1:3; 8:3; during that time [as adverb]; 42:17
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwâhkan-
VII
be low tide (along the coast); (42:48), 49; cf. mêkwâhkastê-, mêkwâpêkan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwâhkan-
VII
be low tide v. mêkwâpêkan-
Spoken Cree [39]
mêkwâhkastê-
VII
be low tide (in the river); (42:48); cf. mêkwâhkan-, mêkwâpêkan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwâpêkan-
VII
be high tide; 42:48; cf. mêkwâhkan-, mêkwâhkastê-, ...ipêk...
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwâpêkan-
VII
be full tide v. mêkwâhkan-
Spoken Cree [39]
mêkwêhkop
IPC
among the willows; (66:1; n. 66:3); [synonym: nîpisîskâhk]; cf. lâlihkop, ...hkop...
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwêskamik
IPC
back in the muskeg; (68:6); cf. mêkwayêš, mêkwêyâhtikw, mêkwêyâpiskw, ...askamikw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwêskamik
IPC
in the middle of the ground, in the middle of the field, back in the muskeg
Spoken Cree [49]
mêkwêskamikw-
NI
muskeg country; 41:6
Cree Legends and Narratives
