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.
matwêtê-
VII
be a sound of a shot fired (a long way off); 59:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
mawâpîstaw-
VTA
visit s.o.
Spoken Cree [12]
mawâpîstaw-
VTA
visit s.o.; 23:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
mawâpi-
VAI
visit
Spoken Cree [1]
mawâpi-
VAI
visit; (65:10); [synonym: kîyôtê-]; cf. ...api-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mawilêškiw-
VTA
walk over to go after s.o
Spoken Cree [40]
mawilêh-
VTI
go after s.t. SC mawinêh-
Spoken Cree [39]
mawilêhw-
VTA
go after s.o.: e.g., an object or wild game which one had seen earlier but delayed getting; also of “going after” a person to pick a quarrel. SC mawinêhw- v. mawilêškiw-
Spoken Cree [39]
mawinêhikê-
VAI
take up pursuit; 13:13
Cree Legends and Narratives
mawiso-
VAI
gather berries; 65:9
Cree Legends and Narratives
mawitôn-
VTA/VTI
gather s.o./s.t. together; 8:2; mawitônam asiniyâpiya ê-wî-pakitahwât she’s gathering sinkers to put a net out
Cree Legends and Narratives
mayâšk-
VTI
pass s.t. (walking)
Spoken Cree [14]
mayâšk-
VTI
pass s.t. by on foot; 1:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
mayâškâ-
VAI
pass by
Spoken Cree [32]
mayâškaw-
VTA
pass s.o. (walking)
Spoken Cree [13]
mayâškaw-
VTA
pass s.o. by on foot; 2:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
mayâwâši-
VAI
sail past v. …âši-
Spoken Cree [31]
mayâwahw-
VTA
pass s.o. (on water); 11:6
Cree Legends and Narratives
mayâwahw-
VTA
pass s.o. (by water)
Spoken Cree [13]
mayâwipahtâ-
VAI/VAI-T
run past, run past s.t.
Spoken Cree [26]
