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.

miškašiy-

NDA

nail, claw, talon, hoof v. –škašiy-; oškašiya.

Spoken Cree [28], [49]

miškawâšihitiso-

VAI

run into trouble; 11:10

Cree Legends and Narratives

mišot-

VTA/VTI

hit s.o./s.t. straight on, score a bull’s eye on s.o./s.t.; 37:3

Cree Legends and Narratives

mištâpêskwêšiš-

NA

giant girl; 56:1; cf. mistâpêskwêw-

Cree Legends and Narratives

mištikw-

NI

stick [variant of mistikw-]

Cree Legends and Narratives

mišw-

VTA

wound s.o., hit s.o. (as in shooting); 34:1

Cree Legends and Narratives

mišwâkan-

NA

wounded person

Spoken Cree [51]

mišwâkanihkât-

VTA

wound s.o.; 13:13; 14:7

Cree Legends and Narratives

mišwâkanikât-

VTA

wound s.o.

Spoken Cree [36], [45]

mišwâkanikâtikôwin-

NI

a wound received

Spoken Cree [51]

micihcân-

NI

thumb; (13:16); cf. lîlîkicihcân, ...cihcân-, lîlîkisitân, misisitân

Cree Legends and Narratives

micihcin-

NDI

thumb; inch v. âpihtaw’-micihcin- 1/2 inch

Spoken Cree [38]

micihcin-

NI

an inch; 52:1; 61:3; cf. ocihciy-, ...cihc...

Cree Legends and Narratives

micihciy-

NDI

hand; (21:3; 25:2; 36:2; 60:9); cf. ...cihc..., ...cihciy-, ocihciy-

Cree Legends and Narratives

micihciy-

NDI

a/the hand v.cihciy-

Spoken Cree [15]

micimin-

VTI

hang on to s.t.

Spoken Cree [51]

micimošin-

VAI

be stuck fast, be aground

Spoken Cree [32], [51 ]

micimoh-

VTA

cause s.o. to stick fast (as in mud)

Spoken Cree [33]

micimohtin-

VII

be stuck fast, be aground

Spoken Cree [32], [51]

miconi

IPC

entirely, very much, utterly [alternative form of mitoni]; 3:4

Cree Legends and Narratives

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