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.
nakiskaw
IPC
a little while; 1:6; cf. nômakê
Cree Legends and Narratives
nakiskaw-
VTA
meet s.o. (on land); 21:6; 68:3
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nakwâkan-
NI
snare; 3:5; 21:4
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nakwâkaniyâpîhkê-
VAI
make snare lines; 18:3; cf. ...âpiy-, ...ihkê-
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nakwâkaniyâpiy-
NI
snare wire, snare line
Spoken Cree [48]
nakwâkaniyâpiy-
NI
snare wire, snare line; 15:3; 18:3; cf. ...âpiy-
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nakwâso-
VAI
be snared, be caught in a snare; 3:6
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nakwât-
VTA
snare s.o.
Spoken Cree [23]
nakwât-
VTA
snare s.o.; 3:6
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nakwâtaho-wêpin-
VTA/VTI
loop s.o./s.t. over; 18:5
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nakwâtahon-
VTA
snare s.o.; 8:4
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nama tê-
VAI
not be, be absent; not show up; 4:5; 21:9; cf. ’matê-
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namêh-
VTA
see signs of s.o.; 6:7; 8:8; 10:7; 12:10; cf. namêhtâ-
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namêhtâ-
VAI-T
leave signs of having been there; 10:7; 42:38; cf. namêh-
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namês-
NA
fish; 26:2; 48:1; 58:5
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namêsi-pimiy-
NI
fish fat; 14:3
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namêsi-wîhkway-
NI
fish bladder; 14:4
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namêsiskâ-
VII
be plentiful (of fish); 42:29; cf. nêmiskâw-
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namêstêkw-
NA
dried bird(s), especially goose. The term is used in some areas for fish dried in strips, for which the term in N-Dialect is pânihkawâšikan- also as pânahk’wâšikan-, q.v.
Spoken Cree [36], [51]
namatâwêpâstan-
VII
move away from the shore (as a canoe); (41:1); cf. wêpâstan-
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