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.
nanâtoštahikê-
VAI
guess, take a blind shot at
Spoken Cree [17]
nanâtom-
VTA
call on s.o. repeatedly, entreat s.o.
Spoken Cree [46]
nanêhcik-akohcin-
VAI
move around floating (on the air)
Spoken Cree [38]
nanêhcikî-
VAI
move around as (a dark blob)
Spoken Cree [38]
nanêhkâci-pimâtisi-
VAI
live a wretched life, fall on hard times; (42:37)
Cree Legends and Narratives
nanêhkâcih-
VTA
be cruel to s.o., torment s.o.
Spoken Cree [50]
nanêhkâcih-
VTA
be cruel to s.o., torment s.o., harass s.o., punish s.o.; 22:1; êškwâ ka-nanêhkâcihitinâwâw I’ll be cruel to you, I’ll torment you
Cree Legends and Narratives
nanêhkâsihtâkosi-
VAI
sound poorly, sound sickly, sound pathetic; (42:37); cf. ...ihtâkosi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nanêhkâsinâkosi-
VAI
look poorly, look sickly, look pathetic; 42:37; êliwêhk nanêhkâsinâkosiw! he looks really poorly! cf. nanêhkâci-pimâtisi-, ...nâkosi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nanêhpêm
IPC
out, in the open: nêhpêmastâ minihkwâkana put the cups out; ê-nanêhpêmikâpawiwâspan standing in the open
Spoken Cree [34]
nanêkâtêlimo-
VAI
be miserable, be unhappy; mourn
Spoken Cree [45]
nanêkâtisi-
VAI
be in a miserable state, undergo hardship
Spoken Cree [45]
nanêpêwêlimo-
VAI
be modest
Spoken Cree [30]
nanêpêwih-
VTA
shame s.o., mortify s.o., embarrass s.o.
Spoken Cree [44]
nanêpêwisî-
VAI
be shy, be bashful, be ashamed
Spoken Cree [42]
nanêpêwisîwin-
NI
shyness, bashfulness
Spoken Cree [42]
nanêskamikâ-
VII
[place name] ‘be a point here and there (the land); run out in little points (the ground)’; 9:25; cf. ...askamik...; the name at Fort Albany for the point in question is nêscâw-; at Moose Factory, the name is macitêwêyâw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nanahîhkaw-
VTA
tend s.o., attend to s.o.’s wants: syn. mamânôhkaw-
Spoken Cree [51]
nanahihtaw-
VTA
obey v. ânwêhtaw-.
Spoken Cree [44]
nanahihtaw-
VTA
obey s.o.; 6:8
Cree Legends and Narratives
