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.
natawi-mawaso-
VAI
gather berries v. môminê-, natominê-
Spoken Cree [34]
natawi-mawiso-
VAI
go gathering berries; 65:9; cf. natawiso-, mawiso-
Cree Legends and Narratives
natawi-nôtâhtikwê-
VAI
go logging; 67:4; cf. ...âhtikw.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
natawi-pîhtokwê-
VAI
go to enter; 42:5; kin’taw-pîhtokwân kîkihk you go into your own home
Cree Legends and Narratives
natawi-paškohamâ-
VAI
go for a haircut; (42:58)
Cree Legends and Narratives
natawi-pakitin-
VTA/VTI
go to put s.o./s.t., take s.o./s.t.; 9:2; 59:3
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natawi-papâmohtê-
VAI
walk about; 59:2; pakwantaw n’taw’-papâmohtêw he goes walking about at random; cf. ...ohtê-
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natawiš-
VTI
search for s.t. with a knife; (29:3); cf. natôš-
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natawišipê-
VAI
hunt duck(s); 49:5; cf. ...šip.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
natawišw-
VTA
search for s.o. with a knife; 29:3; cf. natôšw-
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natawiho-
VAI
hunt, go hunting; 41:12; 59:1; 65:2; cf. nataminaho-
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natawimôswê-
VAI
moose-hunt; 34:1
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natawiminaho-
VAI
go hunting; 12:1
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natawipalîstaw-
VTA
make war on s.o.; 30:1
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natawipalîstaw-
VTA
make war on s.o.
Spoken Cree [50]
natawiso-
VAI
look for berries; 65:9; cf. natawi-mawiso-, mawiso-
Cree Legends and Narratives
natimišîhk
IPC
above a point on a river, up-current; (38:1); cf. mâmišîhk
Cree Legends and Narratives
natimihk
IPC
upriver, upstream, inland; 37:2; 42:23; often with itêhkê, e.g., n’timihk itêhkê, or with sîpiy, e.g., natimihk sîpîhk; 44:3; cf. mâmihk
Cree Legends and Narratives
natimihk
IPC
upstream, upriver v. mâmihk.
Spoken Cree [ 5]
natohkoh-
VTA
cure s.o., give s.o. therapy; (41:5)
Cree Legends and Narratives
