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.
nikwâwahahkatêpo-
VAI
bury under the hot sand and cook (SC); 18:7; MC: likwahahkatêpo-; cf. ...têpo-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nikwah-
VTI
cover s.t., bury s.t. (as an animal buries food) (SC); (13:15; 18:7); MC: likwah-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nikwahw-
VTA
cover s.o., bury s.o. (as an animal buries food) (SC); 1; 3:15; 18:7; MC: likwahw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nimiš-
NDA
my older sister; 4:3; affected palatalization to show baby talk, as used by Chahkabesh, who is a small person; [archaic vocative: nimišê-, used as normal mention case, 13:16]; cf. nimis-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nimišê
NDA vocati
my older sister (archaic form)
Spoken Cree [48]
nimis-
NDA
my older sister v. kimis-, omisa, ─mis-
Spoken Cree [ 2 ]
nimis-
NDA
my older sister; 3:3; cf. omisimâw-, omisa, ...mis-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nimitâwê-wêpah-
VTI
push s.t. (i.e., the canoe) away from shore; 11:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
nimitâwêšin-
VAI
run out like a buttress; 41:19
Cree Legends and Narratives
nimitâwêhol-
VTA
take s.o. out in a canoe away from land; 11:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
nimitâwêhtin-
VII
run out (like a buttress); (41:19)
Cree Legends and Narratives
nimitâwêpali-
VAI
swim quickly away from shore; 9:6; cf. ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nimitâwah-
VTI
paddle out from the land; 9:3; cf. nâtakah-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nimitâwih-
VTI
go along the coast; 65:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
nimošôm-
NDA
my grandfather
Cree Legends and Narratives
nimošôm-
NDA
my grandfather v. kimošôm-, omošôma, ─mošôm-
Spoken Cree [ 13 ]
ninîkihikwak
NDA
[pl.] my parents; 5:3; 6:2; 11:2; cf. onîkihikwa, ...nîkihikw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ninîkihikwak
NDA
my parents v. kinîkihikwak, onîkihikwa, ─nîkihikw-
Spoken Cree [ 13 ]
ninahâhkaniskwêm-
NDA
my daughter- in-law; (60:3); cf. onahâhkaniskwêmimâw-, onahâhkaniskwêma, ...nahâhkaniskwêm-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ninahâhkaniskwêm-
NDA
my daughter-in-law v. kinahâhkaniskwêm-, onahâhkaniskwêma.
Spoken Cree [ 13 ]
