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.
âhkonâkwan-
VII
look hurtful, look sharp. v. âhkonâkosi-
Spoken Cree [45 ]
âhkosîwikamikw-
NA
hospital
Spoken Cree [5]
âhkosîwikamikw-
NI
hospital; 42:56; cf. ...wikamikw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
âhkosi-
VAI
be ill; 40:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
âhkosi-
VAI
be sick, be ill
Spoken Cree [5]
âhkwâstê-
VII
be bright, be brilliant
Spoken Cree [30]
âhkwâtisîwin-
NI
fierceness, viciousness, wildness, savagery
Spoken Cree [51]
âhkwêliht-
VTI
be bitter (when angry about s.t.)
Spoken Cree [48]
âhkwêlihtamôwin-
NI
bitterness, rancour
Spoken Cree [48]
âhkwaci-
VAI
freeze, become frozen; 35:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
âhkwacicihcêwaci-
VAI
freeze one’s hands v. mâskawicihcêwaci-, kîšôcihcê-
Spoken Cree [46]
âhkwacihtâ-
VAI-T
make s.t. jell, freeze s.t.
Spoken Cree [41]
âhkwatim-
VTA
freeze s.o.
Spoken Cree [11]
âhkwatin-
VII
freeze; 44:4; 60:5; 61:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
âhkwatin-
VII
be freezing, freeze
Spoken Cree [11]
âhtâtisi-
VAI
change one’s state, change one’s ways
Spoken Cree [38]
âhtašowâtâ-
VAI-T
change ruling, change policy
Spoken Cree [48]
âhtêkipit-
VTA/VTI
move s.o./s.t. back (e.g., a tent); 50:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
âhtêliht-
VTI
change one’s mind
Spoken Cree [30]
âhtahpit-
VTA/VTI
tie s.o./s.t. to a different place, different part (of the frame); (52:3); cf. itahpit-, mâkwahpit-, walahpit-
Cree Legends and Narratives
