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.
ohci
IPV
(1) from that point, as a result of; 1:8; êkota kâ-ati-ohci-mihcêticik ililiwak it is from that point that people began to multiply; (2) completed action marker in negative clauses (colloquial usage for kî-ohci-); môna kinwêš ohci-natohtam he didn’t listen for long
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohci-akwatamon-
VII
be connected; (55:9); nispitôn nitihtimanihk ohci-akwatamon my arm is connected to my shoulder; [near-synonym: ohci-akohkê-]; cf. akwatamon-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohci-itâpi-
VAI
peek out, look about (from what one is doing); 18:6; 20:5; ’kâwina mâka wîskâc ohc’-îtâpi but don’t ever look about; mwâkwa manâ mâka ohc’-îtâpiw kîmôc and then the loon suddenly peeked out stealthily; cf. ...âpi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohci-kâhcitin-
VTA/VTI
catch s.o./ s.t.from...
Spoken Cree [11]
ohci-nâcipahtwâ-
VAI-T
go fetch from (a place); 51:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohci-osâwêyâkamipaliho-
VAI
churn the water up frightfully making it brown; 56:6; cf. osâwâ-, ...âkam..., ...paliho-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohci-pâpahtâ-
VAI
suddenly come running; 65:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohci-pêci-walawîpaliho-
VAI
come tumbling out; 13:9; cf. walawî-, ...paliho-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohci-pimâtisi-
VAI
live off, make one’s living from [with locative]; 42:43
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohci-tôt-
VTI
do s.t. from (somewhere); 9:16
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohci-wâpaht-
VTI
suddenly descry s.t., suddenly catch sight of s.t.; 16:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohci-wâpam-
VTA
suddenly descry s.o., suddenly catch sight of s.o.; (16:1)
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohci-walawî-kwâškwati-
VAI
jump out from; 56:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohcih-
VTA
forbid s.o., prevent s.o.; 4:5; 42:67; 63:1; cf. nakâhw-, nakâwêpiškaw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohcihiwê-
VAI
prevent (things happening), get in the way; 42:44
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohcikawin-
VII
drip, leak (as a tent or house)
Spoken Cree [ 7]
ohcipahtwâ-
VAI-T
catch (e.g., a train or boat), used when time is tight
Spoken Cree [51]
ohcipahtwâ-
VAI-T
(suddenly) grab s.t.; 55:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohcipali-
VAI/VII
proceed from, come from; 41:10; cf. ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohcipaliho-
VAI
suddenly appear; (9:16); cf. ocipâliho-
Cree Legends and Narratives
