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.

onahâhkišîmimâw-

NA

a son-in-law; (11:1; 11:3)

Cree Legends and Narratives

onahkitiy-

NI

tail end of a bird where oil glands are situated; 47:2

Cree Legends and Narratives

onikwana

NDA

his/her son-in-law (11:3; 11:9); cf. ninikwan

Cree Legends and Narratives

onimiskîskâ-

VII

thunder, be thunder

Spoken Cree [19]

onimiskîw’-îškotêw-

NI

storage battery v. ominiskîwi-.

Spoken Cree [27]

onimiskîwikamikw-

NI

power house, power generating plant

Spoken Cree [35]

onimiskiw-

NA

thunder; 9:4; [occurs in text as ominiskiw-]

Cree Legends and Narratives

onimiskiw-

NA

thunder battery (sometimes by metathesis, ominiskiw-)

Spoken Cree (20)], [27

onimiskiwak

NA pl.

spark plugs: more properly onimiskîšišak

Spoken Cree [20]

onimiskiwikamikw-

NI

power house; cf. maškawisîwikamikw-, ...ikamikw-

Cree Legends and Narratives

opáskowi-pîsimw-

NA

July, Moulting Moon

Spoken Cree [26]

opîskâkani-

VAI

own a coat, possess a coat; 2:10

Cree Legends and Narratives

opîskâkani-

VAI

have a shirt, have a coat v. oman’côšimi-, okâsîpimi-.

Spoken Cree [23]

opîwâwi-

VAI

have feathers, be feathery; have hair, be hairy; 26:1; cf. atis-

Cree Legends and Narratives

opîwâwitonâniwan-

VII

for hair to be around the mouth; 29:3; cf. ...ton...

Cree Legends and Narratives

opîwaya

NDI

[pl.] his/her whiskers or bristles; 50:1; 53:1; cf. mipîway-, ... pîway-

Cree Legends and Narratives

opahipê-

VII

float

Spoken Cree [12]

opakosêlimow-

NA

Hopeful (in Pilgrim’s Progress), hoping one v. pakosêlimo-

Spoken Cree [45]

opakwâcikan-

NA

enemy v. pakwâcikan-.

Spoken Cree [45]

opakwâcikan-

NA

enemy

Spoken Cree [45]

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