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.
osâmâskiso-
VAI
be overcooked; 18:9
Cree Legends and Narratives
osâmâskitê-
VII
be overcooked; (18:9)
Cree Legends and Narratives
osâm’ahkâtêpo-
VAI
overcook [contraction of osâmawahahkâtêpo-]
Cree Legends and Narratives
osâmawahahkâtêpo-
VAI
overcook; 18:9; (55:6); cf. likwahahkatêpo-, nikwâwahahkatêpo-, milotêpo-, išitêpo-, ...têpo...
Cree Legends and Narratives
osâmihkwâmi-
VAI
sleep in, oversleep
Spoken Cree [9]
osâminâkosi-
VAI
look spectacular, look outstanding; look quite a sight, look frightful; (42:50); cf. ...nâkosi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
osâminâkwan-
VII
look spectacular, look outstanding; look quite a sight, look frightful; 42:50; cf. ...nâkwan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
osâwa-pasw-
VTA
smoke s.o. yellow; 50:3; 50:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
osâwâ-
VII
be yellow/brown (area of spectrum including both colours); (9:24); 10:9
Cree Legends and Narratives
osâwâ-
VII
be yellow-brown, be tawny coloured
Spoken Cree [17]
osâwaškâ-
VII
be yellow grass (as in autumn); 63:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
osâwaskw-
NA
brown bear
Spoken Cree [28]
osâwi-šôliyânâpiskw-
NI
gold: lit., “yellow-money-metal”
Spoken Cree [51]
osâwisi-
VAI
be yellow/brown (area of spectrum including both colours); 9:24; (10:9)
Cree Legends and Narratives
osâwisi-
VAI
be yellow-brown, be tawny coloured
Spoken Cree [17]
osâwisikosi-
VAI
be in a yellow crystalline state: e.g., slush ice
Spoken Cree [26]
osâwisikwâ-
VII
be in a yellow crystalline state, be yellow ice
Spoken Cree (26)
os’ âna
IPC
43:1; that one, mind you; cf. oš’ âna
Cree Legends and Narratives
os’ âni
IPC
9:20; indeed, to be sure; cf. oš’ âni
Cree Legends and Narratives
os’ âtawîna
IPC
of course; 42:60
Cree Legends and Narratives
