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.
pîsiwêpahw-
VTA
shatter in pieces
Spoken Cree [39]
pîskâkan-
NI
coat, jacket, shirt; 2:10; 19:8; 52:4; [contraction of pîsiskâkan-]
Cree Legends and Narratives
pîskâkan-
NI
jacket: contraction of pîsiskâkan-
Spoken Cree [8]
pîstêw-
NI
foam, froth, scum; 9:6
Cree Legends and Narratives
pîswêpîwayâna-
NI pl.
feathers, down
Spoken Cree [23]
pîtoš
IPC
different(ly); 1:2; 9:11; 13:4; 37:5; 39:4; 42:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
pîtoš
IPC
differently, different
Spoken Cree [12], [21]
pîtoš wayêš
IPC
somewhere else, elsewhere
Spoken Cree [12]
pîtoš-išikîšwêwin-
NI
different language, strange language: also heard, pîtošikîšwâwin-
Spoken Cree [42]
pîtošinâkosi-
VAI
look different; (42:55); cf. nanâhkawinâkosi-, ...nâkosi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pîtošinâkwan-
VII
look different; 42:55; cf. nanâhkawinâkwan-, ...nâkwan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pîtošinâkwan-
VII
look quite different
Spoken Cree [42]
pîwâpisko-pihcipôwin-
NI
metal (i.e., mercury) poison
Spoken Cree [48]
pîwâpiskohikan-
NI
flat-iron; (8:8); 42:62; cf. ...âpiskw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pîwâpiskw-
NI
metal; 41:4; cf. ...âpiskw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pîwâpiskw-
NI
metal; motor; crow-bar
Spoken Cree [13], [33], [35]
pîwâpiskwahikan-
NI
flat-iron [variant of pîwâpiskohikan-]; (8:8)
Cree Legends and Narratives
pîwakahikê-
VAI
get kindling, make wood chips
Spoken Cree [25]
pîwanoskanawê-
VII
show traces of drifting, show evidence of drifting v. …skanawê-
Spoken Cree [34]
pîwanw-
VII
drift (of snow), blow (of snow)
Spoken Cree [34]
