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.
pâškin-
VTA/VTI
crush s.o./s.t.; (19:3)
Cree Legends and Narratives
pâškipali-
VAI/VII
explode, burst; 27:4; cf. ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pâškwatihpê-
VAI
be bald v. paškostikwânê-,…tihp….
Spoken Cree [34]
pâhciškaw-
VTA
press down on s.o., depress s.o. (by body action); (61:5); cf. matwên-, matwêškaw-, šawiškaw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pâhkân
IPC
presently, shortly Contrast pahkân
Spoken Cree [10]
pâhkân
IPC
presently, after a short time; 27:3; 32:1; used in 27:3 like pâtimâ ‘until’ at Moose Factory
Cree Legends and Narratives
pâhkâstikwânêšin-
VAI
crack one’s skull (open); (12:3); cf. ...stikwân...
Cree Legends and Narratives
pâhkah-
VTI
crack s.t. open (e.g., an egg or abscess); (12:3) pâhkaham wâwiliw he cracks open an egg; cf. pâškahw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pâhkisw-
VTA
shoot s.o. [variant of pâskisw-]-, 34:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
pâhkohkwân-
NI
towel: lit., s.t. with which to dry one’s face v. …hkw…
Spoken Cree [31]
pâhkohtakw-
NI
dry wood v. askâhtikw-, kaskâhtikw-. v. …ιhtakw….
Spoken Cree [30]
pâhkopali-
VAI/VII
dry up
Spoken Cree [51]
pâhkopali-
VAI/VII
go dry; 50:2; cf. ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pâhkosi-
VAI
be dry; 61:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
pâhkostikwêyâ-
VII
be a shallow river; (42:28); cf. kinostikwêyâ-, kîškâyawistikwêyâ-, kwayaskostikwêyâ-, tahkostikwêyâ-, wâwâkistikwêyâ-, ...stikw..., ...ayâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pâhkwâ-
VII
be dry v. pâhkwâšin-
Spoken Cree [6 ]
pâhkwâ-
VII
it is dry; 7:2; 42:29; 42:61
Cree Legends and Narratives
pâhkwâšikawin-
VII
drain out (e.g., a canoe on its side); (56:6); cf. kwêtipin-; for draining from a hole, cf. šîkwašikawin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pâhkwâšin-
NI
the shallows
Cree Legends and Narratives
pâhkwâšin-
VII
be shallow
Spoken Cree [20]
