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.
paškonâkwan-
VII
look bare, look cleared; 42:58; cf. ...nâkwan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paškopicikê-
VAI
pluck (a goose): also as paškwapicikê-.
Spoken Cree [46]
paškopicikê-
VAI
pluck; (42:58); 55:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
paškopit-
VTA
pluck s.o. (a fowl)
Spoken Cree [23]
paškopit-
VTA
pluck s.o. (e.g., goose, duck); 55:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
paškosi-
VAI
be clean (e.g., a mink with hardly any fur); 37:3; contrast paskisi-; cf. paškwâliwê-, paškostawê-, paškostikwânê-, paškwâtihpê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paškostawê-
VAI
have whiskers shaved off v. paškostikwânê-.
Spoken Cree [48]
paškostawê-
VAI
have one’s whiskers sheared off; 15:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
paškostikwânê-
VAI
be bald v. paškwatihpê-
Spoken Cree [48]
paškostikwânê-
VAI
be bald (also used for a goose or dog); (37:3); cf. paškwâliwê-, paškwâtihpê-, ...stikwân...
Cree Legends and Narratives
paškwâ-
VII
be clean, be cleared land; 37:3; 42:38; cf. paškosi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paškwâ-
VII
be clean, be cleared land; 37:3; 42:38; cf. paškosi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paškwâliwê-
VAI
(of a mink) be without hair on the tail; (37:3); cf. paškostikwânê-, paškwâtihpê-, ...âliw...
Cree Legends and Narratives
paškwâtihpê-
VAI
(of a man) be bald; (37:3); cf. paškostikwânê-, paškwâliwê-, ...tihp..., ...îlitihp-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paškwašihikâ-
VAI
cut the grass, mow the lawn
Spoken Cree [46]
paškwahamâ-
VAI
have a haircut; (42:59); 50:6; cf. natawi-paškwahamâ-, paškwahtâniwan-, paškwahikê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paškwahamâkê-
VAI
cut hair v. kâ-paškwahamâkêt.
Spoken Cree [46]
paškwahamâso-
VAI
cut one’s own hair
Spoken Cree [46]
paškwahamaw-
VTA
cut s.o.’s hair
Spoken Cree [46]
paškwahcikanâhtikw-
NI
wood on which hide is scraped; (50:6); cf. ...âhtikw.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
