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.
pahkopê-
VAI
wade (out in the water); 4:5; 16:2; 29:1; 34:2; 65:1; 68:8; cf. ...ipê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahkopê-
VAI
go into the water, wade
Spoken Cree [33]
pahkopêšimo-
VAI
go into the water (to swim); cf. pahkopê-, ...ipê-, ...šimo-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahkwêšikan-
NA
flour
Spoken Cree [12]
pahkwêšikan-
NI
flour; 54:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahkwêšikanâpoy-
NI
flour soup; 9:9; cf. ...âpoy-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahkwêšikani-kîšikâw-
NI
Friday
Spoken Cree [12], [33]
pahkwêšikaniwat-
NI
flour bag, flour sack
Spoken Cree [17]
pahkwêhtahw-
VTA
tear chunks off s.o.; 11:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahkwêpicikâtê-
VII
be pulled off in chunks; 51:1; cf. pahkwêpit-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahkwêpin-
VTA
pull the skin off s.o. by hand; 14:4; 19:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahkwêpit-
VTA/VTI
tear s.o./s.t. off; (51:1)
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahkwan-
VTA
skin s.o., flay s.o. v. pahkon-.
Spoken Cree [40]
pahkwatah-
VTI
remove s.t. with a tool
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahkwatahw-
VTA
remove s.o. with a tool
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahpîtôš-
VTI
slice s.t. (e.g., a roast) back and forth in layers without cutting through, so as to produce a long piece of meat; âšay man’ âti-pahpîtôšam omîcim now then he began to slice his food (back and forth)
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahpaškiš-
VTI
[redupl.] keep on cutting s.t. here and there; 53:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahpakwac
IPC
keeping occupied, by way of keeping busy; 43:4; cf. pahpakwatêliht-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahpakwatêliht-
VTI
keep oneself occupied; (41:5) ê-pahpakwatêlihtamân, ani wêhci-išilawîyân keeping myself occupied, that’s the reason I was doing things; cf. pahpakwac, išilawî-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pahpaskiw-
NA
birch grouse, ruffed grouse
Spoken Cree [34]
