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.
pakwayânihkê-
VAI
make (a) shirt(s): lit., shirt-make. Cf. Engl. duck-hunt, bird-watch.
Spoken Cree [45]
palêhkan-
VII
be clean, be pure; be holy
Spoken Cree [51]
palêhki
IPN
holy: palêhki-mâmawihitôwin Holy Communion
Spoken Cree [22]
palêhkisi-
VAI
be clean, be pure; be holy v. kihcitwâwisi-.
Spoken Cree [46], [51]
palacîs-
NA
trousers; 52:4; cf. mitâs-, ...tâs-
Cree Legends and Narratives
palacîs-
NA
trousers, pants (from English breeches)
Spoken Cree [8]
palos-
NI
tea-brews, or in full, tî-palos-, q.v.
Spoken Cree [23]
pamâtakâ-
VAI
v. pimâtakâ-.
Spoken Cree [49]
panaškatin-
VTA/VTI
stick s.o./s.t. to something; 55:9; m’panaškatinâw m’pikîm mistikohk I stick my gum on a tree
Cree Legends and Narratives
papîwahâhkê-
VAI
spill or scatter feathers in all directions (used of shooting several geese at once); 10:9; cf. tašiwâhkwê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
papâ
IPV
walking around about; 18:10; 19:2; 37:1; 39:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
papâ-’mâtisi-
VAI
live on the move; 40:1; cf. papâ-mâšihkê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
papâ-itohtê-
VAI
walk around about; 37:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
papâ-mâšihkê-
VAI
fight one’s way along; battle on one’s way; 40:1 (the recording, which is unclear at this point, should perhaps be read as ê-papâ-’mâtisiyâhk)
Cree Legends and Narratives
papâ-miskanawê-
VAI
make footprints (walking about); 18:10
Cree Legends and Narratives
papâ-nôkosi-
VAI
appear going about; (19:4)
Cree Legends and Narratives
papâ-nôkwan-
VII
appear going about; 19:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
papâ-nîši-
VAI
walk about two together; 60:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
papâ-nânîpawi-
VAI
stand (shuffling) around; 61:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
papâ-nanâtawâpaht-
VTI
walk around searching for s.t.; 65:6
Cree Legends and Narratives
