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.
pikîw-
NA/NI
pitch, gum, resin, tar v. pikiw-
Spoken Cree [51]
pikîwi-
VAI
be pitchy, be full of pitch or resin; 42:60
Cree Legends and Narratives
pikiškah-
VTI
till s.t., break up lumps of s.t.
Spoken Cree [49]
pikinwât-
NA
[proper name] Pikinwat (nickname); 42:63; n. 42:97
Cree Legends and Narratives
pikiw-
NA
gum, usually tree gum; also rubber and chewing gum: also as pikîw-
Spoken Cree [43]
pikiwaskisin-
NI
rubber boot, gum boot
Spoken Cree [12]
piko
IPC
only; 1:2 et passim; piko mâka pîtoš ê-itêlihtakwahk except that it seems different
Cree Legends and Narratives
piko
IPC
only
Spoken Cree [1]
pilêšîš-
NA
[dim.] bird; 10:9; 16:1; 61:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
pilêšiš-
NA
[dim.] small partridge; 27:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
pilêkopali-
VAI/VII
slide roughly or heavily; (12:14); used of a steel-shod sled in very cold weather, or a buck-saw sticking due to improper setting: pilêkopaliw kîškipocikan the cross-cut saw is sticking; cf. kîškipotâ-, ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pilêsiw-
NA
bird; 8:2; 47:1; 55:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
pilêsiw-
NA
bird
Spoken Cree [ 8], [45]
pilêw-
NA
partridge (MC); 14:3; 27:5; 58:5; SC: pinêw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pilêw-
NA
partridge
Spoken Cree [29]
pimôtê-
VAI
travel. Contrast pimohtê-, pimot-
Spoken Cree [45]
pimîwêkan-
VII
be oily (cloth or similar material) Cf. …êkin…/-
Spoken Cree [33]
pimîwi-kân-
NI
oil can
Spoken Cree [12]
pimâšakâmê-
VAI
walk along the shore, skirt the river bank; 11:2; 18:1; 18:2; 19:1; 20:1; cf. ...âšakâmê.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pimâšakâmêpicikê-
VAI
track a canoe, tow a canoe with a line from the bank; 65:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
