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.
pimâši-
VAI
sail about, sail along; 58:2; kêkât n’kî-kostâcin ê-pimâšiyân ante tâwic I was almost scared as I sailed away out there; cf. ...âši-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pimâši-
VAI
sail along v. nâtakâmêyâši-, wêpâši-
Spoken Cree [23 ]
pimâcih-
VTA
save s.o., rescue s.o.; 65:8
Cree Legends and Narratives
pimâcih-
VTA
save life of s.o., rescue s.o.
Spoken Cree [38]
pimâcih-
VTA
save life of s.o., rescue s.o.
Spoken Cree [38]
pimâcihitiso-
VAI
maintain oneself; 6:3; 42:19
Cree Legends and Narratives
pimâcihiwêwin-
NI
life-saving, rescuing: i.e., salvation v. opimâcihiwêw-
Spoken Cree [38]
pimâciho-
VAI
keep alive, get a livelihood, make a living; 1:8; 2:4; 7:1; 21:1; 40:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
pimâciho-
VAI
keep alive, make a living
Spoken Cree [49]
pimâh-
VTI
migrate, fly south; 20:1; 20:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
pimâh-
VTI
(of birds) migrate
Spoken Cree [47]
pimâhoko-
VAI
be adrift (as on a lake after losing a paddle); (10:4)
Cree Legends and Narratives
pimâmatinâ-
VII
be a high ridge, be high land all along; (42:54); cf. ...âmatin...
Cree Legends and Narratives
pimâpihkêšin-
VAI
lie along (as a line); 62:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
pimâpoko-
VAI
be carried along or float along the current
Spoken Cree [51]
pimâpolo-
VAI
drift with the current, drift downstream; 8:5; 30:2; cf. itâpolo-, ...âpolo-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pimâpolo-
VAI
drift with the current, drift downstream v. ‘mâpolo-
Spoken Cree [50]
pimâpotê-
VII
drift with the waves (e.g., a log); (10:4); cf. ...âpotê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pimâskošin-
VAI
lie along (associated with wood); 43:4; cf. ...âskw.../-, ...šin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pimâskošin-
VAI
lie lengthwise (on a solid surface)
Spoken Cree [11]
