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.
sêsêkâhtakw-
NA
white spruce; (42:54); cf. minahikw-, ...htakw.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
sêsik
IPC
in any way, in any sense, one way or another v. mâši.
Spoken Cree [39], [48]
sêsik
IPC
(1) near; (12:9); ’kâwila sêsik anta itohtê; kostâtikwan don’t go near that place; it’s dangerous; (2) in a sort of way; (27:7); [synonym: mâši(h)]
Cree Legends and Narratives
sêsikôc
IPC
suddenly, without warning, unexpectedly; (12:7); cf. kêtahtawil
Cree Legends and Narratives
sêsikêh-
VTA
get near s.o.; (12:9) môla n’kî-sêsikêhâw I can’t get near him; cf. sêsik
Cree Legends and Narratives
sêsikêhito-
VAI
[recipr.] go near each other; (12:9)
Cree Legends and Narratives
sêskah-
VTI
put ashore; 8:7; pêci-sêskaham he comes ashore, he comes and beaches it
Cree Legends and Narratives
sêskipahtâ-
VAI
run ashore; 34:3; cf. ...pahtâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
sêskipit-
VTA/VTI
pull s.o./s.t. ashore, beach s.o./s.t.
Spoken Cree [6]
sakâ-
VII
be a thicket
Spoken Cree [29]
sakâlihkocêpiso-
VAI
be snared by the middle; (21:4); cf. ...âlihkoc...
Cree Legends and Narratives
sakâskošin-
VAI
lie thickly (of trees) v. šêhkwêyâskošin-, wanâskošin-
Spoken Cree [34]
sakâskoci-
VAI
be caught (on s.t.), be hooked (by s.t.)
Spoken Cree [44]
sakâskocin-
VAI
be caught (e.g.,dog with chain caught on a stump), be hooked (on s.t.)
Spoken Cree [37]
sakâskosi-
VAI
be thick (i.e., branches); 51:2; cf. ...âskw.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
sakâskotin-
VII
get caught on s.t., get hooked on s.t.
Spoken Cree [37]
sakah-
VTI
screw s.t. v. âyîci-
Spoken Cree [35]
sakahikan-
NI
screw: not to be confused with sâkahikan-,v. cîstâskwân-
Spoken Cree [20], [35]
sakahpisôniyâpiy-
NI
tether v. sakahpit-
Spoken Cree [33]
sakahpit-
VTA/VTI
tie s.o./s.t. (to s.t.), tether s.o.
Spoken Cree [8]
