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.
tîy-
NI
tea
Spoken Cree [18]
tâ
IPV + neut
ought, would, might
Spoken Cree [25]
tâšipwâ
IPC
no wonder! 63:3; cf. tâšipwâm
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâšipwâ ‘ma
IPC
no wonder!
Spoken Cree [46]
tâšipwâm
IPC
[archaism] that’s why; 10:5; tâšipwâm ê-mihcilawêsiyâpân nkosis ê-nipit that’s why I was sorry that my son died
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâškikaškwêpali-
VAI/VII
break, split (of a nail); (14:5); cf. ninihkikaškwêwêpahw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâškipali-
VAI/VII
be cracked, be split
Spoken Cree [28]
tâškipali-
VAI/VII
be cracked; 60:10; cf. ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâškipocikê-
VAI
(rip-)saw; 42:41
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâškipocikan-
NI
rip-saw, pit-saw; 42:41
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâcîkwêmakan-
VII
scream
Spoken Cree [31]
tâcikwê-
VAI
scream
Spoken Cree [31]
tâcikwê-
VAI
scream; 60:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâhcipo-
VAI
be fat, be stout (applied to human beings and round islands, as along the north shore of Lake Superior); (19:1); contrast ’ci-wî-kakwê-tâhcipohitisoyan, 20:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâhcipoh-
VTA
make s.o. fat, fatten s.o.; (19:1)
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâhcipohitiso-
VAI
make oneself fat; 19:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâhkišin-
VAI
touch, tip; 5:7; cf. tâhtâhkišin-, ...šin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâhkihtin-
VII
touch, tip; (5:7); cf. ...htin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâhtâhkišin-
VAI
[redupl.] skip along touching; 5:7; cf. tâhkišin-, ...šin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâhtâhkihtin-
VII
[redupl.] skip along touching; (5:7); cf. tâhkihtin-, ...htin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
