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.
tâpwê-
VAI
tell the truth, be right about s.t.; affirm
Spoken Cree [19], [50]
tâpwê-
VAI
tell the truth; 1:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâpwêht-
VTI
believe s.t.; 11:7; 16:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâpwêhtamôwin-
NI
belief, faith; the Creed
Spoken Cree [22], [38]
tâpwêhtaw-
VTA
believe s.o.
Spoken Cree [19], [40]
tâpwêhtaw-
VTA
believe s.o., give in to s.o., listen to s.o., 6:8; 9:3; 19:8; 29:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâpwêwin-
NI
truth
Spoken Cree [13]
tâpwêyêlihtâkwan-
VII
be safe, be sure; (21:9) tâpwêyêlihtâkwan nâ kici-âšaw’kâskonâniwahk? Do you think it’s safe to walk across the ice? cf. kostâtikwan-, ...ihtâkwan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâpwêyêlim-
VTA
believe in s.o., have commitment to s.o.
Spoken Cree [40]
tâstakât-
VTI
consider s.t. distasteful, dislike s.t., detest s.t.; 42:22; tâstakâcikâtêw ê-êškâniwahk people hate chiselling (through the ice)
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâtâhkoskê-
VAI
[redupl.] step here and there; 9:21
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâtahkam-
VTA
[redupl.] jab at s.o. repeatedly, poke at s.o.; 60:10; cf. tahkam-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâtahkiškât-
VTA
[redupl.] kick away at s.o.; 27:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâtahkoskât-
VTA
[redupl.] tread here and there on s.o.; 9:24
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâtopali-
VAI
tear, be rent into small pieces
Spoken Cree [38]
tâtwah-
VTI
rip s.t., tear s.t.; (59:4)
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâtwahw-
VTA
rip s.o., tear s.o.; 59:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâwahw-
VTA
hit s.o. dead on (as with an arrow or moving object); 9:23; cf. pistahw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâwatâwišk-
VTI
[redupl.] stagger around (bumping) into s.t.; (68:7)
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâwatâwiškaw-
VTA
[redupl.] stagger around (bumping) into s.o.; (68:7)
Cree Legends and Narratives
