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.
tahkoskât-
VTA/VTI
step on s.o./ s.t.
Spoken Cree [15], [16]
tahkostikwêyâ-
VII
be a short river; (42:28); cf. kinostikwêyâ-, kîškâyawistikwêyâ-, kwayaskostikwêyâ-, pâhkostikwêyâ-, wâwâkistikwêyâ-, ...stikw...
Cree Legends and Narratives
tahkotâmaciwê-
VAI
get to the top of the hill; 5:1; cf. ...âmaciwê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tahkotêht-
VTI
hold s.t. in one’s mouth: also as tahkwatêht-, q.v.
Spoken Cree [51]
tahkotêm-
VTA
hold s.o. in the mouth: also as tahkwatêm-, q.v.
Spoken Cree [51 ]
tahkwâ-
VII
be short; 8:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
tahkwâ-
VII
be short
Spoken Cree [17]
tahkwâliwê-
VAI
have a short tail (e.g., a moose); (27:4); cf. kinwâliwê-, pîkwêyâliwê-, ...âliw...
Cree Legends and Narratives
tahkwâliwê-
VAI
have a short tail v. wêwêpâliwê, …âliw…
Spoken Cree [34]
tahkwâpê-
VAI
be a short trace, be a short leash; 42:42; cf. kâ-tahkwâpêt, kinwâpê-, nahkâpêkin-, tahkwâpêkin- , mîskwâpin-, otâpâniyâpiy-, ...âp...
Cree Legends and Narratives
tahkwâpê-
VII
be a short line, be a short trace
Spoken Cree [33]
tahkwâpêkin-
VTA/VTI
shorten s.o./s.t.; (42:42); cf. nahkâpêkin-, ...êkin.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tahkwâpihkêyâ-
VII
be short (of a cord, line, rope); 42:57; cf. ...âpihk..., ...ayâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tahkwâskohtâ-
VAI-T
make s.t. short (of wood); (52:2); cf. iskwâskohtâ-, kinwâskohtâ-, ...âskw.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tahkwâskosi-
VAI
be short (stick or pole-like object)
Spoken Cree [33]
tahkwâskwan-
VII
be short (stick or pole-like object)
Spoken Cree [33]
tahkwêkan-
VII
be short (sheet-like material)
Spoken Cree [33]
tahkwêkisi-
VAI
be short (sheet-like material)
Spoken Cree [33]
tahkwah-
VTI
hold s.t. by instrument; steer s.t., also as tahkoh-
Spoken Cree [10]
tahkwahw-
VTA
hold s.o. by instrument, also as tahkohw-
Spoken Cree (10)
