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.
wâskâ
IPC
around, about
Spoken Cree [51]
wâskâškowâkaniwan-
VAI
be surrounded (by other people); (42:54)
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâskâškowâkaniwi-
VAI
be surrounded (by other people); cf. wâskâškowâkaniwan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâskâhikan-
NI
house; 49:6; 60:8
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâskâhikan-
NI
house (originally stockade, palisade)
Spoken Cree [7], [29]
wâskâhikaniš-
NI dim.
Rupert’s House, Fort Rupert: lit., little stockade
Spoken Cree [32]
wâskâhikanihkâso-
VAI
make a house for oneself; 42:40; cf. ...ihkê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâskâhikanihkâso-
VAI
build oneself a house, build one’s own house
Spoken Cree [35], [40]
wâskâhikanihkê-
VAI
make a house; (42:40); cf. ...ihkê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâskâhikanihkê-
VAI
build a house
Spoken Cree [35]
wâskâkâpawîstaw-
VTA
stand around s.o.; 14:6
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâskâyâpihkêmohcikê-
VAI
(of the sun) be encircled
Spoken Cree [47]
wâskâyâtanimo-
VAI
(of the moon) have a ring around
Spoken Cree [47]
wâskamâtisi-
VAI
come around, come to (fig.), be conscious
Spoken Cree [45]
wâskaminahikoskâ-
VII
be abundance of black spruce around the edge; (42:54); cf. minahikw-, ...iskâ-, wîhpi-minahikoskâwihtin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâspiso-wayân-
NI
moss bag (for baby); 51:1; n. 51:2; 52:4; cf. kihciwêskamikw-, mihkwaskamikw-, wâpaskamikw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâspiso-wayân-
NI
moss bag
Spoken Cree [29]
wâspison-
NI
moss bag
Spoken Cree [29]
wâspisoyân-
NI
moss bag (for baby) [contraction of wâspiso-wayân-]; 51:1; n. 51:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâspit-
VTA/VTI
lace s.o./s.t.; 52:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
