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.
wêhtisi-
VAI
be cheap, be inexpensive: i.e., be easy
Spoken Cree [11]
wêhwêw-
NA
the ‘wavey’, snow goose, blue goose; 18:1; 20; 55:1; 61:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
wêhwêw-
NA
‘wavey’, snow goose or blue goose
Spoken Cree [23]
wêhwêwi-pîsimw-
NA
September, Wavey (Snow Goose) Moon
Spoken Cree [26]
wêhwêwi-pîsimw-
NA
September, lit., ‘wavey moon’; cf. pîsimw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wêhwêwi-sîpiy ministikw-
NA
[place name] Sandy Island, lit., ‘wavey-river island’
Cree Legends and Narratives
wêloci
IPC
abundantly, richly
Spoken Cree [51]
wêmistikôšîhkân-
NA
non-status Indian
Spoken Cree [49]
wêmistikôšîmo-
VAI
speak English
Spoken Cree [ 4]
wêmistikôšîmowin-
NI
English (language); 41:21
Cree Legends and Narratives
wêmistikôšiw-
NA
Englishman, White-man: often as êmistikôšiw-
Spoken Cree [7]
wêmistikôšiw-
NA
White-Man, European; 2:10; 40:1; 41:12; 42:43; 43:15; cf. opistikwayâw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wêmistikôšiwi-mîcim-
NI
White-Man’s food; 40:4; 59:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
wênâpêmit
Nom.A = [V
one who has a husband; 12:8; cf. onâpêmi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wêpâši-
VAI
drift
Spoken Cree (5)
wêpâši-
VAI
blow away; (50:5); cf. ...âši-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wêpâliwêpaliho-
VAI
wag the tail v. …âliw…, wêwêpaliwê-.
Spoken Cree [34]
wêpâstan-
VII
drift
Spoken Cree [5]
wêpâstan-
VII
blow away; (50:5); cf. ...âstan...
Cree Legends and Narratives
wêpêlihtamaw-
VTA benefa
forgive s.o.: lit., get rid of s.t. for s.o.
Spoken Cree [38]
