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.
ahtêwat-
NI
bag for carrying pelts
Spoken Cree [40]
ahtay-
NA
fur; dollar
Spoken Cree [10]
ahtayiwi-awêyâšîš-
NA
fur-bearing animal (NOTE variant awêyâšîš- rather than awîyâšîš-)
Spoken Cree [47]
akâmaskiy-
NI
[place name] Akimiski, lit., “land across the water’; (an island offshore from Albany River mouth in James Bay)
Cree Legends and Narratives
akâmiškotêhk
IPC
to the other side of the fire; 10:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
akâmihk
IPC
across (the water)
Spoken Cree [5]
akâmihk
IPC
across the water; 42:18; 58:4; akâmihk itêhkê ôma sîpiy on the far side of this river; cf. ...akâm..., ênakâm, têpakâmêpali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
akâwâc
IPC
just barely, hardly, scarcely, e.g., akâwâc iko n’kî-pimohtân I can just barely walk, v. anâwis
Spoken Cree [24], [43], [51]
akâwâc
IPC
scarcely; 65:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
akâwât
IPC
scarcely; 65:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
akaskw-
NA
arrow
Spoken Cree [33]
akaskw-
NA
arrow; 4:1; 11:6; 29:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
akihcikâtê-
VII
it is reckoned, calculated; 42:10
Cree Legends and Narratives
akiht-
VTI
count s.t.
Spoken Cree [6]
akiht-
VTI
count s.t.; (42:9)
Cree Legends and Narratives
akihtâsôwiniwan-
VII
be numbered
Spoken Cree [29]
akihtâso-
VAI
count, enumerate
Spoken Cree [6]
akihtâson-
NI
number, numeral
Spoken Cree [6]
akihtâsowin-
NI
number, numbering
Spoken Cree [6]
akihtê-
VII
be worth s.t., come to a certain amount, fetch a good price. Cf. itakihtê- be worth so much akihtêw mâka ayôwin fur was worth something, though
Spoken Cree [29], [32 ]
