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.
akwanahikan-
NI
cover, covering
Spoken Cree [51]
akwanahikan-
NI
cover [sometimes used for ‘tarpaulin’, which is more accurately called akwanahotâson-]; (52:2); cf. akwanah-, akwanahw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
akwanahotâson-
NI
tarpaulin; (52:2); cf. akwanahikan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
akwanahotiso-
VAI
cover oneself; (52:2); 61:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
akwanahw-
VTA
cover s.o.
Spoken Cree [27]
akwanahw-
VTA
cover s.o.; (52:2); 61:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
akwani-
VAI
be covered
Spoken Cree [50]
akwani-
VAI
be covered; 36:2
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akwanipali-
VAI/VII
fall over and cover
Spoken Cree [49]
akwatamon-
VII
be stuck on (by its own viscosity); (55:9); cf. ohci-akwatamon-
Cree Legends and Narratives
akwatamwan-
VII
be stuck on (by its own viscosity) [alternative form of akwatamon-]; (55:9)
Cree Legends and Narratives
akwayâskwah-
VTI
lever s.t. off the fire (using a stick); (55:7)
Cree Legends and Narratives
akwayâskwahw-
VTA
lever s.o. off the fire (using a stick); 55:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
al-
VTA
set s.o., place s.o. v. astâ-
Spoken Cree [12]
al-
VTA
set s.o., put s.o.; (23:4); cf. astâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
alômin-
NA
wild rice, oatmeal (at Peawanuck, Attawapiskat Albany ocêšišak, “small flies, maggots” is used.)
Spoken Cree [48]
alôminâpoy-
NI
oatmeal porridge
Spoken Cree [18]
alôminâpoy-
NI
oatmeal porridge (MC); 9:9; SC: anôminâpoy-
Cree Legends and Narratives
alôminaskw-
NA
linseed meal
Spoken Cree [16]
alîcîmin-
NA
bean
Spoken Cree [35]
