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.
anawâniskêpali-
VAI
rest one’s arm between strokes, leave pauses between strokes (of the arm); 10:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
anawâniskêpaliho-
VAI
rest one’s arm from motion; 10:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
anawêšimo-
VAI
lie down and take a rest; (10:7)
Cree Legends and Narratives
anawêniskêpi-
VAI
sit and rest one’s arm(s); (10:7)
Cree Legends and Narratives
ani
IPC
[used to emphasize preceding word]; cf. ê’kwâni, oš’ âni
Cree Legends and Narratives
ani
PR
that one [inan.prox.sg.]; 9:5; 15:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
anišâ
IPC
given that, seeing that, since fortunately; 3:10; anišâ mâka piko given that (it was the only thing to do); anišâ mâka piko n’kaškihon but, seeing that I’m smart, (it worked); anišâ mâka piko ê-kiskên’tamân but, given that I knew how; anišâ mâka piko nipatahok but, since fortunately he missed me, (I was not fatally hurt)
Cree Legends and Narratives
anihi
PR
that one [anim.obv./inan.pl.]; 1:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
anihi
PR dem. an
that (one), those (ones)
Spoken Cree [5], [10]
anihi
PR dem. in
those (ones)
Spoken Cree [10]
aniki
PR
those ones [anim.pl.]; 6:7; 8:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
aniki
PR dem. an
those (ones)
Spoken Cree [10]
anima
PR
that one [inan.prox.sg.]; 3:24 et passim
Cree Legends and Narratives
anima
PR dem. in
that one
Spoken Cree [3]
anima mêkwâc
IPC
at that time
Spoken Cree [49]
anima piko
IPC
except that (lit., that one only)
Spoken Cree [42]
animêliw
PR
that one [inan.obv.sg.]; 9:10; 44:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
animêliw
PR dem. in
that one
Spoken Cree [ 3]
anohc
IPC
now
Spoken Cree [ 2]
anohc
IPC
now; 1:3; 30:2; 42:49; anohc kâ-kîšikâk today; anohc oš’ âni kâ-wâpahtamân (it is) only now that I see it, only lately that I see it
Cree Legends and Narratives