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.
awasâmatin
IPC
on the other side of the mountain; cf. âstamâmatin, kwêskâmatin-, pâšitâmatin, ...âmatin...
Cree Legends and Narratives
awasânak
IPC
on the other side of the island (i.e., awasitê itêhkê ministikohk); [synonym: kaskêw]; cf. kaskêwê-, âstamânak, kišipânak, kwêskânak, otiškawânak, šîpânakw-; ...ânak...
Cree Legends and Narratives
awasitâkošîhk
IPC
day before yesterday
Spoken Cree [23]
awasitê
IPC
more (of degree) v. itêhkê.
Spoken Cree [4]
awasitê
IPC
more; 10:3; 34:3; 41:3 et passim
Cree Legends and Narratives
awasitê itêhkê
IPC
on the far side of, beyond
Spoken Cree [4]
awih-
VTA
lend (to) s.o.
Spoken Cree [11]
awihâsom-
VTA
borrow (from) s.o.
Spoken Cree [12]
awikâ-
VII
get dark, be gathering darkness, be dusk
Spoken Cree [27], [43]
awiyâšîš-
NA
animal, beast, creature; 1:7; 3:7; 6:6; 8:1; 8:4; 16:1; 27:3; 46:1; 68:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
awiyâšîši-wayân-
NA
animal skin, hide; 2:10
Cree Legends and Narratives
awiyâšiš-
NA
creature, animal, beast
Spoken Cree [8], [50]
awiyân-
NA
hide, animal skin; 39:2; cf. wayân-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ay'hâw
IPC [pause
well, uh... [contraction of ayahâw- NI thing]
Spoken Cree [2]
ayôwin-
NI
cloth, fur
Spoken Cree [32], [43]
ayôwin-
NI
fur; 42:4; 49:2 [variant of âyowin-]
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayîhcitamaw-
VTA
confirm for s.o.
Spoken Cree [51]
ayîtôt-
VTI
[redupl.] do (s.t.) any old way; (18:4); cf. ayîtahamâso-, ayîtahcikê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayîtahamâso-
VAI
[redupl.] sing over and over, sing away, hum along; 18:4; ’kwantaw manâ piko ayîtahamâsow he just sang any old way; cf. itahamâso-, ayîtahcikê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayîtahcikê-
VAI
[redupl.] eat any old thing; (18:4); cf. ayîtahamâso-, ayîtôt-
Cree Legends and Narratives
