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.
câkâhkasw-
VTA
burn up s.o.; 60:10; 65:8; misiwê n’kî-câkâhkaswâwak m’pîhcipihkwânak I used (burnt) up all my shells; miconi n’kî-câkipihkwêson I used up all my powder; cf. câkâskisw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
câkâhkatê-
VII
be burned up; (65:8)
Cree Legends and Narratives
câkâskis-
VTI
burn s.t. up completely (Kashechewan usage); (11:13); 12:15; elsewhere: câkâhkas-
Cree Legends and Narratives
câkâskiso-
VAI
burn up; (11:13)
Cree Legends and Narratives
câkâskiso-
VAI
be consumed, be burnt out (as a battery)
Spoken Cree [35]
câkâskisw-
VTA
burn s.o. up completely (Kashechewan usage); (11:13); 12:15; elsewhere: câkâhkasw- câkâhkisw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
câkâskitê-
VII
burn up; 9:24; (11:13)
Cree Legends and Narratives
câkâskitê-
VII
be consumed, be burnt out
Spoken Cree [35]
câkah-
VTA
annihilate s.o., kill all of s.o.; 8:2; cf. câkihtâ-, câkih-
Cree Legends and Narratives
câki-nipah-
VTA
finish killing s.o. off; 21:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
câkišk-
VTI
wear s.t. out
Spoken Cree [34]
câkih-
VTA
kill s.o. off, finish s.o. off (as in trapping beaver); 8:2; 12:15; 14:8; cf. câkah-
Cree Legends and Narratives
câkih-
VTA
kill s.o. all (as a flock of game birds), finish s.o. off
Spoken Cree [43]
câkihtâ-
VAI-T
trap it out (i.e., his section of land), deplete s.t.; 8:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
câkin-
VTA/VTI
use up, exhaust s.o./s.t.; 1:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
câkin-
VTA/VTI
use s.o./s.t. up
Spoken Cree [30]
câkipali-
VAI/VII
be spent, be used up, be consumed; 42:57; 60:11; cf. ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
câkipihkwêso-
VAI
burn up or expend one’s gunpowder; (65:8)
Cree Legends and Narratives
câlis-
NA [person
Charles
Spoken Cree [14]
cân-
NA
[proper name] John; 42:43; cf. also cwân-
Cree Legends and Narratives
