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.
cêhkatamon-
VII
(for the trail) to meet the bush; 42:52
Cree Legends and Narratives
cêk-
NA
Jack (at cards)
Spoken Cree [31]
cêkap-
NA
[proper name] Jacob; 42:35
Cree Legends and Narratives
cêkap-
NA [person
Jacob
Spoken Cree [17]
cêyakoc
IPC
instead; 43:9
Cree Legends and Narratives
cacêmaso-
VAI
[redupl.] stand together; 19:8; for cacimaso- cf. cimaso-
Cree Legends and Narratives
cacahkaw-
VTA
[redupl.] poke away at s.o. (as at a fox in his den); cf. cahkahw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
cahkâpêš-
NA
[proper name] Chahkabesh (legendary figure); 3:1; 8:2; 56:1; cf. ...âpêw.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
cahkâpêš-
NA [person
Chahkábesh, a Tom Thumb type of culture hero and subject of many legends, who ends up as the Man in the Moon.
Spoken Cree [31]
cahkâpin-
VTA
poke s.o. in the eye; (12:3; 21:4); cf. pohcâpin-, ...âpi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
cahkâsikê-
VAI
shine (as the sun), give light; 29:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
cahkâsikê-
VAI
shine, give light e.g.,pîsimw-
Spoken Cree [19]
cahkâskohtatâ-
VAI-T
drive s.t. in (e.g., a stick); 12:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
cahkâstê-
VII
shine, give light v. cihkâstê-
Spoken Cree [46]
cahkâstêšin-
VAI
throw a shadow
Spoken Cree [30]
cahkâstêcihcikan-
NI
television set,
Spoken Cree [46]
cahkâstêhtin-
VII
throw a shadow, sometimes cihkâstêhtin-
Spoken Cree [30]
cahkâstêpali-
VAI/VII
go along shining v. kâ-cahkâstêpalik
Spoken Cree [46]
cahkâstêpalihcikâniwan
VAI
[indef.] one makes it go along casting a shadow, one puts on a picture-show; 42:12; kâ-cahkâstêpanihcikâniwahk a moving-picture show
Cree Legends and Narratives
cahkâstêpalihcikâniwan-
VII/VAI in
be a moving picture show, sometimes cihkâstêpalihcikâniwan-
Spoken Cree [30]
