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.

isa

IPC

in fact, to be sure, indeed, then; 1:2; 2:3; 18:2; 41:1; êko isa so then, well then

Cree Legends and Narratives

iskôl-

NI

school

Spoken Cree [19]

iskôliwi-

VAI

go to school, attend school

Spoken Cree [9], [19]

iskôliwi-

VAI

attend school (MC); 42:6; SC: iskôniwi-

Cree Legends and Narratives

iskôniwi-

VAI

attend school (SC); MC: iskôliwi-

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iskîtôw-

NA

skidoo

Spoken Cree [26]

isk’-ôšihtâ-

VAI-T

complete s.t., make s.t. to an end; 41:7; [contracted form of iskw-ošihtâ-]

Cree Legends and Narratives

iskali

IPN

whole, entire, all

Spoken Cree [11]

iskali

IPN

the whole, entire; 5:5; iskali-kîšik all day long; 6:6; iskali-tipisk all night long; iskan’-tipiskâw all night; 61:5; iskali-pipon all winter; 39:2

Cree Legends and Narratives

iskali-’tâkoš

IPC

all afternoon

Spoken Cree [31]

iskali-kîšik

IPC

all day

Spoken Cree [11]

iskali-nîpin

IPC

all Summer

Spoken Cree [31]

iskali-tawâstêw

IPC

all week

Spoken Cree [33]

iskali-tipisk

IPC

all night

Spoken Cree [11]

iskisi-

VAI

be tired out, be winded

Spoken Cree [27]

iskokâpawi-

VAI

be so tall

Spoken Cree [30]

iskon-

VTA

roll s.o. up; (13:9) n’tiskonâwak niwanakwayak I roll up my sleeves; cf. ayiskon-, wanakway-

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iskon-

VTA/VTI

push s.o./s.t. up. contrast iškon-

Spoken Cree

iskonâk

IPC

since: iskonâk kâ... from the time that...

Spoken Cree [19], [49]

iskonâk

IPC

since; 47:2

Cree Legends and Narratives

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