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.
kâ-ninihkipalik
Nom. I
jelly v. ninihkipali-
Spoken Cree [32]
kâ-ohci-ayaminâniwahk
Nom.I = [V
radio, lit., ‘that from which one speaks’
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâ-osâwisikosit maskwamiy
Nom. A phr
slush ice: i.e., yellowish ice v. …sikw….
Spoken Cree [28]
kâ-pîsisicik šôliyânak
Nom. A phr
small change
Spoken Cree [10]
kâ-paškwahamâkêt
Nom. I
barber v. paškwahamâkê-
Spoken Cree [46]
kâ-pimi(h)lât
Nom. A
flier, pilot v. pimi(h)lâ-
Spoken Cree [27]
kâ-pimihlâmakahk
Nom.I = [V
aeroplane, ‘that which flies’; 42:28; 44:1; cf. pimihlâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâ-pimilâmakahk
Nom. I
aeroplane: lit., what flies along v. pimi(h)lâ-
Spoken Cree [27]
kâ-piskwâhkâšihk
Nom.A
North Bluff Shoal, lit., ‘(that) which lies heaped up’ (located 27 kilometres north of Moose Factory on the west coast of James Bay)
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâ-têhamâniwahk
Nom. I
card game: chiefly Poker
Spoken Cree [31]
kâ-tahkwâpêt
NA
[proper name] Short Trace; 42:42; cf. tahkwâpê-, ...âp..., ...âpêk...
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâ-wâkâk môhkotâkan
Nom.I phra
curved knife (regularly used in the bush and associated with many accidents): v. also kâ-wâkâk môhkomân
Spoken Cree [36]
kâ(â)
IPC
[exclamation] oh, so that’s it; 43:8
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâšâ-
VII
be sharp (edged); (61:4); cf. cîpwâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâšâ-
VII
be sharp
Spoken Cree [17]
kâšikâlik
IPC
today (colloquial = anohc kâ-kîšikâlik)
Spoken Cree [30]
kâšikaskiwâkan-
NA
creature with sharp talons; (26)
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâšikaskiwê-
VAI
have sharp talons; 61:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâšikaskiwêsi-
VAI
[dim.] have sharp little claws; (61:4)
Cree Legends and Narratives
kâšisi-
VAI
be sharp (edged); (61:4); cf. cîposi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
