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.
kêkwân-
NI
thing
Spoken Cree [3]
kêkwân-
PR
what? something [interrog. and indef.]; 1:4; 5:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêkwânihkân-
NI
sort of thing; 27:7; 39:4; 44:2; 49:6; 55:1; cf. kêkwân, ...ihkân-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêkwânihkân-
NI
a sort of thing; what sort of thing?
Spoken Cree [17]
kêkwaskisina
NI
which boots? what kind of boots?
Spoken Cree [29]
kêposkâw-
NI
Kapiskau (place name): lit., reeds are abundant
Spoken Cree [11]
kêsisk-
VTI
catch (a bus, train, boat) while there is time
Spoken Cree [33]
kêsiskaw
IPC
quickly, abruptly: kêsiskaw n’kî-waniškâpahtwân I got up abruptly or suddenly
Spoken Cree [51]
kêsiskaw-
VTA
catch a person (before he/she leaves)
Spoken Cree [33]
kêskaw
IPC
quickly, hastily; 12:7; kêskaw pôsipali jump in quickly; kêskaw pataskawêpaw give him an injection quickly
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêskiskawipali-
VAI/VII
go through the body quickly; 12:7; kêskiskawipaninitê if it goes through the body quickly; cf. sêsikôc, ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêstin-
VTA/VTI
catch (in time), seize (just in time)
Spoken Cree [42]
kêtâspiso-
VAI
undress; (38:2; 65:1); cf. awêspiso-, wêspititiso-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêtâspiso-
VAI
undress v. awêspiso-
Spoken Cree [18]
kêtâspisopaliho-
VAI
undress quickly; 38:2; cf. ...paliho-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêtahtawêl
IPC
suddenly; cf. kêtahtawil
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêtahtawil
IPC
suddenly; 9:6; 9:17; 13:3; 20:6; 31:1; 42:35; 42:67; 56:6; 68:8; cf. sêsikôc
Cree Legends and Narratives
kêtahtawil
IPC
suddenly
Spoken Cree [44]
kêtastotinê-
VAI
take off one’s cap
Spoken Cree [47]
kêtawatê-
VAI
remove one’s bag; 14:4; cf. ...wat.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
