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.

kišê-’ahâwi-

VAI

be an old person; [contraction of kišê-ayahâwi-]

Cree Legends and Narratives

kišê-’liliw-

NA

old person, old man; [contraction of kišê-ililiw-]; 2:1; 9:1; 11:7; 41:1; 41:2; 58:1

Cree Legends and Narratives

kišê-’liw-

NA

old person, old man; [contraction of kišê-ililiw-]; cf. kišê-’niniw, kišê-’niw-

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kišê-’niniw-

NA

old person, old man (SC); [contraction of kišê-ininiw-]; MC: kišê-ililiw-

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kišê-’niw-

NA

old person, old man (SC); cf. [contraction of kišê-ininiw-]

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kišê-’skwêw-

NA

old woman; cf. kišê-iskwêw-

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kišê-’yahâw-

NA

old person; 41:2; 41:17; cf. kišê-ayahâw

Cree Legends and Narratives

kišê-ayahâw-

NA

old person; 44:3; 52:4

Cree Legends and Narratives

kišê-ayahâwi-

VAI

be an old person v. kišêyahâwi-

Spoken Cree [37]

kišê-cîmân ministikw-

NI

[place name] Ship-sands Island, lit., ‘ship island’

Cree Legends and Narratives

kišê-cîmân-

NI

ship; 58:2

Cree Legends and Narratives

kišê-ililîwi-

VAI

be an old person; 42:30; 44:4

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kišê-ililîwi-

VAI

be an old person

Spoken Cree [13]

kišê-ililiw-

NA

old person (contraction: kišê-'liliw- ), “elder”;

Spoken Cree [13], [45]

kišê-ililiw-

NA

Joker (at cards): lit., old fellow

Spoken Cree [31 ]

kišê-iskwêw-

NA

old woman; 9:11; 56:3; cf. nôtokwêw-

Cree Legends and Narratives

kišê-pîsimw-

NA

February, lit., ‘old moon, great moon’; cf. pîsimw-

Cree Legends and Narratives

kišê-pâpîwâtakinam

NA

January, lit., ‘great- or old-scattered-about moon’; [variant form of kišê-pâpîwâtakini-pîsimw-]; (58:5); cf. pîsimw-

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kišê-pâpîwâtakini-pîsimw-

NA

January, lit., ‘great- or old- scattered-about moon’; [variant form of kišê-pâpîwâtakinam]; (58:5); cf. pîsimw-

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kišê-sîpiy-

NI

[place name] Fort George, Quebec, ‘Old River’ (otherwise known as Big River and since construction of the Hydro-Quebec project as La Grande); 58:1; n. 58:2

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