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.

kostâtikwan-

VII

be terrible, be dreadful, be fearsome

Spoken Cree [26]

kostâtikwan-

VII

be fearful, be frightful, be dreadful, be dangerous; 21:9; cf. tâpwêyêlihtâkwan-

Cree Legends and Narratives

kotâwicêškiwakipali-

VAI/VII

go down in the mud; (32:1); cf. liskicêškiwakipali-, moškicêškiwakipali-, ...cîskawak...

Cree Legends and Narratives

kotêlim-

VTA

tempt s.o. v. kakwêcih-

Spoken Cree [49]

kotak

PR

other, another [anim./inan.prox.sing.]; 1:1; 21:2; 49:1; kotakiya [anim.obv./inan.pl.]; 47:1; kotakiyak [anim.pl.]; 47:1; 8:5; kotakiy [inan.sg.] the other one; 1:4; 25:2; (unlike other pronouns, this form occurs in the locative kotakîhk); cf. 25:2

Cree Legends and Narratives

kotak-

PR anim. /

other, another one ( pl. kotakiyak)

Spoken Cree [4]

kotakîliw

PR inan. o

another (one), the other (one)

Spoken Cree [ 4]

kotakiy-

PR anim. /

the other, the other one v. kotakîliw.

Spoken Cree [4]

kotapiškâ-

VAI

tip overboard (with canoe going over one)

Spoken Cree (37)

kotapipali-

VAI/VII

overturn, capsize v. kwêtapipali-

Spoken Cree [37]

kotaskâtito-

VAI

[recipr.] try to beat each other (in a race); 33

Cree Legends and Narratives

kotaskaw-

VTA

race s.o., s.o.; 33

Cree Legends and Narratives

kotawê-

VAI

kindle a(n open) fire

Spoken Cree [15], [23]

kotawê-

VAI

kindle a fire; 9:19; 19:7; 35:2; 36:1; 39:1; 40:5; 42:5; 61:4

Cree Legends and Narratives

kotawêpaliho-

VAI

quickly kindle a fire; 18:7; cf. ...paliho-

Cree Legends and Narratives

kotawaso-

VAI

build a fire for oneself; 11:11

Cree Legends and Narratives

kotikošim-

VTA

dislocate s.o.; (65:8)

Cree Legends and Narratives

kotikošin-

VAI

sprain oneself

Spoken Cree [12]

kotikon-

VTA/VTI

disjoint s.o./s.t., dislocate s.o./s.t.; bend s.o./s.t. open; (65:8) kâ-kotikonikâtêk pâskisikan a breach-loader (gun)

Cree Legends and Narratives

kotikositêšin-

VAI

sprain or dislocate a foot or ankle; (65:8); cf. wahkon-, ...sit...

Cree Legends and Narratives

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