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.
kwâsipit-
VTA/VTI
drag s.o./s.t. ashore; 29:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
kwâskototaw-
VTA
attack s.o., set upon s.o., rush upon s.o., assault s.o.
Spoken Cree [45]
kwêcih-
VTA
try s.o., test s.o.; 49:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
kwêcihito-
VAI
test each other, compete; 49:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
kwêskâmatin
IPC
around the mountain; cf. ...âmatin..., awasâmatin, âstamâmatin, pâšitâmatin
Cree Legends and Narratives
kwêskânak
IPC
around the island; cf. awasânak, âstamânak, kišipânak, otiškawânak, šîpânakw-, ...ânak..., ...ânakw-, kwêskakâm
Cree Legends and Narratives
kwêskakâm
IPC
around the water; 31:2; 42:49; kwêskakâm itêhkê around to the water-side, across the water, on the other side of the river; cf. naspâtakâm, ...akâm..., kwêskânakw
Cree Legends and Narratives
kwêskinâkosi-
VAI
turn in appearance (into something); 20:2; cf. ...nâkosi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kwêskipaliho-
VAI
turn around, twist around; 19:9; cf. ...paliho-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kwêskitê
IPC
on the other side; 50:7; 58:3; kwêskitê itêhkê on the other side, around on the other side; 19:9; cf. âstamitê
Cree Legends and Narratives
kwêskitê
IPC
the other side
Spoken Cree [51]
kwêskitê-
VII
be turned
Spoken Cree [18]
kwêskitiyêpaliho-
VAI
suddenly turn one’s backside around; 68:5; cf. išitiyêli-, kalakitiyê-, tahkiskâcitiyêhw-, ...tiy..., ...paliho-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kwêskitiyêpaliho-
VAI
suddenly turn one’s backside around
Spoken Cree [34]
kwêskwêskikwâškwâškoti-
VAI
[redupl.] jump back and forth in turn; 66:3; cf. kwâškwâškwati-, kwêskwêskikwâškototâto-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kwêskwêskipali-
VAI/VII
turn this way and that
Spoken Cree [49]
kwêskwêskohtê-
VAI
go back and forth; 52:2; cf. ...ohtê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
kwêtapipali-
VAI/VII
roll backwards (as in a chair) v. kotapipali-
Spoken Cree (37)
kwêtipa-wêpišk-
VTI
knock s.t. over
Spoken Cree [17]
kwêtipa-wêpiškaw-
VTA
knock s.o. over
Spoken Cree [[17]]
