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.
lipwâhkâ-
VAI
act sensibly, be sensible; (to a child) be good; 11:10; êko mâka! lipwâhkâ! see here! be sensible! nipwâhkâ kîna, torotiy! be quiet, you, Dorothy! 43:2
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liskacistin-
VII
be buried with drifting snow, disappear in the drift; 32:1
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liskicêskawakišk-
VTI
sink into the mud (as a stick when someone steps on it); (32:2); cf. ...cêskawak...
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liskicêskawišk-
VTI
make s.t. sink into the mud (as a stick when someone steps on it); (32:2); cf. liskipali-, koyâwicêskiwakipali-, môskicêskiwakipali-, ...cîskaw...
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liskicêskiwakipali-
VAI
sink in the mud; (32:2) mitoni liskicêskiwakipaliw he sinks in the mud (of a heavy man walking ashore across the mud flats); cf. ...cêskawak..., ...pali-
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liskihkwâmi-
VAI
fall asleep; 9:17; 55:5; cf. ...ihkwâmi..., šâkotihkwaši-, nôhtêhkwaši-, ...ihkwaši-
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liskihkwâmi-
VAI
fall asleep
Spoken Cree [30]
liskipê-
VII
be covered by water; (13:15); cf. liskiwên-, ...ipê.../-
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liskipê-
VII
flood
Spoken Cree [40]
liskipali-
VAI/VII
go under, disappear; (32:1); 34:3; cf. ...pali-
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liskipotê-
VII
be flooded, be overflowed (and so disappear); 7:1; (13:15); cf. liskiwên-, mâhâpotê-
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liskipotê-
VII
flood, be flooded, disappear under water
Spoken Cree [51]
liskiwên-
VTI
one’s footsteps grow faint; (13:15); ê-’ti-liskiwênamin’ci as his/their footsteps grow faint; cf. liskipê-, liskipotê-, mâhâpotê-, mâhâpoko-
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môšê
IPC
free(ly), gratis; bare, just alone Cf. Unit 34, B.4.
Spoken Cree [34]
môšê-tiy
NI
just tea: i.e., no fixings
Spoken Cree [34]
môšêtiy-
NI
bare bottom, bare rump v. …tiy….
Spoken Cree [34]
môšak
IPC
always; 3:3; 19:1
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môših-
VTA
feel s.o.; (48:1)
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môšiho-
VAI
feel; get the feeling, sense
Spoken Cree [36]
môšihtâ-
VAI-T
feel s.t.; 41:8; 42:16; 48:1; nimôsihtân kici-maci-kîšikâk I feel it is going to be a bad day (said by someone whose rheumatism or arthritis gives forewarning of bad weather)
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