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.
mîskaw
IPC
by way of a change, for a change; by chance
Spoken Cree [13], [26], [51 ]
mîskawi-tôt-
VTI
happen to do it right, do it right by chance, hit on the right way to do it (e.g., of someone trying to repair a piece of machinery); 12:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
mîskawi-tôtaw-
VTA
happen to do it right to s.o.; (12:3)
Cree Legends and Narratives
mîskoškâto-
VAI
[recipr.] run into each other; 12:8; cf. mâmîskoškâto-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mîskoškaw-
VTA
happen upon s.o., chance upon s.o.; (12:8) mwêhci piko n’kî-mîskoškawâw I just happened upon him, I just chanced upon him
Cree Legends and Narratives
mîskoc
IPC
instead, in exchange
Cree Legends and Narratives
mîskoc
IPC
instead, in exchange
Spoken Cree [25]
mîskoci-pakitin-
VTA/VTI
exchange one for an/the other
Spoken Cree [25]
mîskociškaw-
VTA
succeed s.o., change s.o. for another v. tâpiškaw-
Spoken Cree [42 ]
mîskoti-wêpin-
VTI
switch them around, change their position; 11:12
Cree Legends and Narratives
mîskwâpin-
NI
tump line, portage strap, hauling trace; (42:42); cf. ...âp..., otâpâniyâpiy; kinwâpê-, tahkwâpê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mîskwâskošimo-
VAI
stand behind a tree; 56:2; môla n’kî-pâskiswâw ê-mîskwâskošimot I couldn’t shoot him because he was behind a tree; cf. ...âskw.../-, ...šimo-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mîskwah-
VTI
hit s.t. on the target, hit s.t. squarely; 12:12
Cree Legends and Narratives
mîskwahw-
VTA
hit s.o. on the target, hit s.o. squarely (e.g., a rock in a river, a ball in baseball); 62:3; cf. pîstahw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mîsopiy-
NDI
gall bladder; (14:3); cf. wîsopiy-, ...îsopiy-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mîtâkwên-
VTA/VTI
put s.o/s.t. aside, keep s.o./s.t. away
Spoken Cree [49]
mîtâkwênimaw-
VTA
keep s.o./s.t. from s.o., deliver s.o., rescue s.o.
Spoken Cree [48]
mîtânaskwan-
VII
clouds shit; 12:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
mîwaciš-
NI
envelope
Spoken Cree [32]
mîwat-
NDI
bag; 1:4; 14:4; cf. wihkwêyâw-, ...îwat-
Cree Legends and Narratives
