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.
mâmîšah-
VTI
mend s.t. all over, mend s.t. here and there v. mîšah-
Spoken Cree [13 ]
mâmîšahw-
VTA rdpl
mend s.o. all over, mend s.o. here and there v. mîšahw-
Spoken Cree [13]
mâmîškotônamâto-
VAI rdpl.
exchange with each other
Spoken Cree [38]
mâmîlawê-
VAI
give out all around, distribute: < mîliwê-
Spoken Cree [22]
mâmîmicimê-
VAI
[probably for mani-mîcimê- buy food]; cf. n. 43:11, nâci-mîcimê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâmîskawi-tôtaw-
VTA
[redupl.] happen to do it right to s.o.; 12:3; cf. mîskawi-tôtaw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâmîtânaskwan-
VII
[redupl.] clouds shit all around; 12:5; cf. mîtânaskwan-, ...askw...
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâmîtâwih-
VTA
struggle with s.o., get the better of s.o. nimâmîtâwîhkâson I am overcome, I am beaten (fig. as by the heat)
Spoken Cree [50]
mâmîtawêlihtamômakan-
VII
cause distress, cause anxiety
Spoken Cree [49]
mâmâš
IPC
carelessly, roughly, haphazardly; 42:8; 42:65; more or less; 43:4; in a hasty way; 67:2; at random; 68:7; mâmâš piko n’kî-wêpahikân I swept just any old way
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâmâš
IPC
carelessly, roughly
Spoken Cree [39], [49]
mâmâhtâwi-tôt-
VTI
[redupl.] do weird things; cf. mâhtâwi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâmâko-wêpim-
VTA
bite away at s.o.; 66:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâmâkom-
VTA
[redupl.] bite s.o. again and again, bite s.o. repeatedly; 21:7; 22:1; cf. mâkom-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâmân
IPC
I would think, it seems (as if), apparently; 10:7; 14:6; mâmân ô kata-kimiwan it seems as if it’s going to rain; mâmân ô âšay n’ka-minawâhtay it seems as though I should start cooking; mâmân ta-paskilâkêwak (of a ball-team) it looks as if they’re pretty likely to win
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâmân
IPC
it seems as if …, it seems likely that…: mâmân ô kata-kimiwan it seems as if it’s going to rain
Spoken Cree [34]
mâmâtinawê-
VAI rdpl.
distribute all around; deal (at cards)
Spoken Cree [31]
mâmahkišk-
VTI
[redupl.] make tracks with large footprints; 5:2; 5:3; 6:5; cf. mahkišk-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâmahkicêyâ-
VII
[redupl.] be really big; 19:3; cf. ...icê..., ...ayâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâmaskâc
IPC
wonderful(ly), strange(ly), marvellous(ly); really, very much; 11:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
