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.
mâwasakokwât-
VTA/VTI
sew s.o./s.t. on to s.t.
Spoken Cree [49]
mâwaso-
VAI
gather berries
Spoken Cree [32]
mâwatôn-
VTA/VTI
gather s.o./ s.t.
Spoken Cree [26], [31], [47], [Supp. Conv. III]
mâwatôpah-
VTA
gather s.o. on the run; 44:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
mâwila
IPC
surely, surely so: tâpask n’ka-mîlik. mâwila! I wonder if she’ll give it to me. Surely she will!
Spoken Cree [39 ]
mâwisikostâ-
VAI-T
pile s.t. together, stack s.t. v. piskwastâ-
Spoken Cree [15 ]
mašîn-
NI
[English loanword] machinery; 41:3; kêkwân mašîn wîna môna kêkwân takwanokopan anything (by way of) machinery, there wasn’t even any
Cree Legends and Narratives
maškêkomin-
NI
cranberry, lit., muskeg berry v. …min-
Spoken Cree [32]
maškêkomin-aspacikan-
NI
cranberry sauce v. wîsakimini-aspacikan-
Spoken Cree [32]
maškêkw-
NI
muskeg, swamp
Spoken Cree [29]
maškawî-
VAI
be physically strong, powerful; 66:3. cf. sâpisi-, sâpimahciho-, sâpî-
Cree Legends and Narratives
maškawîmakan-
VII
be powerful
Spoken Cree [14]
maškawâ-
VII
be hard; be strong
Spoken Cree [17], [42]
maškawâ-
VII
be hard; be strong (may also be applied to coffee in sense of strong); 62:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
maškawâhkwatin-
VII
br frozen solid
Spoken Cree [34]
maškawaskamikâ-
VII
be hard ground
Spoken Cree [34 ]
maškawatêwêyâ-
VII
be hard packed (snow)
Spoken Cree [29]
maškawatin-
VII
freeze hard v. …at…, …atin… VIIF be cold, be frozen.
Spoken Cree [29]
maškawatin-
VII
freeze hard, be hard packed; (41:16)
Cree Legends and Narratives
maškawatinâ-
VII
be hard ground, be a hard (earth) bank v. …atin… MF bank of earth
Spoken Cree [34]
