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.
maškawatisi-
VAI
freeze hard, be hard packed; (41:16)
Cree Legends and Narratives
maškawimahcih-
VTA
feel s.o.’s strength; 10:9
Cree Legends and Narratives
maškawipaliho-
VAI
brace oneself; 19:9; cf. ...paliho-
Cree Legends and Narratives
maškawisî-
VAI
be healthy, be strong
Spoken Cree [16]
maškawisî-
VAI
be strong, be in good health; cf. maškawî-
Cree Legends and Narratives
maškawisîmakan-
VII
be powerful
Cree Legends and Narratives
maškawisîwikamikw-
NI
power-house (Kashechewan usage); 42:56; MC: onimiskiwikamikw-; cf. ...ikamikw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
maškawisi-
VAI
be hard
Spoken Cree [17]
maškawisi-
VAI
be hard; 41:16
Cree Legends and Narratives
maškawitêwêyâ-
VII
be a strong surface on top of the snow; (42:29); cf. ...ayâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
maškwašîwatinâ-
VII
be grassland, be a grassy bank
Spoken Cree [34]
maškwašiy-
NI
grass; in pl., general word for plants, vegetables, etc.
Spoken Cree [ 4], [23]
maškwašiy-
NI
grass [normally plural], vegetables; 1:6; 20:3; 42:55
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêšakwanâpan
IPC
every dawn (i.e., every day); 42:13; mêšakwanâpan nin’taw’-âšawahikân âta êkâ ê-pâskisikêyân I go to the blind at dawn every day, even though I don’t shoot; cf. ...âpan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêšakwani-piponw
IPC
every year, lit., every Winter
Spoken Cree [15], [46]
mêšakwani-sîkwanw
IPC
every (early) Spring
Spoken Cree [40], [46]
mêšikwani
IPN
every mêšikwani-tipiskâw every night; 42:12; mêšikwan’-pipon every winter; 60:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêhkatêwihkonayêw-
NA
priest (Roman Catholic), ‘black robe’; (49:1); cf. ayamihêwikimâw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêhkatêwihkonayêw-
NA
priest (Roman Catholic): lit., black robe v. ayamihêwikimâw-
Spoken Cree [38]
mêkwâ-kîšik
IPC
at midday; 44:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
