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.
moškicêškiwakipali-
VAI
come up in the mud; (32:1); cf. kotawi..., liski..., ...cîskawak..., ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mohci
IPV
just; 11:2; 14:5; 19:6; ê-mohci-otatâmahwât in just tapping repeatedly; kâ-mohci-kînikwâninâkosit he just seemed to spin around, 13:14; ê-mohc’-otâpâniwahkipan when they just used to haul, 42:43
Cree Legends and Narratives
mohci
IPV
just: ê-mohci-wîyatwêyin that you’re just joking
Spoken Cree [36]
mohcihk
IPC
on the ground; 66:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
mohcihtakw
IPC
on the floor
Spoken Cree [16], [33]
mohkât-
VTA
cry for s.o., weep for s.o.
Spoken Cree [51]
mostâkonak
IPC
on top of the bare snow; 21:7; cf. ...âkonak...
Cree Legends and Narratives
mostêlim-
VTA
covet s.o., desire to have s.o.
Spoken Cree [40]
mostênamaw-
VTA benefa
covet s.t. belonging to s.o. else
Spoken Cree [40]
mostêyêlihcikâtê-
VII
be desired
Spoken Cree [48]
mostêyêliht-
VTI
desire s.t. earnestly, desire s.t. very much
Spoken Cree [50]
mostaskamik
IPC
on the bare ground; 21:7; 56:6; cf. …askamikw…
Cree Legends and Narratives
mostaskamik
IPC
on the bare ground, on land v. …askamikw-
Spoken Cree [28], [35]
mostaskamikâ-
VII
be bare ground
Spoken Cree [47]
mostaskamikw
IPC
on the bare ground, on land v. …askamikw-
Spoken Cree [28], [35]
mostohtê-
VAI
just walk
Spoken Cree [36]
mow-
VTA
eat s.o.; 12:10; 13:12; 27:2; 53:3; 58:5; 65:6; cf. mîci-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mow-
VTA
eat s.o. v. mîci-
Spoken Cree [ 9 ]
mwâkw-
NA
loon; 18:1; 47:1; [sg.: mwâkwa]
Cree Legends and Narratives
mwêhci
IPC
exactly; 1:6; 9:13; 13:8; 42:9; 58:2; ê’kwâni pêyakwan mwêhci êspanik that goes exactly the same way 42:9; mwêhci kišê-cîmân kâ-’si-pimipalik right where the ship went 58:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
