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.
nôhtêkâmêpali-
VAI
not make it when jumping (e.g., a creek) (MC); (11:8); cf. ...pali-
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nôhtêpali-
VAI/VII
run short (of some commodity); 39:4; 42:34; êko wâs’ âni ê-nôhtêpaliyahk so we’re running short; kêhcin n’ka-nôhtêpalin cîstâskwâna I’ll run short of nails for sure; cf. ...pali-
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nôhtaw
IPC
short of; 7:3; 42:33; nôhtaw kî-nistâpâwêw he drowned short of his destination
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nôhtawi
IPV
short of; n’kî-nôhtawi-kapêšin we camped short of our destination
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nôkosi-
VAI
appear, come into sight; 5:7; 34:1
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nôkwan-
VII
appear, come into sight; 41:2; 41:9; 60:5
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nômakê
IPC
[archaic form] a little while; (9:7); [synonym: nakiskaw]
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nômakê
IPV
a little while; 9:7; ê-’ti-nômakê-kihtohtêt as he began to walk away for a short while
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nômakê-kihtohtê-
VAI
go away for a short while (but not yet have reached one’s destination); 9:7; cf. kihtohtê-, ...ohtê-
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nômakêpi-
VAI
sit for a while; (9:7); cf. ...api-
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nôsoškaw-
VTA
follow s.o.; (8:4)
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nôso’-tahkiškât-
VTA
kick s.o. while pursuing him; 47:1; 55:3; [contraction of nôsowi-tahkiškât-]
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nôso’-wêpiškât-
VTA
kick s.o. away while pursuing him; 8:4; [contraction of nôsowi-wêpiškât-]
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nôsonêh-
VTI
follow s.t.; (2:8; 67:2)
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nôsonêhw-
VTA
follow s.o.; 2:8; 67:2
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nôsowi-tahkiškât-
VTA
kick s.o. while pursuing him; 47:2
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nôsowi-wêpiškât-
VTA
kick s.o. away while following him; 8:4
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nôspinêhw-
VTA
follow s.o.; 59:3
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nôtâhtikwê-
VAI
log, be logging, fell timber; 42:40; 67:4; cf. ...âhtikw.../-
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nôtêh-
VTI
fall short of s.t. (as a target); (11:8)
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