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.

nîstâw-

NDA

my brother-in-law v. kîstâw-, wîstâwa

Spoken Cree [13], [47 ]

nîstâw-

NDA

my brother-in-law; (60:8); cf. wîstâwimâw-, wîstâwa, nîstâw-, ...îstaw-

Cree Legends and Narratives

nîswâs

IPC

seven; 39:2

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nîswâsi-

VAI

be seven; 13:13

Cree Legends and Narratives

nîswâskwan-

VII

be seven (of something wooden); 61:3; cf. ...âskw.../-

Cree Legends and Narratives

nîswâso-pipon

IPC

seven year period, for seven years; 42:3

Cree Legends and Narratives

nîswâsošâp

IPC

seventeen

Spoken Cree [10]

nîswâsošâp

IPC

seventeen; 41:18

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nîswâsošâpokonakisi-

VAI

be the seventeenth day (viz., pîsimw-)

Spoken Cree [26]

nîswâsokonakisi-

VAI

be the seventh day (viz., pîsimw-)

Spoken Cree [26]

nîswâsomitana

IPC

seventy

Spoken Cree [10]

nîswâsomitana niyâlan

IPC

seventy- five; 61:1; note hyper-corrected form, niyâlal; cf. n. 61:4

Cree Legends and Narratives

nîswâsw

IPC

seven

Spoken Cree [6]

nîtimw-

NDA

sister-in-law v. kîtimw-, wîtimwa.

Spoken Cree [13 ]

nîwat-

NDI

my (hunting) bag v. kîwat-, mîwat-, wîwat-

Spoken Cree [14 ]

nîwatiyâskocimo-

VAI

squeeze one’s belly with trees

Cree Legends and Narratives

nîyak

PR

I too; 10:10; cf. n. 10:23

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IPC

question marker in yes-no questions; 1:4 et passim; kiwî-wâpahtênâwâw nêma askiy? do you want to see yon land?

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IPC

question marker

Spoken Cree [1]

nâšic

IPC

very much; 3:4; 38:2; cf. nâsic, nâspic

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