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.
nânâkacih-
VTA rdpl.
note s.o., keep an eye on s.o., v. nâkacih-
Spoken Cree [38]
nânâkatisî-
VAI rdpl.
look on, observe; be inquisitive, be “nosey” v. kihci-nihtâ-nâtawi-kiskêlihtam he’s very curious
Spoken Cree [39]
nânâmiskwêpaliho-
VAI
[redupl.] nod assent (several nods); (56:5); cf. itiskwêli-, itiskwêstâ-, nâmiskwêstâ-, wêwêpiskwêpaliho-, ...iskw……paliho-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nânânatôtamaw-
VTA
[redupl.] keep on asking s.o. (for it); 2:10
Cree Legends and Narratives
nânâtôtamaw-
VTA rdpl.
keep on asking s.o. for s.t., v. natôtamaw-
Spoken Cree [49]
nânâtwâkahênihtê-
VAI
[redupl.] be cutting wood in small lengths; (14:5; 43:4); cf. ...iht.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nânâtwâkahihtê-
VAI
[redupl.] be cutting wood in small lengths; 14:5; [probable contraction of nânâtwâkahînihtê-]
Cree Legends and Narratives
nânâwac
IPC rdpl.
rather v. nawac
Spoken Cree [33]
nân’taw-kiskêlimito-
VAI rcpr.
seek to know each other v. (na)nâtawi-kiskêliht-
Spoken Cree [50]
nân’tawi-kiskêlimito-
VAI
[recipr.] search to know each other; 30:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
nân’tawiš-
VTI
[redupl.] search for s.t. by cutting; (29:3); [contraction of nânatawiš-]
Cree Legends and Narratives
nân’tawišw-
VTA
[redupl.] search for s.o. by cutting; 29:3; [contraction of nânatawišw-]
Cree Legends and Narratives
nânêliht-
VTI
be nervous (about s.t.)
Spoken Cree [34]
nânêw
IPC
v. lâlêw
Spoken Cree [49]
nânêwê-
VAI
skirt or walk along the edge of the green bush (SC); MC: lâlêwê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nânakânomâso-
VAI
[redupl.] defend oneself; 12:10
Cree Legends and Narratives
nânakacâskwašin-
VAI
[redupl.] bump headlong into; 13:9; (amiskwak) pêci-nânakacâskwašinwak anta kistâkanihk (the beaver) are bumping headlong into the enclosure
Cree Legends and Narratives
nânakacâskwahtin-
VII
[redupl.] bump into; (13:9)
Cree Legends and Narratives
nânakacih-
VTA
[redupl.] keep an eye on s.o.; 8:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
nânapakah-
VTI
flatten s.t.; (56:7)
Cree Legends and Narratives
