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.
nânipah-
VTA
[redupl.] kill s.o. repeatedly; 12:8
Cree Legends and Narratives
nânipi-
VAI
[redupl.] die here and there or all around; 41:14
Cree Legends and Narratives
nâpêšiš-
NA diminut
boy : < nâpêw- man
Spoken Cree [9], [22]
nâpêšis-
NA
boy; 6:3; 40:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
nâpê…
Root
male: v. nâpê…w NA man, nâpê…astimw NA male dog v. nôšê…, nâpê…atihkw NA buck deer
Spoken Cree [36]
nâpêstimw-
NA
dog: specifically male dog, stallion
Spoken Cree [36]
nâpêtihkw-
NA
buck deer
Spoken Cree (36)
nâpêw-
NA
man, husband; 1:3; 21:3; cf. ...âpêw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nâpêw-
NA
man; King (at cards)
Spoken Cree [2], [21], [31]
nâsic
IPC
very much; 38:2; also as nâšic; cf. nâspic
Cree Legends and Narratives
nâsic
IPC
very, very much synonym for nâspic, q.v.
Spoken Cree [10]
nâsipê-
VAI
go down the bank (sc); 55:7; 63:3; 68:6; MC: lâsipê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nâsipê-wêpin-
VTA/VTI
throw s.o./s.t. down the slope; 42:32; cf. nâsipêpalih-, nâsipêpalihtwâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nâsipêpahtâ-
VAI
run down the bank (SC); 11:7; 56:8; MC: lâsipêpahtâ-; cf. ...pahta-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nâsipêpalih-
VTA
let s.o. go down (Kashechewan usage); (43:32); MC: lâsipêpalih-; SC: nâsipêpanih-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nâsipêpalihtwâ-
VAI-T
let s.t. go down (Kashechewan usage); (43:32); MC: lâsipêpalihtwâ-; SC: nâsipêpanihtwâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nâsipêtâpê-
VAI
haul down the bank (SC); 65:4; MC: lâsipêtâpê-; ...tâpê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nâspic
IPC
very, very much; 1:3; 8:6; 36:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
nâspic
IPC
very, very much v. nâspitâpi- below.
Spoken Cree [1]
nâspic mistahi
IPC
to a considerable extent; 42:11
Cree Legends and Narratives
