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.
naškwêwašihikaniyâpiy-
NI
telephone answer taking machine
Spoken Cree [Supp. Conv. 1]
naškwêwašihtwâwiniyâpiy-
NI
telephone answering machine
Spoken Cree [Supp. Conv. 1]
naškwêwasinahamaw-
VTA
reply to s.o. in writing, write s.o. in reply
Spoken Cree [43]
nêšitâmipali-
VAI/VII
be going wrong, not go the right way; (42:11); cf. macipali-, ...pali-
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nêkaw-
NI
sand (SC); 18:7; MC: lêkaw-
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nêma
PR
yonder one [demonstrative inan.prox.sing]; 1:3; 19:2
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nêmiskâw-
NI
[place name] Namiskau, Quebec, lit., ‘plentiful fish’, (settlement located about 160 kilometres up the Rupert’s River from James Bay); 42:29; cf. namêsiskâ-
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nênîši-
VAI
[redupl.] be (continuously) two; 6:3
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nênîšo
IPC
[redupl.] twice each; 10:7
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nênîšohtatâ-
VAI-T
[redupl.] put two of s.t. together; 55:6; n. 55:18
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nênîšohtin-
VII
lie in pairs; (55:6)
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nêscâ-
VII
be a point that carries a ridge of gravel or sand on it; (58:3); cf. macitêwêyâ-, macitêwêyâpiskâ-
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nêsta
IPC
and, also; 1:1 et passim
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nêstapiko
IPC
or; n. 3:2 et passim
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nêtê
IPC
yonder (further away than anta); 1:3; 2:2; 36:1
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nêtitišiy-
NI
[place name] Netitishi (one of two good camping spots between Hannah Bay and Moose Factory); (67:2); n. 67:3
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nêw
IPC
four; (41:18); also as nêyaw
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nêwâ
IPC
four times; 42:12; 42:26
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nêwac
IPC
right off; 42:22; nêwac piko nêwatahtam he grabs it right off (of a fish grabbing a hook on the fly)
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nêwataht-
VTI
grab s.t. off; (42:22)
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