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.
namatâwêpali-
VAI/VII
be going out (as with an outboard motor or canoe); (41:1); cf. ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
namatâwisatamohtâ-
VAI-T
build s.t. towards a body of water; 41:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
namatâwisi-
VAI
walk towards a body of water; (41:1)
Cree Legends and Narratives
namatakwan-
VII
not exist, not be; 40:4; 42:54; cf. ’matakwan misiwê kêkwân kî-namatakwan wêmistikôšiwi-mîcim all kinds of White-Man’s food did not exist
Cree Legends and Narratives
namawila
IPC
uncontracted form of negative, môla
Spoken Cree [43]
namayê-
VAI/VII
not be (heard only in contracted form); 41:2; 41:3; cf. mayê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
namipalihototaw-
VTA
lunge at s.o.; 31:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
nanôhtêpali-
VAI/VII
[redupl.] run short (recurrently); 42:14
Cree Legends and Narratives
nanîsânêliht-
VTI
think s.t. to be dangerous
Spoken Cree [43]
nanîsânêlihtâkwan-
VII
be dangerous, be unsafe, v. kostâtikwan-
Spoken Cree [25]
nanîsânêlimo-
VAI
be insecure
Spoken Cree [48]
nanîsânan-
VII
be in a dangerous state
Spoken Cree [44]
nanîsânisi-
VAI
be in danger Cf. kostâtikosi-, VAI be dangerous.
Spoken Cree [29]
nanîtêlihtâkwan-
VII
be dangerous, v. kostâtikwan-
Spoken Cree [36]
nanâhatâmo-
VAI rdpl.
sigh repeatedly ( < nahatâmo- )
Spoken Cree [45]
nanâhkaw
IPC
differently, variously, all different kinds; of different colours
Spoken Cree [27], [49]
nanâhkaw
IPC
differently, variously; 3:1; of different colours; 14:6; 42:56
Cree Legends and Narratives
nanâhkaw-ispî
IPC (compl
at different times, at various times
Spoken Cree [43]
nanâhkawinâkosi-
VAI
appear differently, have different appearances
Spoken Cree [28]
nanâhkawinâkosi-
VAI
appear differently, have different appearances; (42:55); cf. pîtošinâkosi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
