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.
naton-
VTA/VTI
search for s.o./s.t.
Spoken Cree [51]
natonamaw-
VTA
‘feel s.o. up’ (as in sexual play); (55:9)
Cree Legends and Narratives
natonaw-
VTA
go searching for s.o.; cf. nânatawâpam-
Cree Legends and Narratives
natonikê-
VAI
feel around; [contraction of nânatonikê-]; 55:9; kî-pîhtokwêw nîkihk; misiwê kî-nân’tonikêw he entered (broke into) my house; he ransacked it all over
Cree Legends and Narratives
natopit-
VTA/VTI
feel about for s.o./s.t.; 9:17; 42:22
Cree Legends and Narratives
natot-
VTI
ask for s.t., request s.t.
Spoken Cree [45]
natotamâ-
VAI-T
ask for s.t.; 60:5; n’totamâw êlikohk k’ci-kimiwahk he asks hard for it to rain
Cree Legends and Narratives
natotamâkâstamaw-
VTA
request s.t. on behalf of s.o. or for s.o.
Spoken Cree [45]
natotamâkêstamâkê-
VAI
request things on behalf of other(s)
Spoken Cree [45]
natotamaw-
VTA
ask s.o. for s.t., request s.t. of s.o. v. kakwâcim-.
Spoken Cree [11], [45]
nawac
IPC
pretty much, quite; 20:3; 49:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
nawac
IPC
quite, pretty much
Spoken Cree [2]
nawacî-
VAI
eat en route, have a snack; 14:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
nawacî-
VAI
take a quick snack, stop for lunch (en route)
Spoken Cree [23]
nawah-
VTI
go after s.t. by water; (34:3)
Cree Legends and Narratives
nawahâc-
VTA
track s.o.; 12:2; palatalized form of nawahât-
Cree Legends and Narratives
nawahât-
VTA
track s.o.; 12:1; 12:4; 12:13; êkw isa n’tawac nawahâtâtâ I guess we’d better track him down 21:9
Cree Legends and Narratives
nawahât-
VTA
track s.o. v. kîwêhât-
Spoken Cree [36]
nawahaht-
VTA
track s.o. down; [probable alternative form of nawahât-]; 12:4; 22:9
Cree Legends and Narratives
nawahamê-
VAI
follow along, take a trail
Spoken Cree [29]
