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.
ohpimêl-
VTA
lay s.o. (e.g., a kettle) on its side; 56:6; cf. al-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohpimêtohtakw-
NI
side of a boat v. pimitohtak, pimicihtakw-.
Spoken Cree [51]
ohpimêyâskošin-
VAI
lie stretched out on one’s side; (42:67); cf. ohpimêšin-, ...âskw.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohpin-
VTA/VTI
lift s.o./ s.t.
Spoken Cree [17]
ohpipali-
VAI/VII
go up, ascend, rise; 59:3; cf. ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohpipali-
VAI/VII
go up
Spoken Cree [49]
ohpwêkahikê-
VAI
hoist sail; 42:22
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohtê-
VII
boil; 9:12; (13:12)
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohtê-
VII
boil v. oso-.
Spoken Cree [16]
ohtêliht-
VTI
be jealous about s.t.
Spoken Cree [30]
ohtêlim-
VTA
be jealous about s.o.
Spoken Cree [30]
ohtin-
VTA/VTI
take s.o./s.t. from; 41:9; ê-ohtinahk šôniyân and we took money from it
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohtinikê-
VAI
get (things) from. Contrast otinikê- VAI buy.
Spoken Cree [41]
ohtisi-
VAI
earn wages; 41:9
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohtisi-
VAI
earn (a wage)
Spoken Cree [27]
ohtisiwâkê-
VAI
earn by means of..., use... to earn, use …to gain profit
Spoken Cree [43], [49]
ohtisiwin-
NI
gain, profit; wage(s)
Spoken Cree [47]
ohtitapipali-
VAI/VII
overturn
Spoken Cree [31]
ohtohtê-
VAI
be coming from, on the way from; 13:3; 37:5; cf. ...ohtê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ohtohtê-
VAI + loc.
come from, go from (i.e., be on way from: not in sense of originate) v. ohcî-.
Spoken Cree [ 2]
