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.
ohwâs-
NA
horse (term fairly well established in Moose area); 41:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
okîcišim-
VTA
lay s.o. on top of; cf. wakîcišim-; 50:6
Cree Legends and Narratives
okîtapi-
VAI
sit on top of; cf. wakîtapi-; 55:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
okîtohtak
IPC
on deck, on the deck; cf. wakîtohtak; (55:2)
Cree Legends and Narratives
okâšakaskiwêsiw-
NA
hawk, ‘the sharp-talonned one’; 26:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
okâšakimi-
VAI
be greedy; 48:2; êliwêhk kitokâšakimitayân my! you’re awfully greedy! n’kâšakimiyâpiy nôhtakosiw or mihtawêw my greedy-gut is sounding or complaining (when empty stomach growls)
Cree Legends and Narratives
okâsîpimi-
VAI
have a boil v. omanicôšimi-, osîkihpimi-
Spoken Cree [16]
okâwî-
VAI
have a mother; 65:1; cf. ...kâwiy-
Cree Legends and Narratives
okâwîm-
VTA
regard s.o. as a mother, have s.o. as a mother: kî-ohtokâwîmikow misiwê kâ-pimâtisilici for all living beings came from her as a mother
Spoken Cree [49]
okâwîmâw-
NA
a mother; (9:19); cf. nikâwiy-, okâwiya
Cree Legends and Narratives
okâwîmâw-
NDA dev.
a mother, the mother: v. –kâwiy-
Spoken Cree [22]
okâwiya
NDA
his/her mother; 9:19; cf. okâwîmâw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
okâwiya
NDA
his / her mother v. kikâwiy-, nikâwiy-, –kâwiy-
Spoken Cree [2]
okaškamâw-
NDI
nape of the neck; 12:3; 56:4; okaškamâhk piko iši-nôkosiw the only part of him which shows is the back of his neck; n’kaškamâhk n’tatinik he grabs me by the scruff of my neck; nisakaškamâwênik he’s hanging on to the back of my neck; cf. mikaškamâw-, kaškikwêšin-, sakikâtêpiso-, sakikwêpiso-, ...kaškamâw-, tatin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
okakêhtâwêlihtamow-
NA
(the) wise one; 12:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
okimâhkân-
NA
chief
Spoken Cree [4]
okimâhkânišiš-
NA
councillor
Spoken Cree [41]
okimâhkâniwi-
VAI
be chief
Spoken Cree [41]
okimâhkat-
VTI
be boss (over s.t.); 13:14; VTA does not seem to occur; cf. onîkânî-
Cree Legends and Narratives
okimâw-
NA
manager, boss; 49:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
