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.
omêciy-
NI
dirt
Spoken Cree [28 ]
oman-
VTA
misprint in original text for otin- VTA/VTI take
Spoken Cree [51]
omanicôšimi-
VAI
have a boil: lit., have an insect v. kâsîp-, sîkihp-.
Spoken Cree [16]
omayân-
VTI
make fresh tracks (e.g., a moose or caribou); (29:4; n. 29:9) n’kî-mâtâhâw atihk ê-omayânahk I saw fresh tracks of a caribou; cf. pasatah-, pimiskanawê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
omišwâkan-
NA
wounded man; 14:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
omikîwi-
VAI
have a scab
Cree Legends and Narratives
omikiy-
NI
his/her scab; 55:8; cf. mikiy-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ominikošiš-
NA
minute (Anglicism) v. ominikw-.
Spoken Cree [23]
ominikošiš-
NI
[calque] minute; cf. nist’-ominikošiš
Cree Legends and Narratives
ominikw-
NA
pintail duck
Cree Legends and Narratives
ominikw-
NA
pin-tail duck v. ominikošiš-.
Spoken Cree (23)
ominiskîskâ-
VII
be an abundance of thunder, be a storm; 9:5; cf. ominiskiw-, ...iskâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ominiskîw’-iškotêw-
NI
electricity; power line. Note metathesis for onimiskîwi-
Spoken Cree [35], [46]
ominiskîwi-kîškimipaliwin-
NI
electric shock: ka-kîškimipalin! You’ll get a shock!
Spoken Cree [35]
ominiskîwi-opihkwâciy-
NI
light bulb
Spoken Cree [35]
ominiskîwiyâpiy-
NI
(electric) wire
Spoken Cree [35]
ominiskiw-
NA
thunder [pl.: ominiskiwak thunder(-birds)]; 9:4; [metathesis for onimiskiw-]; cf. onimiskiwikamikw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
omisa
NDA
his/her older sister; 13:1; 15:1; cf. omisimâw-, ...mis-
Cree Legends and Narratives
omisa
NDA
his / her older sister v. kimis-, nimis-.
Spoken Cree [2 ]
omisihkâwina
NDA
his/her older female cousin
Spoken Cree [30]
