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.
âlimakihtê-
VII
be expensive
Spoken Cree [10]
âlimakihtê-
VII
be costly, precious; (62:2)
Cree Legends and Narratives
âlimakiso-
VAI
be expensive
Spoken Cree [10]
âlimakiso-
VAI
be costly, precious; (62:2)
Cree Legends and Narratives
âliman-
VII
be difficult; be expensive
Spoken Cree [11]
âliman-
VII
be difficult, be expensive; 9:8; 39:1; cf. âlimisi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
âlimatâpihkêpali-
VAI/VII
become tangled (lines)
Spoken Cree [26]
âlimi-pimipali-
VAI
have a hard time going about (i.e., have difficulty making ends meet while hunting for a living); 39:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
âlimihtâkwan-
VII
be hard to understand
Spoken Cree [38]
âlimipali-
VAI
find it hard going; (39:4)
Cree Legends and Narratives
âlimipali-
VII
be a time of hardship, be ‘hard times’; cf. ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
âlimisîwin-
NI
difficulty, hardship; 41:8
Cree Legends and Narratives
âlimisi-
VAI
be difficult; be expensive
Spoken Cree [11]
âlimisi-
VAI
be difficult; have difficulty, hardship; be expensive; 41:8; 65:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
âliwâk
IPC
more, exceedingly, over and above
Spoken Cree [49]
âmôw-
NA
bee
Spoken Cree [38]
âmôwaskw-
NI
dandelion
Spoken Cree [38]
âmacastimo-
VAI
be in heat (a bitch)
Spoken Cree [50]
âmacastimo-
VAI
(of a bitch) be in heat; (36:1); cf. ...astimw.../-, itâspinêwin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
âmacimôso-
VAI
be in heat (of female moose) v. âmatastimo-
Spoken Cree [36], [50 ]
