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.

paškonâkwan-

VII

look bare, look cleared; 42:58; cf. ...nâkwan-

Cree Legends and Narratives

paškopicikê-

VAI

pluck (a goose): also as paškwapicikê-.

Spoken Cree [46]

paškopicikê-

VAI

pluck; (42:58); 55:4

Cree Legends and Narratives

paškopit-

VTA

pluck s.o. (a fowl)

Spoken Cree [23]

paškopit-

VTA

pluck s.o. (e.g., goose, duck); 55:4

Cree Legends and Narratives

paškosi-

VAI

be clean (e.g., a mink with hardly any fur); 37:3; contrast paskisi-; cf. paškwâliwê-, paškostawê-, paškostikwânê-, paškwâtihpê-

Cree Legends and Narratives

paškostawê-

VAI

have whiskers shaved off v. paškostikwânê-.

Spoken Cree [48]

paškostawê-

VAI

have one’s whiskers sheared off; 15:5

Cree Legends and Narratives

paškostikwânê-

VAI

be bald v. paškwatihpê-

Spoken Cree [48]

paškostikwânê-

VAI

be bald (also used for a goose or dog); (37:3); cf. paškwâliwê-, paškwâtihpê-, ...stikwân...

Cree Legends and Narratives

paškwâ-

VII

be clean, be cleared land; 37:3; 42:38; cf. paškosi-

Cree Legends and Narratives

paškwâ-

VII

be clean, be cleared land; 37:3; 42:38; cf. paškosi-

Cree Legends and Narratives

paškwâliwê-

VAI

(of a mink) be without hair on the tail; (37:3); cf. paškostikwânê-, paškwâtihpê-, ...âliw...

Cree Legends and Narratives

paškwâtihpê-

VAI

(of a man) be bald; (37:3); cf. paškostikwânê-, paškwâliwê-, ...tihp..., ...îlitihp-

Cree Legends and Narratives

paškwašihikâ-

VAI

cut the grass, mow the lawn

Spoken Cree [46]

paškwahamâ-

VAI

have a haircut; (42:59); 50:6; cf. natawi-paškwahamâ-, paškwahtâniwan-, paškwahikê-

Cree Legends and Narratives

paškwahamâkê-

VAI

cut hair v. kâ-paškwahamâkêt.

Spoken Cree [46]

paškwahamâso-

VAI

cut one’s own hair

Spoken Cree [46]

paškwahamaw-

VTA

cut s.o.’s hair

Spoken Cree [46]

paškwahcikanâhtikw-

NI

wood on which hide is scraped; (50:6); cf. ...âhtikw.../-

Cree Legends and Narratives

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