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.
pêyako-kîšikâw
IPC
per day, per period of one day
Spoken Cree [21]
pêyako-piponêsi-
VAI
be one year old; 65:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
pêyako-tawâstêw-
NI
one-week period; 39:1; 40:6; 42:34
Cree Legends and Narratives
pêyako-tipahikan
IPC
period of one hour; 18:8
Cree Legends and Narratives
pêyako-tipisk
IPC
period of one night, overnight
Spoken Cree [13]
pêyako-twâhikan-
NI
single hole (bored through the ice); 25:2; contrast pakwanêyâ-; cf. twâhikê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pêyakošâpokonakisi-
VAI
be the eleventh day viz., pîsimw-
Spoken Cree [26]
pêyakošâpw
IPC
eleven
Spoken Cree [10]
pêyakohk-
VTI
work s.t. alone; (50:4)
Cree Legends and Narratives
pêyakohk-
VTI
do s.t. alone, do s.t. oneself
Spoken Cree [32]
pêyakohkaw-
VTA
work s.o. alone; 50:4; cf. nîšohkawê-, (n. 50:18), niyâlohkawê-, nîswâsohkawê-, pêyakošâpohkawê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pêyakohtâ-
VAI
stay in one place; (41:6); pêyakohtâwak ê-’ši-tašîhkêcik they stay in one place
Cree Legends and Narratives
pêyakokamikisi-
VAI
make up one dwelling group; (21:1); in singular: make up one’s own dwelling unit; [synonym: pêyakokwê-]', cf. nîšokamikisi-, ...ikamikisi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pêyakokwê-
VAI
live by oneself, live alone in one’s dwelling; (21:1); [synonym: pêyakokamikisi-]
Cree Legends and Narratives
pêyakoyêk
IPC
at one place; 42:50
Cree Legends and Narratives
pêyakw
IPC
one, a certain...
Spoken Cree [6], [8]
pêyakwâ
IPC
once; 1:3; 1:8; 7:1; 31:1; 42:64
Cree Legends and Narratives
pêyakwâ
IPC
once
Spoken Cree [11]
pêyakwâhtik
IPC
one stick; 59:4; pêyakwâhtik ê-matwêtêk pâskisikan a single-shot gun; pêyakwâhtik pâskiswêw he fired a single shot at him
Cree Legends and Narratives
pêyakwâskokâpawi-
VAI
stand by oneself (e.g., a lone tree); 13:16; cf. nîšwâskosi-, ...âskw.../-, ...kâpawi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
