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.
pakwanômiwê-
VAI
gossip
Spoken Cree [40]
pakwanômiwêwin-
NI
gossip
Spoken Cree [[40]]
pakwanêcâpi-
VAI
have a hole for the eye; 52:1; cf. ...cap...
Cree Legends and Narratives
pakwanêh-
VTI
make a hole in s.t.; 60:7; 60:9
Cree Legends and Narratives
pakwanêhw-
VTA
make a hole in s.o.; (60:7; 60:9)
Cree Legends and Narratives
pakwanêkinw-
NI
rag
Spoken Cree [33]
pakwanêsi-
VAI
have a hole, be holey
Spoken Cree [23]
pakwanêyâ-
VII
be a hole, have a hole in it (referring to a hole in the ice above a spring which never freezes); 48:1; 60:7; 66:1; contrast twâhikan- a hole bored in the ice; cf. ...ayâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pakwanêyâ-
VII
have a hole, be holey
Spoken Cree [23], [45]
pakwanawâspinat-
VTA
make s.o. ill by casting an evil spell; 11:2; cf. ...âspin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pakwanawêliht-
VTI
know s.t. by heart, tell s.t. from memory
Spoken Cree [49]
pakwantaw
IPC
casually, idly, aimlessly, at random; 13:2; 19:1; 41:14; cf. ’kwantaw
Cree Legends and Narratives
pakwantaw
IPC
to no purpose, idly, at random v. kwantaw.
Spoken Cree [[7] ]
pakwataskamik’-mîcim-
NI
country food (e.g., game as opposed to êmistikôšîwi-mîcim- White-Man’s food); 40:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
pakwataskamikw-
NI
wilderness, open country, hinterland; 6:4; 40:2; 41:6; 42:20; kî-papâmohtêwak pakwataskamikohk they went about in the hinterland; cf. papakwatêliht-, kišipaskamikâ-, ...askamikw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pakwataskamikw-
NI
wilderness, open country, hinterland
Spoken Cree [26], [48]
pakwatošân-
NA
illegitimate child; cf. pakwacililiw, (64); ...šân-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pakwayân-
NI
shirt
Spoken Cree [10]
pakwayânêkin-
NI
cloth; 51:1; cf. ...êkin.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
pakwayânêkinw-
NI
cotton: lit., shirt cloth v.…êkinw-.
Spoken Cree (28)
