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.
paskêyâ-
VII
fork, branch (as a river) For a road use paskêtamon- VII v. lîkihtawâ-
Spoken Cree [34]
paskêyâ-
VII
fork, branch off (as a river); 38:1; ministik akohtin anta cîpayi-sîpiy kâ-iši-paskêyâk there was an island there where Ghost River branches off; cf. n. 38:2, paski, ...ayâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paskam-
VTA
gnaw s.o. through (e.g., a net or cord); 29:4; cf. pêkotaht-, pêkotam-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paski
IPC
in part, partly; cf. n. 38:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
paski
IPN
part
Spoken Cree [5]
paskilâkê-
VAI
overcome, win (a contest or election)
Spoken Cree [39]
paskilâkê-
VAI
overcome; 33
Cree Legends and Narratives
paskilâto-
VAI
[recipr.] beat each other (in competition), overcome each other; 33; kî-kakwê-paskilâtôpanîk atimwak the dogs were trying to beat each other
Cree Legends and Narratives
paskilaw-
VTA
beat s.o., get the better of s.o. (in a contest or game), surpass s.o., overcome s.o.; 11:3; 11:9; 12:11; 23:5; cf. šâkoh-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paskipali-
VAI/VII
snap (as a rope, cotton, twine), break apart
Spoken Cree [36]
paskipali-
VAI/VII
be broken (e.g., rope, line, string); (53:3); cf. ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paskisi-
VAI
have a big mesh (net); (37:3)
Cree Legends and Narratives
paskitâmaciwê-
VAI
go over the ridge; 3:2; cf. ...âmaciwê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paskocê-wêpah-
VTI
burst s.t. open; (60:10)
Cree Legends and Narratives
paskocê-wêpahikâtê-
VII
be burst open; 60:10; paskocê-wêpahikâtêliw oskan his bone was burst open; cf. pîši-wêpah-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paskocê-wêpahw-
VTA
burst s.o. open; (60:10)
Cree Legends and Narratives
paskocêh-
VTI
burst s.t. open (e.g., as when a charge of shot bursts open the stomach of a goose); 60:7; cf. ...icê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paskocêhw-
VTA
burst s.o. open; (60:7); cf. ...cê...
Cree Legends and Narratives
paskostonêhotiso-
VAI
make one’s (own) nose bleed; 12:3; cf. pohcicâšênitiso-
Cree Legends and Narratives
paskostonêhw-
VTA
make s.o.’s nose bleed; (12:3); cf. ...ston...
Cree Legends and Narratives
