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.

pikîw-

NA/NI

pitch, gum, resin, tar v. pikiw-

Spoken Cree [51]

pikîwi-

VAI

be pitchy, be full of pitch or resin; 42:60

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pikiškah-

VTI

till s.t., break up lumps of s.t.

Spoken Cree [49]

pikinwât-

NA

[proper name] Pikinwat (nickname); 42:63; n. 42:97

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pikiw-

NA

gum, usually tree gum; also rubber and chewing gum: also as pikîw-

Spoken Cree [43]

pikiwaskisin-

NI

rubber boot, gum boot

Spoken Cree [12]

piko

IPC

only; 1:2 et passim; piko mâka pîtoš ê-itêlihtakwahk except that it seems different

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piko

IPC

only

Spoken Cree [1]

pilêšîš-

NA

[dim.] bird; 10:9; 16:1; 61:4

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pilêšiš-

NA

[dim.] small partridge; 27:5

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pilêkopali-

VAI/VII

slide roughly or heavily; (12:14); used of a steel-shod sled in very cold weather, or a buck-saw sticking due to improper setting: pilêkopaliw kîškipocikan the cross-cut saw is sticking; cf. kîškipotâ-, ...pali-

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pilêsiw-

NA

bird; 8:2; 47:1; 55:1

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pilêsiw-

NA

bird

Spoken Cree [ 8], [45]

pilêw-

NA

partridge (MC); 14:3; 27:5; 58:5; SC: pinêw-

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pilêw-

NA

partridge

Spoken Cree [29]

pimôtê-

VAI

travel. Contrast pimohtê-, pimot-

Spoken Cree [45]

pimîwêkan-

VII

be oily (cloth or similar material) Cf. …êkin…/-

Spoken Cree [33]

pimîwi-kân-

NI

oil can

Spoken Cree [12]

pimâšakâmê-

VAI

walk along the shore, skirt the river bank; 11:2; 18:1; 18:2; 19:1; 20:1; cf. ...âšakâmê.../-

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pimâšakâmêpicikê-

VAI

track a canoe, tow a canoe with a line from the bank; 65:5

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