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.
piskwâ-
VII
have a lump, a knob; 50:4; cf. piskosi-
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piskwâšin-
VAI
lie piled up in a heap; 13:17; cf. ...šin-
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piskwâmiskošiš-
NI
[place name] Little Piskwamisk, lit., ‘little hump’ (located on west coast of James Bay)
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piskwâmiskw-
NI
[place name] Piskwamisk, lit., ‘hump’ (located on west coast of James Bay)
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piskwâskwayâ-
VII
be a heavy clump of bushes or trees; 12:2; cf. ...âskw.../-, ...ayâ-
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piskwâwahkâ-
VII
be a sand bar, be a shoal
Spoken Cree [23], [37 ]
piskwâwahkâ-
VII
be a sandy shoal; 65:3
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piskwâwahkâšin-
VII
[dim.] be a little sandy shoal; (65:3); kâ-piskwâ’hkâšihk North Bluff Shoal (located 27 kilometres north of Moose Factory on the west coast of James Bay)
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piskwacistin-
VII
be a pile of snow made by the wind; (12:11); cf. mihtâlôw-
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piskwahtin-
VII
lie in a heap; 61:5; piskwahtinwa mihta the (drift)wood lies in a heap (as after high tide or break-up of the ice in spring); cf. ...htin-
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piskwasêkâ-
VII
be humpy; be a hump or mound of stones; 5:6; cf. ispisêkâ-
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piskwasinîskâ-
VII
be a rocky pile or pile of gravel; be a rocky outcropping; be a stone shoal
Spoken Cree [37]
piskwastâ-
VAI-T
pile s.t. into a heap v. mâwisikostâ-.
Spoken Cree [15 ]
piskwastê-
VII
be heaped up; 42:35; [synonym: ohkohtin-]
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pistah-
VTI
hit s.t. accidentally v. otâmah-
Spoken Cree [9]
pistah-
VTI
hit s.t. by accident; (62:3); cf. mîskwah-
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pistahw-
VTA
hit s.o. accidentally, v. otâmahw-
Spoken Cree [9]
pistahw-
VTA
hit s.o. by accident; (62:3); cf. mîskwahw-
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pitamâ
IPC
first (before doing anything else)
Spoken Cree [4], [25]
pitamâ
IPC
first (of all), for now; 2:4; 13:3; 30:1; 42:20 42:21; êškwâ pitamâ wait a minute! ê’kwâni pitamâ that’s enough for now!
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