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.
âpihtawikât
IPC
halfway up the leg; (61:2); cf. ...kât...
Cree Legends and Narratives
âpihtawikât
IPC
halfway up the leg v. …kât….
Spoken Cree [34 ]
âpihtawikosisân-
NA
Métis, halfbreed, “half-son”
Spoken Cree [39], [49]
âpihtawinâkaniwan-
VAI/VII
be divided in half, be halved; 42:42
Cree Legends and Narratives
âpihtawipê-
VII
be half in the water; 34:2; cf. ...ipê.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
âpikošîš-
NA
mouse; 3:8; 29:4; 66:1; cf. wâpikošîš-
Cree Legends and Narratives
âpiscililîš-
NA
small person, half person; 56:8; cf. âpihcililîš-
Cree Legends and Narratives
âpotawêhamâ-
VAI
have hair combed upwards in front v. kîškatânâhkwê-
Spoken Cree [47]
âsiyân-
NA
breech-clout; (11:11)
Cree Legends and Narratives
âskaw
IPC
sometimes; 1:3; 1:4; 39:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
âskaw
IPC
sometimes
Spoken Cree [2]
âskipôta
NI
[pl.] “husky-boots’, (i.e., watertight boots made of sealskin); 65:1; [initial vowel lengthened by narrator]; cf. askipôta-
Cree Legends and Narratives
âskiy-âskaw
IPC
once in a while
Spoken Cree [32]
âstam
IPC
come here, lit.,'facing this way' (functions as verbal imperative to which …ik may be added to form plural)
Spoken Cree [4]
âstam
IPC
come here! ‘facing this way’; 11:2; 13:8; 18:3; 27:4; [functions as a verbal imperative to which ...ik may be added to form the plural: âstamik]
Cree Legends and Narratives
âstamâmatin
IPC
on the facing side of the mountain; cf. awasâmatin, kwêskâmatin, pâšitâmatin, .. .âmatin...
Cree Legends and Narratives
âstamânak
IPC
on the facing side of the island; cf. awasânak, kišipânak, kwêskânak, otiškawânak, šîpânakw-; ...ânak..., ...ânakw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
âstamitê
IPC
to this side (of): opposite of awasitê itêhkê
Spoken Cree [4]
âstamitê
IPC
on this side; (58:3); cf. kwêskitê
Cree Legends and Narratives
âstatâpwê
IPC
alas! aw-w!
Spoken Cree [Supp. Conv. 1]
