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.
âstawê-
VII
be extinguished, (of a fire) be gone out v. âstawêh-
Spoken Cree [18], [46]
âstawêh-
VTI
extinguish s.t., quench s.t., put s.t. out (e.g., iškotêw-)
Spoken Cree [18], [46]
âstawêh-
VTI
extinguish, quench (a fire); 12:15
Cree Legends and Narratives
âstawêpali-
VII
be extinguished, go out; 23:4; cf. ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
âstayêliht-
VTI
be relieved (emotionally)
Spoken Cree [34]
âta
IPC
although [with ê- and conjunct]; 4:1; 19:3; 41:8; âta isa, âta oš’ âni even though [with independent order]; 6:13; n. 22:3; cf. ât’ ôša
Cree Legends and Narratives
âta
IPC + Conj
although, even though (concessive conjunction)
Spoken Cree [21]
âtâskocin-
VAI
become tangled (e.g., among trees or wood)
Spoken Cree [29]
ât’ ôša
IPC
even though [with independent order] ât’ ôša n’kî-ohcihâw, kiyâpac mâka kî-tôtam even though I stopped him, he did it just the same; (4:5); cf. ohcih-
Cree Legends and Narratives
âtakâmišin-
VAI
have no means of crossing because of water; 7:8
Cree Legends and Narratives
âtakay-
NI
penis; (56:2); cf. wîtakay-, ayâniš-, acakâš-
Cree Legends and Narratives
âtalôhkân-
NI
legend: story of legendary past as opposed to an account of some actual event for which the term is âcimôwin, q.v., or tipâcimôwin.
Spoken Cree [31], [49]
âtalôhkân-
NI
legend; 1:1; 8:8; 12:9
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âtalôhkâso-
VAI
have a legend told about one(self)
Spoken Cree [51]
âtalôhkâso-
VAI
have a legend told about oneself
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âtalôhkât-
VTA
tell a legend about s.o.
Spoken Cree [31]
âtalôhkê-
VAI
tell legends
Spoken Cree [31]
âtalôhkê-
VAI
recount a legend, myth;1:1; 12:9; 68:1; (n. 68:2); cf. itâtalôhkâso-
Cree Legends and Narratives
âtalôhkêwin-
NI
telling of a legend, recounting of a muth
Spoken Cree [50]
âtalôhkêwin-
NI
recounting of a legend, myth; 22:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
