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.
tâhtâpišah-
VTI
[redupl.] thread s.t., string s.t.; (52:2)
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâhtâpišahw-
VTA
[redupl.] thread s.o., string s.o.; 52:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâhtakošin-
VAI
[redupl.] arrive one-by-one; 10:7; cf. takošin-, ...šin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâkonêhikê-
VAI
touch or put something in snow (to test its depth)
Spoken Cree [33]
tânîlikohk
IPC
to what extent? how many?
Spoken Cree [10], [33]
tân’ tahtôtênaw
IPC
how many families? 60:10; cf. mihcêtôtênaw, ...ôtênaw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tânêhki
IPC
why, how come: contraction of tân’ êhkihk
Spoken Cree [24], [41]
tâni
IPC
how?
Spoken Cree [ 2]
tâni
IPC
how; 2:8; cf. tahto
Cree Legends and Narratives
tânika
IPC
(1) [with conj.indic.]: would that; I hope; 3:5; 7:2; tân’ka wîcêwakik how I’d like to go with them! 20:1; (2) [with conj.dubit.]: what in the world...? 3:5; 9:22; what can it be, I wonder whether...; 13:3; 14:1; 14:3; tân’k’ êtokwê what must it be... 65:7; tân’ka kipakwâtên how you must hate it! [indep.indic.] 19:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
tânika
IPC + Conj
would that …!, I hope…
Spoken Cree [21], [43]
tânika itê
IPC
I wonder [with conj.dubit.]; 18:1; 18:7; tâ’ka ytê kê-kî-tôtamowâpânê I wonder what I should do; tân’ka ’tê kê-tôtamwânê I wonder what I should do; 38:2; tân’ka itê mâka mîna k’êtâcimoyin I wonder what story you’ll tell now; 41:21; tân’ka ’tê kê-išitêpoyân ôkih? I wonder how I’ll cook these? 55:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
tânikâtêpi
IPC
Translate as “I’ll bet …”.
Spoken Cree [30]
tânispî
IPC
when (interrogative)
Spoken Cree
tânispî
IPC
when? 20:3; 42:63
Cree Legends and Narratives
tânispîhci
IPC
how much (degree)
Spoken Cree [21]
tânitahto
IPC
how many -? tân’tahto-cîmâna how many canoes?
Spoken Cree [6]
tânitahtwayêk
IPC
in how many ways
Spoken Cree [49]
tâniwâ
PR interro
which one? where is he?
Spoken Cree [37]
tâniwâ(na)
PR interro
which one?
Spoken Cree [26]
