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.
tâniwê
PR interro
which one? where is it?
Spoken Cree [37]
tâniwê(ni)
PR interro
which one?
Spoken Cree [26]
tâniwêhi
PR interro
which one(s)
Spoken Cree [26]
tâniwêki
PR interro
which ones?
Spoken Cree [26]
tâniwêliw
PR interro
which one?
Spoken Cree [26]
tântê
IPC
where?
Spoken Cree [1]
tântê
IPC
where? [allegro for tân’ itê]; 1:1; 9:3 et passim
Cree Legends and Narratives
tântê piko
IPC
wherever; 22:3
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâpâhkom-
VTA
adopt s.o.
Spoken Cree [44]
tâpâhkomiwêwin-
NI
adoption
Spoken Cree [44]
tâpâskwah-
VTI
put a handle on an axe; (60:9); cf. otâmâskwah-
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâpêkâ
IPC
now then (mild expostulation), isn’t it the case that ...; 5:8; 13:9; 42:66; tâpêkâ ’kâwina mîna itohtê seriously I told you or didn’t I tell you, don’t go there again; sometimes wistful: tâpêkâ ê-sâkihtâyâpân I sure liked it! (of a lost canoe); tâpêkâ ê-sâkihakipan! I was really fond of him (of a dog lost or dead)
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâpêk’ âni
IPC
[emph.] isn’t it so that ...; tâpêkâ; 5:8; 42:58; tâpêk’ âni ê-sâkihakwâpan! I was really fond of them!
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâpakwê-
VAI
set snares
Spoken Cree [23]
tâpakwê-
VAI
set snares; 3:2; 21:2; 29:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâpasinahikê-
VAI
copy, draw (a copy of)
Spoken Cree [28]
tâpask
IPC
probably not, doubt that; 18:7; 42:63; tâpask n’ka-sakapwân I wonder whether I shouldn’t roast; [virtually synonymous with n’ka-sakapwân kâki]; tâpask ana tâpw’ ê’kwân’ êšinihkâsot I wonder if that’s really her name 42:63
Cree Legends and Narratives
tâpask
IPC + Inde
it is unlikely that, probably not, I wonder whether...
Spoken Cree [9], [28]
tâpi-itwê-
VAI
repeat, reaffirm
Spoken Cree [49]
tâpi-itwêwin-
NI
repetition
Spoken Cree [46 – 51]
