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.
wâpamêkw-
NA
whale; (54:1); cf. ...amêkw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpan-
VII
be dawn, be morning
Spoken Cree [25]
wâpan-
VII
be dawn, be morning; 3:4; 10:4; 20:6; 37:6; 42:17
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpanilowê-
VII
be an east wind, blow from the East
Spoken Cree [23]
wâpanohk
IPC/NI loc
in the East: v. wâpan- Cf. nakâpêhanohk
Spoken Cree [26]
wâpanotâhk
IPC
in the East, toward the East
Spoken Cree [49]
wâpask’âw-
NI
[place name] Halfway Point (located on west coast of James Bay); [contraction of wâpaskoskâw, ‘white bears abound’]
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpaskamikw-
NI
white moss; n. 51:2; cf. kihciwêskamikw-, mihkwaskamikw-, ...askamikw-, wâspisoyân-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpaskw-
NA
polar bear: lit., “white bear”
Spoken Cree [28]
wâpaskw-
NA
polar bear; 31:1; cf. ...askw-, wâpask’âw
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpastimw-
NA
white dog
Spoken Cree [48 ]
wâpatanask-
NA
clay; (32:1); cf. ašiskiy-, lêkaw-, ...ask...
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpatonisko-šîšîpihkân-
NA
clay (duck) decoy
Spoken Cree [39]
wâpatoniskw-
NA
clay
Spoken Cree [39]
wâpi-
VAI
see; 9:11; 19:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpišîšin-
NI
the ‘Opposition’ (to the Hudson’s Bay Company; i.e., Reveillon Frères); 58:6
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpišašôh-
VTI
paint s.t. white; 41:14
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpišašôhikâso-
VAI
be painted white; 41:14
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpišašôhikâtê-
VII
be painted white; (41:14)
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpišakê-
VAI
have white skin, have light-coloured skin; (10:7); cf. nihcikašakê-, ošakaya, wašakaya; ...ašak...
Cree Legends and Narratives
