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.
wâpisîwi-sîpiy-
NI
[place name] ‘swan river’ (on west coast of James Bay)
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpisakitihp-
NA
deer with a white forehead (i.e., an old deer); 10:7; [near synonym: iyâpêwatihkw-]; cf. ...tihp.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpisi-
VAI
be white v. wâpiskisi-.
Spoken Cree [17]
wâpisi-
VAI
be white; 1:10; 50:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpisikwâ-
VII
be white ice v. …sikw…
Spoken Cree [50]
wâpiskâ-
VII
be white; (20:5)
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpiskâ-
VII
be white
Spoken Cree [33]
wâpiskicâpi-
VAI
have a white or clean face (around the eyes) v. wîlicâpi-
Spoken Cree [34]
wâpiskinawê-
VAI
have a light complexion; (10:8); cf. wâpašakê-, nihcikašakê-, nihcikinawê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpiskisi-
VAI
be white; 20:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpiskisi-
VAI
be white v. wâpisi-.
Spoken Cree [33]
wâpiskitonê-
VAI
have a clean mouth v. …ton…
Spoken Cree [34]
wâpistân-
NA
marten
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpistân-
NA
marten
Spoken Cree [40 ]
wâpitêwâ-
VII
be grey
Spoken Cree [28]
wâpitêwisi-
VAI
be grey
Spoken Cree [28]
wâpitanask-
NA
clay; cf. wâpatanask-, ...ask…/-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpitowinaskw-
NI
clay; (55:2)
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpoši-nakwâkaniyâpiy-
NI
(rabbit) snare wire
Spoken Cree [34]
wâpoši-pîwâpiskoyâpiy-
NI
(rabbit) snare wire
Spoken Cree [34]
