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.
wâpošo-tâpakwê-
VAI
snare rabbit(s)
Spoken Cree [29]
wâpošo-wayân-
NA
rabbit skin; 35:1; 52:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpošw-
NA
rabbit; 3:10; 21:2; 58:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpošw-
NA
hare; Heart (at cards)
Spoken Cree [23; 31]
wâpošwayân-
NA
dressed rabbitskin with strips interwoven to make a blanket
Spoken Cree [23]
wâpwayân-
NI
blanket; 42:22
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâpwayân-
NI
blanket
Spoken Cree [7]
wâsa
IPC
as you know, you realize (northern West James Bay usage); 5:8; 7:1; 10:2; 20:3; 41:5; 41:17; 42:16; 42:49; 42:58; ê-pêhtâkosiyin wâsa ka-ytwân you’ll speak and you’ll be heard, you realize; cf. wêsa
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâsa
IPC
for, after all: kikiskêl’tên wâsa for you know
Spoken Cree [44]
wâs’ âni
IPC
for, as you know, you realize [emphatic form of wâsa]; 42:49
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâsêhkwanêsiw-
NA
bird which mimics various types of noises and animal cries; 10:8; n. 10:20
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâsêskwan-
VII
be clear sky; 6:14; 17:1; 60:5; cf. ...askw...
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâsêskwan-
VII
be clear weather
Spoken Cree [19]
wâsêyâ-
VII
be clear; 55:6; cf. ...ayâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâsêyâkamin-
VII
be clear (liquid)
Spoken Cree [15]
wâsêyâsikê-
VAI
shine brightly, be brilliant
Spoken Cree [30]
wâsakâmêpi-
VAI
sit around; 18:4; wâsakâmêpiwak manâ they sit around in a circle; cf. ...api-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâscawêšiš-
NA
firefly or wâšcawêšiš
Spoken Cree [38]
wâsitê-
VII
shine, be bright; 19:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâsitê-
VII
shine, be bright
Spoken Cree [51]
