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.
wâwâc
IPC
even; 2:4; môn’ êškwâ wâwâc âpihtaw not yet even half; cf. wawâc
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwâc
IPC
even: wâwâc nêsta ililiwak even also the (native) people: i.e., including the native people
Spoken Cree [13], [49]
wâwâhcišin-
VAI
lie facing away from each other; (9:14); cf. ...šin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwâhcihtin-
VII
lie facing away from each other; (9:14); cf. ...htin-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwâhcikâpawi-
VAI
stand facing away from each other; (9:14)
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwâhciniskêpaliho-
VAI
jostle with one’s arms; (9:14); cf. wâwâhcipiskwanêpaliho-, ...nisk...
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwâhcipiskwanêpaliho-
VAI
jostle with one’s back; 9:14; cf. mispiskwan, wâwâhcihtin-, wâwâhcišin-, wâwâhcikâpawi-, wâwâhtapi-, wâwâhtal-, wâwâhtastâ, ...piskwan..., ...paliho-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwâhtê-
VII
be Northern Lights
Spoken Cree [31]
wâwâhtêw-
NI
Northern Lights
Spoken Cree [31]
wâwâhtal-
VTA
set s.o. facing away from each other; (9:14)
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwâhtapi-
VAI
sit facing away from each other; (9:14); cf. ...api-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwâhtastâ-
VAI-T
set s.t. facing away from each other; (9:14)
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwâkatamon-
VII
be a crooked road; 42:28; cf. wâwâkistikwêyâ-, kwayaskotamon-, kwayaskostikwêyâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwâkiškâ-
VAI
[redupl.] walk zig-zag; (43:6); cf. pêci-wâwâkipah-, pêci- wâwâkipahtâ-, tapasih-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwâkistikwêyâ-
VII
be a crooked river; (42:28); n. 42:45; cf. kinostikwêyâ-, kâškâyawistikwêyâ-, kwayaskostikwêyâ-, pâhkostikwêyâ-, tahkostikwêyâ-, ...stikw.../-, ayâ-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwânêliht-
VTI
be hesitant, be doubtful about s.t., be perplexed, be bewildered
Spoken Cree [40], [51]
wâwâpaht-
VTI rdpl.
look s.t. over, pick s.t. out v. wâpaht-
Spoken Cree [30]
wâwâskâpawi-
VAI
[redupl.] stand around; 44:4; cf. ...kâpawi-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwâskêšiw-
NA
deer; (1:7; 10:5; 40:2)
Cree Legends and Narratives
wâwâstêpali-
VII rdpl.
flash lightning all over
Spoken Cree [19]
