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.
wahkêwiliwêsi-
VAI
be irritable
Spoken Cree [40]
wahkêwisi-
VAI
be (brittle) weak v. âyîtisi-
Spoken Cree [26]
wahkon-
NDI
his/her ankle; (65:8); cf. nikotikotatân nahkon I dislocate my ankle; cf. mahkon-, ...ahkon-, ohkwan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wakîc
IPC
on top of (with locative); 9:6; 50:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
wakîc
IPC + loc.
on (top of): also as wakic
Spoken Cree [17]
wakîcišim-
VTA
lay s.o. on top of; (50:6); ’kwân’ ê-’ši-okîcišimâcik ant’ akolêwak then laying it on [something], they hang it up there; cf. okîcišim-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wakît
IPC
on top of (with locative) [variant of wakîc]
Cree Legends and Narratives
wakît-astâ-
VAI-T
set s.t. on top; 50:2; stwâpihk n’tôkît-astânân we lay it on top of the stove (as though from okît-, with o lengthened after nit...)
Cree Legends and Narratives
wakîtâmatin
IPC
on top of a hill; 19:2; cf. ...âmatin...
Cree Legends and Narratives
wakîtapi-
VAI
sit on top of, sit thereupon; 55:7; cf. ...api-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wakîtatin
IPC
on top of the bank
Spoken Cree [17], [33]
wakîtihtak
IPC
on deck, on the deck; (55:2); cf. ...ihtakw.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
wakic
IPC
on top of (with locative) [variant of wakîc]; 42:55
Cree Legends and Narratives
wakitâhtikw
IPC
on top of the tree(s)
Spoken Cree [51]
wakitaskamikw
IPC
upon the earth
Spoken Cree [49]
walâpaht-
VTI
choose s.t.; (68:3)
Cree Legends and Narratives
walâpam-
VTA
choose s.o.; (68:3)
Cree Legends and Narratives
walâpihkên-
VTI
set up a line; 55:2; cf. ...âpihk...
Cree Legends and Narratives
walâtê-
VII
flame, blaze
Spoken Cree
walašawê-
VAI
give orders; 12:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
