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.
…ιšk…
VTIF
body movement v. câkišk-
Spoken Cree [34]
…ιhk-
VTIF
make, do, handle
Spoken Cree [31], [32]
…ιhkâkê-
VAIF
make s.o./s.t.out of s.o./s.t. v. cîmânhkâkêw mistikoliw he makes a canoe out of wood
Spoken Cree [25]
…ιhkân-
MF
kind, sort; surrogate for v. awênihkân-, tôwihkân-
Spoken Cree [3], [29]
…ιhkê-
VAIF
make v. ispêlohkê-, tîwâpohkê-
Spoken Cree [12], [23]
…ιhkwâmi-
VAIF
sleep v. matwêhkwâmi-, milohkwâmi-, osâmihkwâmi-, têpihkwâmi-
Spoken Cree [9], [23], [29]
…ιhtâkosi-
VAIF
sound v. pêhtâkosi-, wîstâsihtâkosi-
Spoken Cree [8], [24]
…ιhtâkwan-
VIIF
sound v. pêhtâkwan-, wîstâsihtâkwan-
Spoken Cree [8], [24]
…ιhtak…
M
flat, wood-like surface v. wîlipihtakâ-
Spoken Cree [33]
…ιhtakw…
F
flat wooden surface, board v. napakihtakw-
Spoken Cree [28]
…ιkon(ak)…
MV
day: n‘ka-nîšokonin I’ll be away two days; mitâtokonakâw it is the tenth day; ê-nikotwâskonakisit opaskowi-pîsim on the sixth of July
Spoken Cree [26]
…ιpê…
F
water, liquid v. lâsipêpahtâ-
Spoken Cree [33]
…ιpêk…
M
water, liquid v. kîkâpêkan-, môskipêkipit-
Spoken Cree [30], [33]
…ιpêkw-
F
water, liquid v. lâlipêkw-, pîhtâpêkw-wînipêkw-
Spoken Cree [31], [33 ]
…ιpan-
F
Preterital Suffix ‘late’: v. nôhtâwîpan my late father
Spoken Cree
…ιsi-
VAIF
abstract final, sometimes meaning ‘state of’: e.g., √lôsk… soft, + …ιsi- > lôskisi- be soft; also participates in complex finals: e.g., nâkosi- appear( < …naw- perception by sight, + …ιkw… + …ιsi-);…ιsi- often paralleled by …an- or …â-, q.v.
Spoken Cree [ 2], [23]
…ιskâ-
VIIF
abound v. man’côšiskâ-, namêsiskâ-, sakimêskâ-
Spoken Cree [23 ]
…ιso…
VAIF
reflexive: oneself v.câkâskiso-, mâcikwahpiso-
Spoken Cree [27,44]
…ιtiso-
VAIF
reflexive action: — oneself
Spoken Cree [43], [49]
…ιto-
VAIF
reciprocal action: — each other
Spoken Cree [7]
