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.
…wê-
VAIF
speak Cf. išikîšwê-, kitâstapiwê-, tâpwê-
Spoken Cree [19], [22]
…wat-
F
bag, box v. mistikwat-, mihtiwat- v. –îwat-
Spoken Cree [25]
…wikamikw-
F
structure, building v. atâwêwikamikw-, âhkosîwikamikw-, kiskinohamâtôwikamikw-, pîhtok(w)amihk
Spoken Cree [28]
…win-
F
abstract final: v. ayamiwin-, pawâmowin-
Spoken Cree [7], [13]
’šâkanâpiy-
NI
twine, line, rope, cord [contraction of pîšâkanâpiy-]; 53:1; 55:2; 65:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
’šâstaw
IPC
my goodness! goodness gracious! [contraction of kišâstaw]; 9:20
Cree Legends and Narratives
’šêyâkw-
NA
bear (East Coast, James Bay); (n. 2:5); [contraction of cišêyâkw-]; cf. maskw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
’šin’kâcikâtê-
VII
be called, be named [contraction of išinihkâcikâtê-]; 54:1; oskwanipiy ’sin’kâcikâtêw it is called ‘liver water’; cf. oskwan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
’ci
IPV
so that, in order to [preverb with conjunct indicative; contraction of kici-]; 1:4
Cree Legends and Narratives
’kâwila
IPC
not; [contraction of êkâwila]
Cree Legends and Narratives
’kâwil’
IPC
not [with conjunct and imperative]; 4:2; 10:9
Cree Legends and Narratives
’kâwin’
IPC
not; [contraction of êkâwina]
Cree Legends and Narratives
’kat,
’kat
IPC slowly, slowly; carefully, carefully [probable contraction for pêhkâc, pêhkât]
Cree Legends and Narratives
’kwancaw
IPC
trivial(ly), of little account, aimlessly; cf. ’kwantaw, pakwantaw.; 8:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
’kwantaw
IPC
casually, aimlessly, idly, not seriously; 4:3; 9:18; 41:2; 41:4; ’kwantaw piko itwêw anima he says it only lightly, offhandedly (i.e., he doesn’t mean it); ’mayêw wîna ’kwantaw ’iniw he wasn’t a person of no account, of no consequence, 41:2; ’kwantaw’-kêkwân any old thing, 41:4; [contraction of pakwantaw]
Cree Legends and Narratives
’matakwan-
VII
not be [contraction of nama takwan-]; 41:6; 67:2; cf. ’matê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
’mate-
VAI
not be there, 11:2; not exist; 41:1; [contraction of namatê-]; cf. namatakwan-
Cree Legends and Narratives
’miškâ-
VAI
paddle along, row; swim (of a fish) [contraction of pimiškâ-]; 11:6
Cree Legends and Narratives
’miskanawê-
VAI
leave tracks, leave evidence (as one goes along); [contraction of pimiskanawê-]; 5:2; cf. …skanawê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
’nâtawâkahênihcêši-
VAI
[redupl.; dim.] chop a little bit of wood (like a small child playing around); 43:4: for nâtwâkahênihcêši-; cf. nâtawâkahênihtê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
