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.
alîki-pîsimw-
NA
May, Frog Moon
Spoken Cree [26]
alîki-pîsimw-
NA
May, lit., ‘frog moon’; cf. pîsimw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
alîkiš-
NA
frog; 41:12
Cree Legends and Narratives
alakaškâ-
VII
be wide, be broad
Spoken Cree [29], [51 ]
alakaškisi-
VAI
be wide, be broad
Spoken Cree [29], [51]
alapiy-
NA
(fish) net Cf. ahlapiy-
Spoken Cree [11 ]
alikwacâš-
NA
squirrel v. acicamoš-
Spoken Cree [29]
alipask-
NI
olive leaf (loanblend): “olive” + …ask- v. âliphpakw-
Spoken Cree [51]
aliphpakw-
NI
olive leaf (loanblend): “olive” + …pakw- leaf
Spoken Cree [51]
alisâc
IPC
anyway, nonetheless, in spite of everything: alisâc n’kî-pêci-itohtân I came nonetheless (even though I didn’t want to).
Spoken Cree [51]
alisâc
IPC
hardly, with difficulty; 3:10; cf. akâwâc
Cree Legends and Narratives
alisipiy-
NI
plain water
Spoken Cree [15]
alitaw-iškotêw-
NI
an open fire; 40:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
aliwâk
IPC
in excess, over and above: aliwâk ilikohk kâ- natawêlihtahk more than he needs
Spoken Cree [11]
aliwâk
IPC
over, in excess of; 38:3; 44:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
alwâštin-
VII
be calm (water)
Spoken Cree [27 ]
alwêniskêpi-
VAI
sit and rest one’s arm; SC anwêniskêpi-
Spoken Cree [34]
alwêpi-
VAI
take a rest, take a holiday
Spoken Cree [12]
alwêpi-
VAI
take a rest; 42:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
amahkw-
NA
needle used in snowshoe making; (52:1); cf. aškimê-, šâponikan-, wâš-
Cree Legends and Narratives
