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.
apikanâsamâ-
VAI
crack the bone open and eat the marrow; 12:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
apiscacimoš-
NA
small dog (i.e., a pet or house-dog as opposed to a puppy); cf. acimošiš- (9:15)
Cree Legends and Narratives
apiscawâšiš-
NA
small child; 42:63
Cree Legends and Narratives
apiscililîskwêšiš-
NA
midget girl; (56:2); cf. apistâpêskwêšiš-
Cree Legends and Narratives
apiskwêšimo-
VAI
use for a pillow; 11:12; cf. aspiskwêšimo-
Cree Legends and Narratives
apiskwêšimon-
NI
pillow
Cree Legends and Narratives
apiskwêšimonah-
VTA
make (s.o.) a pillow; 27:2
Cree Legends and Narratives
apistâpêskwêšiš-
NA
midget girl; (56:2)
Cree Legends and Narratives
apistêlihtâkosi-
VAI
be little esteemed
Spoken Cree [51]
apistêlihtâkwan-
VII
be little esteemed
Spoken Cree [51]
apistêlim-
VTA
think little of s.o. v. kistêlim-
Spoken Cree [51]
apistêlimo-
VAI
be humble v. kistêlimo-
Spoken Cree [51]
apistawâšiš-
NA
infant (alsoapiscawâšiš-)
Spoken Cree [51]
apiwâkê-
VAI
use s.t. for sitting
Spoken Cree [25]
apiyapišîš
IPC
little by little v. ayapišîš.
Spoken Cree [30]
apwânâskw-
NI
sharp stick for holding roasting or boiling food (replaced today by a metal cîstahikan-) (13:13); cf. cîstahikan-, kapatêskwê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
apwâtâkan-
NI
willow frame for roasting over an open fire; (10:6; n. 10:11)
Cree Legends and Narratives
apwê-
VAI
roast over an open fire on an apwâtâkan; 10:6
Cree Legends and Narratives
apwê-
VAI
roast over an open fire, barbecue
Spoken Cree [11]
apwêsi-
VAI
perspire; 41:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
