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.
ayâkwâmim-
VTA
caution s.o., warn s.o.
Spoken Cree [34], [44]
ayâkwâmisî-
VAI
be careful, be cautious, be circumspect
Spoken Cree [15], [48]
ayâkwâmisî-
VAI
be careful; 5:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayâlimihitiso-
VAI refl.
repeatedly get oneself into difficulty
Spoken Cree [36]
ayâlimom-
VTA rdpl.
speak repeatedly of s.o.
Spoken Cree [35]
ayâlimot-
VTI
speak repeatedly of s.t.
Spoken Cree [35]
ayân-
NI
thing possessed, possession
Spoken Cree [8]
ayân-
NI
thing, possession; 11:12; 42:35; k’-âhtakwakatât oški-’yâniw- that he’s put a new thing on (i.e., a new reel); 43:14; n. 43:31
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayâniš-
NI
[dim.] little thing (euphemism for penis); 56:2; [synonym: âtakay]
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayâniskê
IPC
[redupl.] adjoining, successive; 1:9; pîniš ayâniskê generation after generation; cf. âniskê
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayâniskê
IPC rdpl.
repeatedly, from one to another: ilikohk kê-ayâniskê-pimâtisinâniwahk from generation to generation Cf. âniskê
Spoken Cree (49)
ayâw-
VTA
have s.o.
Spoken Cree [4]
ayâw-
VTA
have s.o.; 9:8; 42:42; êkwâni misiwê kâ-yš’-êyâwakihcik so in this way we had them all
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayêskawin-
VTA/VTI
gather up and get s.o./ s.t. ready
Spoken Cree [45]
ayêskawitâ-
VAI-T
prepare s.t.
Spoken Cree [45]
ayêskawitamaw-
VTA
prepare s.t. for s.o.
Spoken Cree [45]
ayêskosi-
VAI
be tired
Spoken Cree [12]
ayêskosi-
VAI
be tired; 18:8; 21:7; 40:2; 67:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayahâw-
NI
thing v. ay’hâw
Spoken Cree [2]
ayahâw-
NI
thing; 40:5; n’tispahwânân ayahâhk we mix it in a thing, 54:1; kâ-’ši-pim’paniki ayahâwa the ‘thingumabobs’ that go along, 41:3; as a pause word: ay’hâw mâka well, then..., well, uh..., 41:12
Cree Legends and Narratives
