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.
ayamihêwikamikw-
NI
church
Spoken Cree [22]
ayamihêwikimâšiš-
NA
deacon, catechist
Spoken Cree [22]
ayamihêwikimâw-
NA
clergyman (normal term for Anglican priest) v. mêhkatêwihkonayêw-
Spoken Cree [3]
ayamihêwikimâw-
NA
clergyman, (Anglican) priest; 49:1; cf. mêhkatêwihkonayêw-, ...ikimâw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayamihêwiskwêw-
NA
nun, sister (religious); 43:1; cf. ...iskwêw.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayamihcikê-
VAI
read; pray, hold a service
Spoken Cree [22]
ayamihcikê-
VAI
pray, hold a service; read; 49:6
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayamihitiso-
VAI
speak to oneself; 19:7
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayamihito-
VAI rcpr.
speak to each other
Spoken Cree [7]
ayamihitowin-
NI
conversation
Spoken Cree [22]
ayamihitowin-
NI
conversation; 41; 42; 43
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayamihitowiniyâpiy-
NI
telephone
Spoken Cree [25], [46]
ayamihtâ-
VAI-T
read s.t., lit., address s.t.
Spoken Cree [4], [7]
ayamihtâ-
VAI-T
read s.t.; 41:1; 42:66; cf. ayamih-
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayamiski-
VAI
talk a great deal, talk incessantly
Spoken Cree [24]
ayamiwin-
NI
word
Spoken Cree [7]
ayamiwin-
NI
word; 11:3; way of talking; 41:21
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayapi-
VAI
sit around; 5:9; 42:9; âskaw awa ta-ayapîpan sometimes this fellow used to sit around
Cree Legends and Narratives
ayapišîš
IPC rdpl.
little by little v. apiyapišîš.
Spoken Cree [30]
ayapišâšin-
VII rdpl.
be small here and there
Spoken Cree [47]
