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.

išitišah-

VTI

send s.t. (MC); (11:4); cf. išicišah-

Cree Legends and Narratives

išitišahw-

VTA

send s.o. (MC); 11:4; cf. išicišahw-

Cree Legends and Narratives

išitišahwâkan-

NA

one who is sent, delegate; “apostle”

Spoken Cree [48]

išitišahwâkani-atôskêwin-

NI

missive work: i.e., commission

Spoken Cree [48]

išitišahwâkani-nakiškâcikêwin-

NI

commission

Spoken Cree [49]

išitiyêli-

VAI

rub her backside against the male (of a bitch in heat); (68:5); wîla wêsa k’-îšitiyêliw (it serves her right) because she rubbed her backside against the male (of a bitch in heat, yelping after the male has mounted her); cf. kalakitiyê-, kwêskitiyêpaliho-, tahkiskâtitiyêhwê-, ...tiy...

Cree Legends and Narratives

išiwil-

VTA

take s.o. (somewhere); 29:4

Cree Legends and Narratives

išiwil-

VTA

take s.o. (somewhere)

Spoken Cree [6]

išiwitâ-

VAI-T

take s.t. (somewhere); 9:17; cf. pêtiwat-, wîwaši-

Cree Legends and Narratives

išiwitâ-

VAI-T

take s.t. (somewhere)

Spoken Cree [6]

iškapi-

VAI

get tired of sitting

Spoken Cree [41]

iškihtaw-

VTA

get tired, fed up or bored listening to s.o. v. šikasihtaw-

Spoken Cree [41]

iškinânê-

VAI

be stiff in the calf muscles

Spoken Cree [39]

iškinê-

VAI

be stiff in the muscles v. tacîtosi-

Spoken Cree [39]

iškon-

VTA/VTI

have s.o./s.t. left over, save s.o./s.t

Spoken Cree [31]

iškonikan-

NI

(Indian) reservation: lit., leftover (land)

Spoken Cree [Supp. Conv. 2], [34], [49], [50]

iškopali-

VAI/VII

be left over; 19:10; mêkwâc mistahi ê-’htakwahk kêkwân kê-mîcinâniwahk êkâ wîskâc 'ci-wêpinikâtêk kêkwân kâ-iškopanik while there is plenty to eat, something which is left over should never be thrown away; cf. iškwâpali-, ...pali-

Cree Legends and Narratives

iškotêhkân-

NI

stove; (50:2); cf. stwâp-, ...ihkân-

Cree Legends and Narratives

iškotêhkân-

NI

stove

Spoken Cree [12]

iškotêhkânâpiskokwayâw-

NI

chimney

Spoken Cree [46]

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