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.
šâpohkwâmi-
VAI
sleep soundly; 8:8; cf. liskihkwâmi-, ...ihkwâmi-, šâpopali-, šâpohtawêsk-; nôhtêhkwaši-, šâkotihkwaši-; ...ihkwaši-
Cree Legends and Narratives
šâpohtawêpahamaw-
VTA
drive it through for s.o.; (12:7)
Cree Legends and Narratives
šâponikan-
NI
(sewing-)needle; (52:1); cf. amahkw-, aškimê-, wâš-
Cree Legends and Narratives
šâponikan-
NI
needle
Spoken Cree [29]
šâpopêkan-
VII
be soaking (of the ground)
Spoken Cree [7]
šâpopêkipali-
VII
come through (of water), seep through v. šâpopali-
Spoken Cree [33]
šâpopêsikwâ-
VII
be transparent ice v. …sikw…
Spoken Cree [50]
šâpopali-
VAI/VII
come through, go through: v. šâpotwêpali-
Spoken Cree [14 ]
šâposkamik
IPC
through the world; 41:3; cf. misiwêskamikâk, ...askamikw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
šâposkamikipali-
VAI/VII
go through the country; 41:3; cf. ...askamik..., ...pali-
Cree Legends and Narratives
šâpotawêyâtihkê-
VAI
dig (something) right through; (60:6); cf. wâtihkê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
šâpotwêpali-
VAI/VII
go through: v. šâpopali-
Spoken Cree [26]
šâpwâpâwê-
VAI
be soaked right through; 61:5; cf. tihkâpâwê-
Cree Legends and Narratives
šâpwâpâwê-
VAI
be soaking through
Spoken Cree [39]
šâpwâpam-
VTA
X-ray s.o.
Spoken Cree [32]
šâpwaskamikihtin-
VII
go through the land: k’-ât’-iši-šâposkamikihtihk otâpâniskanaw where the railway begins to run through the land (“transcontinental railway”) NOTE /wa/ > /o/
Spoken Cree [47]
šâwani-lôtin-
VII
be a south wind, blow from the South
Spoken Cree [23]
šâwanohk
IPC
in the south, to the south; 61:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
šâwanohk
NI loc.
in the South (Cf. Shawnee, Sewanee)
Spoken Cree [19]
šašawêkoh-
VTI
square s.t.
Spoken Cree [35]
