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.
mêkwêyâhtik
IPC
among the trees; (68:6); cf. mêkwayêš, mêkwêskamik, mêkwêyâpisk, ...âhtikw.../-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwêyâhtikw
IPC
among the trees v. mêkwayâhtikw
Spoken Cree [48]
mêkwêyâmatin
IPC
among the knolls; 68:6; cf. mêkwayêš, mêkwêskamikw, mêkwêyâhtikw, mêkwêyâpiskw, ...âpiskw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwêyâpisk
IPC
among the rocks; (68:6); cf. mêkwayêš, mêkwêskamik, mêkwêyâhtik
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwayâhtikw
IPC
among the trees (on land) v. mêkwêyâhtikw
Spoken Cree [15]
mêkwayêš
IPC
in the middle, in the centre; 37:3; 68:6; mêkwayêš mâka ’kwantaw maskêkohk but some place in the middle of the muskeg; cf. mêkwêskamik, mêkwêyâhtik, mêkwêyâpisk
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêkwayêš
IPC + loc.
among
Spoken Cree [15]
mêmîškoc
IPC rdpl.
in turn, taking turns, turn and turn about: mêmîškoc mêmêpisok take turns on the swing
Spoken Cree [28], [51]
mêmîskoc
IPC
[redupl.] in turn, turn and turn about; 21:2; 39:1; 42:40; cf. mîskoc
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêmêhâwaso-
VAI
rock or swing a baby back and forth while
Spoken Cree [31]
mêmêhâwaso-
VAI
lullabying v. …âwaso-
Spoken Cree [31]
mêmêkwêšiw-
NA
mermaid; 9:16; (n. 9:24)
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêmên’kwêw-
NA
butterfly v. kohkomilâkêšiš-
Spoken Cree [38]
mêmêpiso-
VAI
swing (as in a hammock)
Spoken Cree [30]
mêmêpison-
NI
swing, hammock; 65:8
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêmišôš-
NA
[proper name] Memishoosh (legendary conjuror); 11:1
Cree Legends and Narratives
mêmihcêti-
VAI rdpl.
be many at a time
Spoken Cree [31]
mêmitâhtaht
IPC/Num. r
ten each, ten apiece
Spoken Cree [31]
mêmohcâ-
VII
be level (on flat surface)
Spoken Cree [42]
mêniskâhtikw-
NI
fence
Spoken Cree [Supp. Conv. III]
