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.
šišoh-
VTI
paint s.t.
Spoken Cree [24]
šišohw-
VTA
paint s.o.
Spoken Cree [24]
šišopêh-
VTI
paint s.t.
Spoken Cree [45]
šišopêhamaw-
VTA
paint s.t. for s.o.
Spoken Cree [45]
šihiko-
VTA inv.
feel embarrassed by s.t. (infl’d like VAI)
Spoken Cree [30]
šihkâpêšin-
VAI
be tapered down (e.g., asiniy, concrete); 41:19
Cree Legends and Narratives
šihkipiš-
NA
diver duck: hooded merganser, coot v. šinkipiš-
Spoken Cree [11]
šihkošiw-
NA
weasel; 68:2; cf. sihkosiw-
Cree Legends and Narratives
šikâkw-
NA
skunk, quarter; 61:3; 68:4; pêyak šikâko-wayân one skunk skin; (this was at one time worth a quarter of a dollar and so came to be used for 25¢, šikâkw- then came to be the general term for quarter)
Cree Legends and Narratives
šikasihtaw-
VTA
get tired or bored listening to s.o. v. iškihtaw-
Spoken Cree [41]
šikatêliht-
VTI
be tired of s.t., be bored by s.t.
Spoken Cree [19], [41]
šikatêlim-
VTA
be tired of s.o., be bored by s.o.
Spoken Cree [19]
šiki-
VAI
urinate
Spoken Cree [9]
šiki-
VAI
urinate; (12:5)
Cree Legends and Narratives
šikit-
VTA/VTI
urinate on s.o/s.t.; 12:5
Cree Legends and Narratives
šikwêyâpahcikan-
NI
binoculars, spyglass
Spoken Cree [37]
šikwêyâpaht-
VTI
see s.t. through a spyglass
Spoken Cree [37]
šikwêyâpam-
VTA
see s.o. through a spyglass
Spoken Cree [37]
šimatâsko-
VAI
get up on the hind legs; 1:8; cf. šamatâsko-
Cree Legends and Narratives
šinkipiš-
NA
diver duck, probably the small or hooded merganser
Spoken Cree [11 ]
