Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary on the Web: Words

ᐧᐃᔮᔨᐦᑦᐦ ᒑᒄ ᐊᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᒑ ᐋᐱᒋᐦᑖᔨᓐ, ᐊᑎᒫᐲᓯᒧᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᓈᔥᑦ ᔖᐧᐃᓅᑖᐅᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐ᙮

ᐧᐃᔮᔨᐦᑦᐦ ᐋᐦ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᔥᑖᒡ, roman, French ᑭᔮᐦ ᒫᒃ English.

ᐧᐃᔮᔨᐦᑦᐦ ᒑᐧᑳᓐ ᐧᐋᐦ ᑭᓂᐧᐋᐱᐦᑎᒥᓐ,

ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐄᒑᐱᔨᐦᑖ ᐊᓐ ᐊᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᐋᑯᐦ ᒑ ᒌᔅᒋᓂᒥᓐ, ᒑ ᓈᓂᑐᐧᐋᔨᐦᒑᒥᑭᐦᒡ ᐊᓐ ᐊᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐᐄᔥᑯᑎᒃ ᒫᒃ ᒥᔅᑭᒥᓈ, ᒌᔅᒋᓐᐦ ᐊᓐ ᐊᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᐊᑎᑎᐤ ᐧᐄᐦ ᒋᔅᒑᔨᐦᑎᒥᓈ.

ᒫᓯᓂᐦᐄᒑᐱᔨᐦᑖᔨᓐᐦ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ

ᐧᐋᐦ ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐋᒥᓐᐦ ᑦᐦ, t-h ᒑ ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐄᒑᐱᔨᐦᑖᔨᓐ

ᐧᐋᐦ ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐋᒥᓐᐦ ᔅᐦ, s-h ᒑ ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐄᒑᐱᔨᐦᑖᔨᓐ

ᐧᐋᐦ ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐋᒥᓐᐦ ᑉᐦ, p-h ᒑ ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐄᒑᐱᔨᐦᑖᔨᓐ

ᐱᔮᐱᔨᒡᐦ ᐊᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ, ᒑ ᑖᑭᐦᐊᒥᓐ ᐊᓐ ᐧᐋᒋᐦᒡ ᐊᑎᑎᐤ ᐧᐋᐦ ᓈᓂᑑᒋᔅᒑᔨᐦᑎᒥᓐ᙮

ᐧᐋᐱᐦᑎᒥᓈ ᐋᑳ ᑯᐃᔅᒄ ᐄᒋᔥᑖᒡ, ᑭᔮᐦ ᒫᒃ ᐋᑳ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ, ᒑ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒧᐧᐃᐧᑖᐤ ᐊᓂᒌ ᐊᐧᐋᓂᒌ ᑳ ᑯᐃᔅᑯᓯᓂᐦᐊᒡ᙮. (ayimuwin@eastcree.org).

ᓂᐦᐄᔥᑲᒻ S

nihiishkam

vti stem: am

s/he fits it just right, properly

il/elle le pose bien, l'ajuste parfaitement, de la bonne façon

fit right ( S:4)

properly (N:6 S:16)

right (N:2 S:31)

ajuster (N:21 S:20)

bien (N:49 S:50)

parfait (N:1 S:4)

poser (N:31 S:171)

ᐅᓯᑦ ᑲᔦᐦ ᐅᔫ ᐁ ᐋᐸᒋᐦᑖᑦ (N:346 S:453)
action by foot or body

-shkam (S) (final (vti)) ( S:252)
by foot or with the body
Southern Dialect

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ᓂᐦᐄᔥᑯᐧᐁᐤ nihiishkuweu [vta]
S s/he fits it (anim, pants) just right, properly; in inverse 'he is the right match for her'