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).

ᑯᑖᔅᑯᐦᐊᒻ N

kutaaskuham

vti stem: ham

s/he tests the scraper for sharpness, s/he tests the skin to see if the flesh or hair will come off easily

il/elle teste le grattoir pour voir s'il est bien aiguisé; il/elle teste la peau pour voir si la chair ou les poils vont s'enlever facilement

scrape (N:19 S:15)

test (N:11 S:12)

grattoir (N:5 S:6)

tester (N:10 S:5)

ᐁ ᐅᑖᒪᐦᐄᒉᐧᐋᑳᓄᐧᐃᐦᒡ (N:851 S:1014)
action by tool or hitting

-ham (N) (final (vti)) (N:485)
by tool, instrument

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ᑯᑖᔅᑯᐦᐧᐋᐤ kutaaskuhwaau [vta]
N s/he tries to beam it (anim, take hair roots off a hide)