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Junker, M.-O., MacKenzie, M., Bobbish-Salt, L., Duff, A., Visitor, L., Salt, R., Blacksmith, A., Diamond, P., & Weistche, P. (Eds.). (2018). The Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary on the Web: English-Cree and Cree-English, French-Cree and Cree-French (Northern and Southern dialects). Retrieved from https://dictionary.eastcree.org/


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Chisasibi Margaret Bearskin Eastmain Florrie Mark-Stewart
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Harry Duff Evadney Blacksmith
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Harry Scipio Smalley Petawabano
Maria Scipio Waskaganish Louise Diamond
Georgie Snowboy Josephine Diamond
Wemindji Mary B. Georgekish Patricia Diamond
Whapmagoostui James Kawapit the late Rupert Erless
Andrew Natachequon Elizabeth Jolly
Maggie Natachequon Edwin Jolly
Jimmy Moart
Alec Weistche
Sanders Weistche
Johnny Whiskeychan
Waswanapi Emily Cooper
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ᐃᔅᑲᓂᑕᐧᑳᒋᓐᐦ (iskanitakwaachinh) [p]
all fall, autumn

ᐃᔅᑲᓂᒉᒋᔐᐹᔮᐤᐦ (iskanichechishepaayaauh) [p]
all morning

ᐃᔅᑲᓂᒌᔑᑳᐤᐦ (iskanichiishikaauh) [p]
all day

ᐃᔅᑲᓂᓃᐱᓐᐦ (iskaniniipinh) [p]
all summer

ᐃᔅᑲᓂᓰᑯᓐᐦ (iskanisiikunh) [p]
all spring

ᐃᔅᑲᓇᐴ (iskanapuu) [vai]
s/he spends the day in camp, takes the day off, one day spent at camp during a move, travelling

ᐃᔅᑳᓰᐤ (iskaasiiu) [vai]
s/he is not feeling up to anything

ᐃᔅᒌᔓᐧᐁᐤ (ischiishuweu) [vai]
s/he says it in a certain way, s/he speaks a dialect

ᐃᔅᒌᔓᐧᐋᑌᐤ (ischiishuwaateu) [vta]
s/he speaks of him/her in a certain way

ᐃᔑᐦᐁᐤ (ishiheu) [vta]
s/he makes it (anim) so, makes it (anim) like something else

ᐃᔑᐦᐆ (ishihuu) [vai]
s/he is dressed in a certain way

ᐃᔑᐦᐧᑖᐧᐃᓐᐦ (ishihtwaawinh) [ni]
values (ex Cree values)

ᐃᔑᐦᐧᑫᐤ (ishihkweu) [vai]
s/he has a certain shape of face

ᐃᔑᐦᐧᑫᐸᔨᐦᐆ (ishihkwepayihuu) [vai]
s/he makes funny faces

ᐃᔑᐦᐧᑫᓈᑯᓲ (ishihkwenaakusuu) [vai]
her/his face looks a certain way

ᐃᔑᐦᐧᑫᔫ (ishihkweyuu) [vai]
s/he makes a certain kind of face

ᐃᔑᐦᑎᓐ (ishihtin) [vii]
it lies so, it fits so

ᐃᔑᐦᑖᐤ (ishihtaau) [vai+o]
s/he makes it so

ᐃᔑᐧᐁᐹᔔ (ishiwepaashuu) [vai]
s/he/it (anim) blows, sails to

ᐃᔑᐧᐁᐹᔥᑎᓐ (ishiwepaashtin) [vii]
it blows, sails to

ᐃᔑᑐᐦᑐᐧᐁᐤ (ishituhtuweu) [vta]
s/he hears him/her in a certain way, s/he sounds so to him/her

ᐃᔑᑖᐳᐧᐁᐤ (ishitaapuweu) [vta]
s/he pulls something on a toboggan to another person

ᐃᔑᑖᔥᑕᒪᐴ (ishitaashtamapuu) [vai]
s/he sits facing in a certain direction

ᐃᔑᑲᓀᐦᐳᐧᐁᐤ (ishikanehpuweu) [vta]
s/he eats it (anim, bird) without separating the bones

ᐃᔑᑳᐴ (ishikaapuu) [vai]
s/he stands in a certain way

ᐃᔑᑳᐴᐦᐁᐤ (ishikaapuuheu) [vta]
s/he stands it (anim) up a certain way

ᐃᔑᑳᐴᐦᑖᐤ (ishikaapuuhtaau) [vai+o]
s/he stands it up in a certain way

ᐃᔑᒋᒣᐤ (ishichimeu) [vai]
s/he paddles to

ᐃᔑᒌᔓᐧᐁᐤ (ishichiishuweu) [vai]
s/he expresses it in a certain way

ᐃᔑᒌᔓᐧᐁᐧᐃᓐ (ishichiishuwewin) [ni]
dialect, speech, language

ᐃᔑᒌᔓᐧᐁᒪᑲᓐ (ishichiishuwemakan) [vii]
it is said, expressed in a certain way

ᐃᔑᒣᐤ (ishimeu) [vta]
s/he speaks, talks at him/her (without being listened to, repeatedly)

ᐃᔑᒫᐦᑕᒻ (ishimaahtam) [vti]
s/he finds it smells a certain way

ᐃᔑᒫᒣᐤ (ishimaameu) [vta]
s/he finds that s/he smells a certain way

ᐃᔑᓂᐦᑳᑌᐤ (ishinihkaateu) [vii]
its name is, it is named

ᐃᔑᓂᐦᑳᑕᒻ (ishinihkaatam) [vti]
s/he calls it by its name, names it

ᐃᔑᓂᐦᑳᓲ (ishinihkaasuu) [vai]
her/his name is, s/he is named

ᐃᔑᓂᔅᒉᔫ (ishinischeyuu) [vai]
s/he stretches out her/his hand to give a sign, s/he talks in sign language

ᐃᔑᓄᐧᐁᐤ (ishinuweu) [vta]
s/he identifies him/her as

ᐃᔑᓇᒧᐧᐃᓐ (ishinamuwin) [ni]
vision, eyesight

ᐃᔑᓇᒻ (ishinam) [vti]
s/he identifies it as

ᐃᔑᓈᑯᐦᐁᐤ (ishinaakuheu) [vta]
s/he makes it (anim) of such an appearance, makes it (anim) like something

ᐃᔑᓈᑯᐦᑖᐤ (ishinaakuhtaau) [vai+o]
s/he makes it look like

ᐃᔑᓈᑯᐦᑖᒉᒪᑲᓐ (ishinaakuhtaachemakan) [vii]
it makes things look like such and such

ᐃᔑᓈᑯᓐ (ishinaakun) [vii]
it looks like

ᐃᔑᓈᑯᓱᐧᐃᓐ (ishinaakusuwin) [ni]
likeness

ᐃᔑᔑᒣᐤ (ishishimeu) [vta]
s/he lays, places him/her so, s/he is in a certain position

ᐃᔑᔑᓐ (ishishin) [vai]
s/he lies down in a certain way

ᐃᔒᐦᑯᐧᐁᐤ (ishiihkuweu) [vta]
s/he bothers him/her/it (anim)

ᐃᔒᐦᑲᒻ (ishiihkam) [vti]
s/he bothers with it

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