iad58 | East Cree bears (Reply)

Excerpts from the dictionary of East Cree on the occasion of the 700th record in

Bear's journal:

Northern dialect

čišāyākw — bear Ursus americanus
usāuskw — brown bear Ursus americanus
mihtāmin — large black bear Ursus americanus
nāpāmīčim — male bear
nūšāmīčim — female bear
čišāyākušiš — baby bear Ursus americanus
wītipimākiniš — bear cub in the den with mother during hibernation

čīpīkinh — arm and leg bones of a bear, human bones
čišāyākukišī — bear claw
čišāyākutičišī — bear intestine
učipisiwāsiuh — its (bear) muscle on the underside of the ribs, its (caribou, moose) muscle part of the lower leg
upisisčiwinī — its (bear, moose, caribou) intestine
wičiskiskw — lower large intestine of bear
upiskutī — stomach of bear, caribou, moose, beaver

wātiskw — bear den
čišāyākwāpui — broth from cooking bear
čišāyākuminh — kind of berry (lit. ‘bear berries’)

čišāyākunākun — the terrain looks like a good area for bears

pisčihtipišiu — it (young bear) hibernates alone for the first time

miskwākunāškiwāu — he finds signs of a bear near the area of its den, finds it under the snow with his foot
nituwičišāyākwāu — he hunts for bear
niwičišāyākwāu — he goes after a bear
pihkuničišāyākwāu — he skins a bear
wīyičišāyākwāu — he butchers bear
usičišāyākwāu — he boils bear meat
mūčišāyākwāu — he eats bear
utimuyāu — he smokes his pipe near the place where he killed the bear, gives his pipe to the person he will give the bear he killed, shares his pipe with someone
tūmikiničinim — he offers grease to the spirit by rubbing it on the skull of a bear

Southern dialect

kākūš — bear
čišeyākw — bear Ursus americanus
maskw — bear Ursus americanus, rarely used word
usāuskw — brown bear Ursus americanus
mahkateuskw — black bear Ursus americanus, old word
mihtāmin — large black bear
wāpaskw — polar bear Ursus maritimus
čišeyākuš — young bear Ursus americanus
maskuš — young bear Ursus americanus, rarely used word
usāuskuš — young brown bear Ursus americanus, yellow phase
wāpaskuš — young polar bear Ursus maritimus
maskuhkān — teddy bear

nāpeumīčim — men’s food (ex head, arms of a beaver), old term for male bear that was killed
kākūšipimī, čišeyākupimī — bear grease
maskutačišī — bear guts
maskuyās — bear meat
čišeyākuyān, maskuyān, kākūšūyān — bear skin
wīkāsčisitān — foot pad of bear, callus on person’s foot sole
namešīš — ligament found under the tongue of a bear, brought back to an elder after a kill
čīpayikan — particular arm bone of a bear
maskuminh — mountain ash, rowan berries (lit. ‘bear berries’)

uhpatāwānimū — it (bear) hibernates with its young
pūminešin — it (bear) is partially visible through berry bushes in distance

nānitūskuhwāu, nānitūskuhāu — he hunts bear
pahkuniskweu — he skins a bear
mūwāskweu — he is eating bear meat
mūčišeyākweu — he is eating bear