East Cree bears

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
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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

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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