Documentation:RelLex/nēhiýawēwin Online Cree Dictionary
nēhiýawēwin Online Cree Dictionary
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Language Name
Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi.
Alternate Language Names
Cree, Naskapi, Montagnais, ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ, Nēhiyawēwin, Innu-aimun.
Region
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Northwest Territories, Canada.
Who
Arok Wolvengrey (editor, web development), Marie-Odile Junker (web development), Delasie Torkornoo (database programming).
Others Involved
First Nations University, Carleton University (support); Algonquian Dictionaries and Language Resources Project (publisher).
Publishing Information
This is a digital dictionary that was published in 2015 by the Algonquian Dictionaries Project. It is based on the earlier work of Wolvengrey (2001).
How People are Cited
Contributors are cited on the Credits tab. Speakers are not cited.
How Information is Cited
Wolvengrey's previous work (2001), which this dictionary is based off, is cited on the Credits tab.
Where is Information Coming from
Entries in this dictionary come from the 2001 work entitled Cree: Words dictionary by Arok Wolvengrey. No other sources of information are cited.
Tools and Framework used
This is a web-hosted dictionary.
Access
This dictionary is open access online.
Included Languages and Directionality
Cree to English. This dictionary can be searched by both English gloss and Cree headword.
Dialects Included
This is a dictionary of Plains Cree (nēhiyawēwin).
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional online dictionary. It has a bidirectional search function with filters.
How are Entries Organised
Entries in this dictionary can be viewed in three ways: browsed alphabetically by Cree headword; browsed by the categories Keywords, Themes, Morphemes, and Parts of Speech; and via the Search function. Each entry, however it is viewed, is organised in the same way. Entries begin with the Cree word in syllabics, followed by its Latin spelling and its part of speech. Below the headword is the English gloss. A drop-down arrow beside the syllabic headword opens the entry as an embedded page when clicked on. This page shows the dialect, grammatical information such as stem and derivations, and two drop down lists: Morphemes and Keywords. Morphemes shows the morphemes present in the entry. Each morpheme contains another drop down list that shows all of the entries where that morpheme appears, each hyperlinked to their own entry. Keywords shows related words to the relevant parts of the English gloss (eg. for the gloss “movie, moving picture”, the keywords are movie, moving picture, photograph, and picture). Each keyword contains another drop down list that shows all of the entries relevant to that keyword, each hyperlinked to their own entry.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
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| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | Short guide to the search function included on the Help tab |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | Not included in entry, but some entries are full phrases |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ✅ | By abbreviations in entries |
Other Notes
This dictionary is part of a large body of work by the Algonquian Dictionaries Project.
External Links
View the dictionary website here: https://dictionary.plainscree.atlas-ling.ca/#/help
View the Algonquian Dictionaries Project home page here: https://www.algonquianlanguages.ca/