Sunday, January 5, 2014

A - English to S. Haida


a long while
tllsda iijasda

a lot
kwaan gudsdll

a part
gud sda

red abalone (california abalone shells - only the shell)
gulxa

abalone
  • Gaalahlyan
  • galGahlyan
  • GalGuuhlkyan
  • GaalGahlxyang
  • GalGahlyan
  • Gaal’uhlyan

abalone gonads
ts’iik’aal

abandon
ts’aasdaa

abandon (everyone abandons a person)
sGaana sk’aasdll

abandon (leave behind by walking away)
t’aas.slaay.ya gan

abandoned
t’aadll slaay.ya gan

abandoned (they all)
ts’aasdaayaahgan

abashed
Giidaxa

able
hllnga

able (willing to work)
  • guula
  • guull

abnormal
aak’iixa

aboard (getting a board)
isdllgang

aboard (getting aboard a boat on the beach)
kaasakaadll

aboard boat, car, wagon
guuGaaw

about that time/about then
waasdluu

about the same time
  • dluu tl’aaw
  • gaaydluuxan

about this time
huuyaad dluu

about to
  • xidii
  • xidyang (plural)

about/now (this much)
aasdluu

above
  • sah gii
  • sah gwa
  • sah xwa
  • siixaayd

above (from above)
sah sda

above (in the air)
sahxaayd

above (way above)
sah sda GaaGwii

absent
gaw

absolutely
daanxanuu

accident (a person has an accident)
aahljagudGang

accident (behaving wrong)
  • aahljuugudGang
  • aahlts’agudGang

accident (hurt)
  • aahljiigudgang
  • aahljuugu Gang

accordion (playing the accordion)
dang kiing.ang

aching
hldanxagan

aching and throbbing
hldanxaagang

across / bridge
hlGaagids

across from
iinaxuusda

across going
  • iinaxwii
  • iinaxwa (used in a sentence)

act (more than one person doing something)
gangxaaw

acting
  • dlljuu
  • iits’iGung

acting bad
dlljuugudGang

acting slick in a bum situation
xangxiisGalang

acting spiteful against advice (more than one person)
skaldiidllxaaw

acting spiteful against advice (one person)
skaldiidlljuu

acting up
aahljuudii

- acting up after being praised
- adding a little bit
isgid

action word - doing - ie to paint
ta (k’uudlaan)

adams apple
kaagan Ga k’aay

add
’waagii

add on
klasgid

adding more verbally
’waagiikilt’is

address (honourary address)
kaakuuGu

admiration (an expression of admiration)
haajiis sgwa

admire
aaniisgwaa

admire / good thing
haajis.sgwaa (aa)

admire (something you like or admire-person or an object)
haajiis.sgwaa (aa)

admire/enjoy/pretty one
  • haan.niisgwah
  • haan.nasgwah

adopt (ie people)
  • kiiGad
  • kiiGid
  • kiiGiidan

adultery
kaajigid

advantage (taking advantage)
’la gii ga Giihl

advice (against advice)
kil aayguu

advice (give each other good advice)
gud kihldllGa

advise children when growing up
kil dllGuhlGa

adze
  • xuut’a
  • xuut’u

adze (sharp adze)
  • xuut’aw
  • xuut’awaay
  • xuut’awaay k’ii

affair (when a man has two women)
  • sgwaanagwaay
  • sgwaanagaay

afraid (acting afraid/expression of horror/extreme fright)
  • haama yaa
  • haamii ’uu

afraid of the cold or wet
k’aahl ts’ing.ga

afraid to go out in cold or wet
k’aahl ts’iing.ga

African (black skin person)
K’al hlGaahl

after
  • dllGaaw’u
  • gaaysda
  • sda’uu
  • sihlGa
  • silaay

after (go after)
halxa

after (leftover)
siilaay

after / lay a body down
dllGaaw

after a while
  • gaasingdluu
  • isdii kaawdii
  • Gid kaawdii

after awhile/sometime
tllsdluuxan

after someone
dllGa

after something
sda

after something (after lightning flashed four times)
dlgaagaay

after that
  • asgaay sdaawuu
  • gaaysda.uu
  • gaaysta
  • gaaysdaaw

after that, this
’waasda asGii

after that/take away
  • ’waasdaawuu
  • ’waasdaaw

after this
asiigus da

afterwards
gaayst’aa.uu

again
  • asing
  • asing’a
  • iisang
  • ising
  • iising
Iisang dang hll king Gas ga. Again, you I’ll, see (future tense).

against
  • t’isda
  • xanhlGid

against will
guuda ilgyang

age
guuda ga

age (old age)
k’ay

age (middle aged)
  • kwaasgida
  • kwaasgid
  • kwaasgid.da
  • kwaasgidas
  • kwaasgiidas

agile or catty
iijala

agile and fast
sgiing.ala

agony (rolling around in agony)
saalang chamjuuGaalang

ahead (in front of something)
kunGasii

aim
kyaak’aasgid

aiming
kyaak’aajaagid

air
siingaay kaahlii

air force
xidging.gwans

air out the house
naasii hla sinsd

airplane
  • xidgwangs
  • gina xidgwangs

airport - thing fly around place
gina xiidgwangs daanaay

alarm clock
k’aadsgiidaay

alarm sound
hlkildaasdll

alas (is there any way I can turn back?)
aa.jaadii ya

alas
  • aa.jaadii
  • haajaadiiyaa

Alaska people
  • Hllnaagids
  • K’aayk’aanii
K’iis XaaydaGa
the old ones / lava rocks fused together

albatross (black footed albatross - diomedea nigripes)
sk’aay

alder (red - alnus rubra)
kal

alder (rotten alder)
klaas.s’aaga

alder medicine
  • kal xil
Gargle with for sore throats or make an inner bark poultice for sores.

alder roots before it becomes small
juull

alike / same
gaa.ngang

alive
xaaynang.ah

alive - almost alive
xaaynanga aahlging

alive (keep alive with medicine)
xil xaayna.nga

alive (keep alive)
ging xaayna.nga

all
  • Guu
  • tl’iGa

all (of you)
Gaang.nga

all gone / nothing left
haayluu

all of a sudden
  • aang.guusGiisdaxan
  • ang.guusGiisdaxan
  • angxaaxan
  • aang.xaxang
  • aang.xaxan

all right
  • damxan Gid
  • huu laagang

all the same
gudgang.ang xaanuu Giida

all the time
gii gang

almost
  • amts’uxan
  • guusGaaxgii
  • guusGaaxgiiyu
  • hlkuuGwayxas.sgii
  • hlkuuGwiits’ahlsgii
  • k’aang.ngal
  • sgiigan
  • sgii (present tense)

almost trip / fall or drop something
  • aamasdii
a saying said when you almost fall.

alone
  • guusda gang
  • guusdagan

alone (a person who lives alone)
sGang gwa Gila

along
  • daal
Ll kil kaasGalang daal gang. She loud voice walking along.

along (going along loaded ie fish loaded)
gaay sdamgingdal

along (going along on a car / boat)
ts’aan daal

along (going along straight)
hiiGadal

along (going along)
gaay tlaaygingdal

along (strung along something)
Gaagiid

along side
  • da’uhl
  • t’isdaxan
  • t’iisdaxan
  • daagulgii

alongside / beside
taawGan

already
  • klayn
  • klayn
  • tllgin
  • tllging

already - long since passed
tlldluxan

already did something
isda gan

already on board
kaadll gii gang

also
  • ising
  • asing

although
  • sk’yaaxan
  • sk’yanuu

alumroot (heuchera chlorantha)
  • xuuajii xilGa
  • xuujii xil

always
  • gii
  • gii gang
  • gii ga
  • dii gwang
  • gang
  • gyaaguhl
  • k’uung.ajaa
  • k’yahl
  • sGwaanang

always do something
  • isda gii
  • isda gii gang

always ready
daawnga

always the same
Gid gii

amaze (when something amazes you)
hay hay (drag out the second hay)

ambitious
  • guula
  • guull
  • gwaal.laga
  • gwaall ga

American (usa)
wasdan xaayda

American dipper (bird, cinclus mexicanus)
  • Gandll ts’u ts’id kaan.niiya
  • gandll ts’u ts’u kaan.niiya
water little up and down - literal interpretation

American dune grass (elymus mollis)
  • hlkyaama
  • chiixu k’an

ammunition
  • jiigu hlGaay

amongst
  • suuGayd
  • suuGiid

amongst (a gathering of people)
suuGa

amongst us
  • id suuGa
SuuGa ’la dllt’as. He is amongst us.

amount - a big amount
tl’atjuu

amount / when / sometime / estimate / how much
  • giisluxan
  • giisluu

ancestors
  • kuunasii
  • kuuniisii

ancestors (those living before us)
id kunGasda ga xaaynang.as

ancestors come from
chiiGa’adhlxaaga

ancestry (mention your line of respect, people you come from)
gwaay k’iiyaanda

anchor
  • t’aahllaay
  • t’aahll

anchor (stopped anchored)
  • t’aahla gaaysdll
  • t’aahla gaysdll

anchored up
gaaying dii

anchored up early in the morning
  • gaaying.uuhlas
  • gaaying.uuhll

anchored up floating (more than one boat)
t’aahla gaaylang

Ancient Murrelet / night bird (synthliboramphus antiquus)
  • SGin xaana
  • Sk’in xaana
  • Sk’in haana

and
  • ’ad
  • ’wagyin
... ’ad dii guudang.ngaay ... (kilhgula)
’wagyin uu dii ... (and then I...) -- kilhgula

and the next one
is.sii gyin

and then
  • huu
  • ’waa t’aanii
  • ’waaGiixan
  • ’wagyinuu

and then again and again
  • ’wagyin asing asing
  • ’wagyin iising asing

and yet
  • iilaawu
  • iilaaw
  • iilaaw t’anii

Anemone (green sea anemone, anthopleura spp.)
S’iip

anger (not feeling good towards someone)
guudang.ngaay sgapjuu

anger (stretching fingers out in anger when you are mad at someone)
kawtaadang

angry
  • st’ii xaa gang
dii st’ii xaa gang
(response to a question).

angry / mad
kaahlii hildang

animal of the forest
  • gyaGwang
  • gyaGun

animals
  • gyaGwang
  • gyaGan

animals attacking with horns or antlers
kwahgudan

ankle
k’yaahlt’aamal

ankle (twist your ankle)
t’aa k’uhlGahlda

announcements
gina Gansda suu

announcements (going to be announcements)
kiing.aayxidii

announcements (message from far away)
kiing.aatl’xagaay

annoyed
gudsing.Gidts’ii

answer back
xang.gyang suu

antlers
  • k’yamGa
  • k’yamGaay
  • k’yamGii

anus (anus hole)
  • slluxuul
  • st’llxuul ts’ii

anus muscle
  • slluxuuxaay
  • st’llxuulxaay

anxious
  • aan.nagung
  • aay.yang
  • aayuuwang

anxious to give
guugiigid

anxious to go
guuda kaaw

anxious / eager, grabby
hlgaawjuu

anything (junk)
gina giid

anybody / whoever
tl’aagii

anyhow
tllk’waanii

anyone (for you)
  • kl’agan
  • tl’agan

anything
  • gina
  • gina xan

anytime
tllsdluuxan

anytime now
  • haay.yadxan
  • haay.yadxanuu

anyway
tl’l k’waan.nii

anyway / any how
tllguuxan

anywhere
  • tllguusda
  • tllGanxan

anywhere (from anywhere)
tllguusda xan

apart
gud iila

apart (falling apart)
xunhll

apart (take apart)
guudGiisda iidlxa

apart (ie threads coming apart)
k’aahlwang

apologize first
sing kihlging klaagang

apology
  • singkihlgii
  • singhihlgiig

appetite (big appetite - hoggy)
  • hlgaapjuu
  • k’uudaga
  • k’uuts’ii

appetite (no appetite)
s’anjuu

apple - juicy apple
k’aay xaawa

apple (cultivated / sweet)
k’aay xaawla

apple juice
k’aay xaaw

apples (crab apples)
k’aay

apron
  • kangiiGaagya
  • kangiigiigaay
  • kangiigya

apron (1/2 an apron with pockets -- loin cloth)
k’yahtl’xyang

apron (full apron)
kangiiGaagyang

apron (short apron with pockets)
k’yahl tl’llging

apron (wearing an apron), dance apron
xyahl k’yahl tl’lging

apron (work apron has pockets)
k’aaayxiida

archaeologist (lit.dig expert)
hlGay iiGaayGa

are you
  • gyiiu da
Giin gyiu da... Where are you...

are you
dang gwa

area or territory (ie fishing spot)
gyus

argilite
  • hlGaa hlGahl s’aagas
  • k’aas hlGaa
  • kwaa

argilite dish
hlGaa kaayhla

argue
  • k’iiwang
  • kil xiinuudGa

arm
xyaay

arm (put your arm, arm & arm, with another person)
sk’udhll

arm & arm (standing, sitting or walking)
sk’uut’ajah

arm (short arm)
xyaay huujuu

arm (short arms)
xyaay huudala

arm pit
sk’uuda

arm pit (inside your arm pit)
sk’uuda kaahlii

arm rotating (ie turning a handle or winding up to throw something)
xinhlGalang

arms spread out
xiisGid

around
  • Gaadáng
  • Gaaduu
  • Gaaduu sgamguhlGaahlda
  • gaagang

around (go around something)
kaahlGahldaas

around (going around)
isgwang

around a pond
suu Gaadguuxan

around here
  • aasGaayd
  • asGid

arrange (give direction)
kil GuuhlGa

arrested (locked up)
  • k’aayjuguhlda
  • k’aayjuguhldas

arriving
GidGad dii

will arrive
GidGad Gas ga

almost arriving / almost there
GidGad xidii

arrived
  • GidGiidan
  • GidGad xaa
  • istl’lxa
  • istl’lxan

arrive
  • istl’lxaay.ya
  • kaadtl’lx aa
  • kaatl’lx aa
  • kaadxaa
  • xanjudhlxaaya

arrive in an inlet
GidGad ts’aaya gan

arrived (first arrived)
GidGadxa

arrived (he/she)
ll GidGiidan

arrived (made it to a place)
GidGad

arrived (they)
tl’lGidGiidan

arrived in great numbers
sk’uutl’lxa

arrived safely
kaagant’xa

arrived safely (more than one person)
kaagantl’lxa

arriving from somewhere by car, boat or plane
xanjuuinhlxa

arriving soon
istl’xaadaalga

arrow (sharp pointed arrow)
  • ts’iit’alang k’ii
  • ts’iit’alang.ngaay

arrow with no point
k’uung.aal

arrow with sharp point
  • ts’iit’alang
  • ts’iit’alang.aay

arthritic hands or bow legged
hlt’adjuu

arthritis
  • skuus kaahlii st’ii
marrow of bone is sick.

artistic
  • stllnll
  • stllnlas

not artistic
stllngudGa

as a result
sindiiyuu

as usual
  • gyaa guu xan, gyaaguhlxan
  • gyan.naadsxan, gyan.nadsxan
  • gyan.nadsxanGaxan
  • gyan.nansxan
  • t’aanii, t’aaGanii
  • uu k’yahl
  • ’waaGansdaxan, ’waanadsxan
  • ’waat’aanii
  • ’wansxan

ashamed
  • Giidaxa
  • Giidaxaaga
  • sGiida

ashamed (ashamed of a person talking)
kil Giidgang

ashes (human ashes)
  • hldalxid
  • hldalxadaay

ashore (coming ashore)
  • gaaydGuu
  • gaaysGuu

ashore (debris coming ashore)
gaaytaaysgid

ashore (going out from shore)
gaaysda

ashore (group coming ashore)
gaayGuu

ask
suu

ask about
  • kyaanang
’La ad hla kyanang. Ask him or her.

ask for
giinang

ask someone to go with you on a boat.
ts’aanhlang

at
guu

at last / in awhile
Giida kaawdii

at that time
  • dyadluu
  • gaay dluu
  • gan.nud
  • ’waasdluu

at that time (around)
gaaynawdii

at that time or the same time
dyaa dluu

at the same time
dluu

ate
nan hll hlgaaGats’igan. I ate the whole thing (ie crab)

ate fast
hlgapGadts’ii

ate the whole plate of food.
GaamGats’ii

atmosphere
sin

attention (trying to get someone’s attention)
kaajuudaay.ya

attention (paying attention to someone)
k’aaynang

auntie (man talk about)
skaanGa

aunti (man talk to)
skaanaay

auntie (woman talk about)
skaanGa

auntie (woman talk to)
skaanaay

auntie’s (woman & man talk about)
skaanGalang

avalanche
t’aaGaaw xundalsah

awake
skints’ii

awake (you are awake)
  • skyana
  • skyanas
  • skyan.naay

awake (barely awake)
skisGid

awake (becoming awake)
skints’ii gil

awake (getting wide awake)
skints’igihl

awake (wide awake)
  • skints’i Gil
  • skints’iigihl

away (going away messy)
  • jaahlaxid
  • jaahlt’axid
  • jaahlgwiixid

away (from you)
’waaxuusda

away (ie stepping aboard a departing plane or boat)
kaadll

away (move away from that)
hinda

away (putting things away)
tllinsguhl

awhile (after awhile)
kaawdiiyuu

awhile (in a while)
  • Giid kaawdii
  • Gid kaawdii

awhile back (the other day)
’waadaahlGa

axe
kiitl’ljaaw

axe (sharp axe)
  • kiitl’jaawaay k’ii
  • kyuutl’ljaawaay

B. English - S. Haida

baby
  • gid
  • naanu

baby sit
  • gid kaayts’id
  • gid kaayts’idii

baby talk for thank you
daaduu

bachelor
dllxyang

back, turn back, come back, being back, slide back, brought back
  • sihlgyang
La gwii uu la sgwaahljuu.
(her) Back was turned towards him as he walked towards her.

back (in the back)
diida

back (kick back - put boat in reverse)
Guuda gyang.ah (’la) sdaaGad

back (lower back)
sgwaay

back (on your body/talk about it)
sgwaang

back (posture - bent over a bit)
sgwahljuu gyang

back (posture - bent over)
skwahldala

back (posture - big person bent over a bit)
skwahljuu

back (posture - when someone walks away from you, you see their back)
skwahlGwii gyang

back (turn your back)
sgwaahlGahlda

back (way back)
diidgii

back (whole back)
giing.guuda

back (your back)
  • sgwaay
  • sgwaayan - used in a sentence referring to ’my back’

back bone
kaamakaamii

back end of something
GuudGu

back end of spear (the end that you hold)
  • k’aay Gii
  • k’aay

back scratcher
sgwang xiihda’u

back towards fire (to warm up your back)
sgwaahljuu

back up (boat or car)
  • Guudagyang
  • maaning-maaning

backward / shy
xaalsgid

backward about asking for something (ie a proposal)
xangwal king

backwards (a person rolling over backwards)
sihlxyang Gaad k’amjuuGuhlGa

backwards (getting out backwards)
Guudaal t’ahl

backwards / doubtful
kaay.yangs

backwards (ie about oneself)
k’waahlGahl

bacon (literal - pig side)
kwaasaaw daagul

bad
  • daaGang.a
  • daaGang.nga

bad lips, bad talk
k’uuda daaGang.a

bad mouth
kil daaGang.ah

bad news
king gudGang

bad omen (literal - raven crying)
xuuya sGaayga

bad sign on your left shoulder
skalGudGang

bag
chiijuu

bag on ground or floor
chiiGudya

bags lying down
chiiGudaay.ya

bag (a bag bouncing along)
Gaad chiik’adang

bag (a bag falling already landed)
Gaad chiisgid

bag (big bag hanging)
tl’adxyang

bag (gave bag away)
chiisdll gan

bag (give a bag away)
  • chiisdll
  • chiisdll dii ga
  • chiisdll gang

bag (give it)
chiisdll hla

bag (giving already)
  • chiisdll gii
  • chiisdll gii gang

bag (giving it all away)
chiisdll tl’lga

bag (going to give away)
chiisdl Gas ga

bag (going to give it)
chiisdll xidii

bag (small bag of fish)
dang sgadtl’l

bag (trying to give it away)
chiisdl t’aajing

bag (want to give it)
chiisdll guuda

bag hanging
chiixyang

baggy (pants/shirt)
xwadxyang

baggy / sloppy clothes
xwadjuu

baggy clothes
xuljuu

baggy clothes (more than one person)
  • xwahldala
  • xwad.dala

bagpipe
sk’udtl’inwaluu

bail (can bail)
xuudaa hlnga

bail (going to bail)
xuuda xidii

bail (will bail)
xuudas ga

bailer
  • xuudawaay
  • xuudawuu
  • xuut’awuu

bailing
xuudadii

bailing water
xuuda

Baird beaked whale
  • Sgaagud
  • T’ang.ahlGaana
  • SGap

bait
jil

bait (talking about the bait)
jiilaay

bait (use it for bait/baiting a hook/hook is baited)
jiilaadagan

baiting the hooks
  • jil Guhl ga
  • jil Guhl gaay

bake (putting something into the oven to bake)
giits’isGa

balance (loss of balance)
  • dlxaats’ii
  • dlxaajii
  • dlxaagudGa

balance
  • kaaxiida
Daawjaay sah kaaxiida dii ga.
The cat is balancing up high.

balance (off balance falling forward and catch yourself)
naanaGuuGad

Bald eagle (young bald eagle - haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Guud ts’una

bald head
  • sgaaxaja
  • sgaaxajii

baleen
kun ts’ing gaaw

ball game you play with your hand
  • sgiijuu Gad chaawa
run four corners/if you are hit with the ball you are out. First base is called, gad chaawa.

ballast (literal - rock putting in)
hlGaaGundal

bananas
gina skaapdala

bandage
  • tl’ljaagawaay
  • tl’ljaagaaw
  • tl’ljaagaawuu

bang (ie shooting with a gun)
k’aadal

bank (money house)
daall naay

banks island
kaa’al

bannock
  • tl’lants’aGid
  • tl’lants’i Ga

bannock (making bannock flat)
tll tl’ants’aGid

barbeque
saa’ll

- barbeque (beside the fire)
- barbeque fish on a stick (more than one)
kiijiiaaw

barbeque (roast fish on stands by the fire)
kidGaajiiaaw

barbeque (roast fish over fire on a frame)
Gaayjiiyaaw

barbeque fish on a stick (just one)
kiijuu

bare feet
st’aa Guunang

bare handed
stl’lGuunang

barely
  • xaaynang
  • GaayGwalxan

barely (just barely)
gam GaayGwalxan

barely (with great effort)
  • GaayGwiihlxan
  • GaayGwiillxan

barely holding on to (ie net or anything)
xaajagid

barely made it
  • Gaaygulxaan
  • xaaynang.xan

bark (bark of a dog)
taa king.xang

bark (outer bark of a tree - spruce)
  • k’uujii
  • k’uuwajii

bark (outside half of split cedar bark used as woof or weft, weaver)
duu

bark (spruce tree or hemlock inner bark that is edible)
xii

bark (thick outer bark)
k’uujii

bark beater
k’uuiid sgiidang.uu

barking (dog)
king.xang

barnacle (balanus spp.)
  • Gawduuwal
  • Gawdawal

barometer
sing.aay kyang.w aay

barrel / keg
  • sk’aats’alang’u
  • sk’aats’Ganguu
  • sk’aats’gulanguu

bashful or backwards or shy
xangwal king

basket
  • skaayxan
  • kiiGuu

basket (cedar bark basket)
ts’uu k’al skaayxan

basket (red cedar bark baskets used to transport dried food/made from large pieces of cedar bark / laced together with cedar withes)
k’uud

basket (red cedar basket)
  • xayna
  • xaayna
  • xiina

basket (spruce root basket)
kayd hllngaay skaayxan

basket weaving
kiiGuuxaay

basket with strap
Gal chiigyang.uu

basketball
  • sk’aaxan
  • sk’aaxadang

basketball (people all challenge each other)
  • kangudang
Xaaydas gud iila Gid gud kangudang.
All native basketball tournament.

bat
  • GudGaadu gamhlgal
  • GudGaadu gamhlGahl

bat (ie baseball bat)
skiijaw’u

bath, bathe
Gaadang

bath house
Gaadang naay

bathroom / toilet
kaaxuulnaay

bathroom fan
gina sguuna gina xaawdas

batting
sgiijuu

bay
  • GawGa
  • GawGalang (more than one)
  • k’aaydal
  • k’aaydalaay

bay (a small bay)
  • Gaawga ts’ad.da
  • Gapdal

bay (any side of an entrance to a bay)
hlaagii

bay (front of a bay)
  • klagii
  • tlaagii

bay (little bay)
sgamdal

bay (skinny bay) inlet
xiiyants’ii

bay (the bay)
Gawgay

bay entrance
GaawGagaay k’yuuGa

be quiet
  • kil Gwaal
  • kihl Gwaal

beach
  • chiixwaas
  • chiixuu
  • chiixwaay
  • kaaga gaGawaay
  • Gaa’agii

beach (going out to the beach)
’waanGa

beach (small beach where the power line comes up.)
  • Giidaxa Gas
literal - shamed to go there, so can’t land at skidegate village in a south east wind.

beach drying up
chiiGasdll

beach hoppers (amphipod, sand flies)
kun t’axuung

beach lupine (lupinus littoralis)
taGansk’yaa

beach lupine (lupinus nootkatensis)
- beach pea (lathyrus japonicus)
xuuya tluuGa

beach washes up
gaaysk’ud

beach wormwood (ambrosia chamissonis)
  • skiina xil
  • xil sgunxulaa
literal - good smelling medicine.

beads
  • gaawiid
  • gaawiidgaay
  • gaawiidaay

beads (blue trade beads)
gaawiid GuuhlGahl

beads (red trade beads)
gaawiid sGid

beak (birds beak)
k’uuda

break into small pieces
k’amnanang

beam (longhouse / big anade / side beams)
nang hlgiigids

beam (one house beam)
ts’aansGaa

beams (house)
ts’aansGaagiids

beans
kuusid xil

beans (gone with the wind)
taajuwaay ad ’uu gaaw

bear
taan

bear (polar bear underwater grizzly bear)
chaaGan xuuajii

bear (talk about)
taanaay

bear (white mainland bear)
taan Gaada

bear feet
taan st’aay

bear hide
taan k’al

beard
sk’yuuGaay

beat badly in sports
ts’ii ’yuwan

beat someone in a race
t’aasdll

beat up
tyaahlGwang

beating
tyaahlGwang dii

beating up already
tyaahlGwang gan

beautiful
haana

beautiful (so beautiful)
haanaGaydaay

beautiful picture
xaanga jii haana

beautifying yourself
tllindllGa

beaver
  • ts’ing
  • kaagan kaldala

because
  • giixiidan
  • dooGa
  • Gaagan
  • haayanga
  • haayang.uu
  • sindii
  • sindiiyuu
  • t’aagii
  • t’aanGan

because, because of that
waat’aaGaaw

become wide awake
skints’iigil

becoming
Gyalaankaasa’a

becoming part rock (legend)
t’iijii hlGaagaGihl

becoming well
ll gihl

bed (head and foot boards - legend)
daaGang

bed (go to bed)
  • taayGa hla
  • taay hla

bed (in bed)
unt’as

bed (make a bed)
giiGaaw

bed (sleeping house)
  • taay daanaay
  • tay daan

bedroom
taay daan naay

bedstraw (galium aparine)
  • ts’ahl t’awsgiid
  • ts’ahl t’awt’is

bee
sGaal

beef
muus muus kiiGa

beer (like beer - foamy / bubbly)
  • sGuulawa
  • sGuuluuwa
  • sGuuluu

beer parlor
laam ga naay

beetle (black beetle)
guugwil dawang

beetle (blue bottle fly)
diidan

beetle (stink bugs when crushed)
xundas

before
  • kuunaasda
  • kuunGasda

before (even before)
kuunxaasdaxan

before / ahead of time
kuunGasdaaxan

before anything
ginakungixan

behave (she/he behaved wrongly)
ll aahljuwaay gudGang

behave (how a group of people behaves)
gangxuwaay

behave (how we behave)
aahl Gaaw

behavior
  • aahlxaaw
  • gangxaaw

behavior (do opposite from what told)
  • ayguu
  • aayguu

behavior (not acting properly)
aayguhlgang

behavior (strange behavior)
aak’iixan dlljuu

behind
  • did guu
Dii naay did guu ll iijii.
It smokehouse is behind my house.

behind
  • didguu
  • diidsii
  • diidxaayd
  • diidxwa
  • sihlda

behind (already left behind)
t’aasdllgii

behind (coming from behind)
t’aagii

behind (left behind)
  • t’aak’aata
  • t’aasgid

behind (left behind / beat in a race)
t’aasdla

behind (left something behind)
inxaay.yaagan

behind / after
dllGa

behind the village
diid xwii

believe
yahda

believe (make believe)
suuda naang

believe (making believe)
tll king

bell
  • k’aadskii ngangwaay
  • k’aadxiinangwaay
  • k’aadxiigangwaay

belly button
sgil

belly fat from a deer (a face cream medicine)
gyaaGa

belongings (ie junk and gear for travelling or camping)
tllGawaay

belt
  • dlljagu
  • dlljagwaay
  • dlljagaaw.waay

belted kingfisher (ceryle alcyon)
  • chiik’iida
  • xaaw sgaana - super fisher

bend down
guusda

bend down to pick up something
isda guusda

bend to pick up something
  • dawt’alaay
  • dawt’alii

bending a board to make a box
ging Gawaa

bending corners of a bentwood box
ging.guhlGa

bending down
  • guujuu
  • guusdayaay

bending over
guujuu

bent
sgapjuu

bent over
  • sguuhljuu
  • sguupjuu

bent-nosed clam (macoma)
k’yuu

bereaved (red arm band worn by those bereaved)
xandawas

bereaved family
k’aaGuu

bereaved family (present tense)
  • k’aaGuuwas
  • k’aaGawas

bereaved person
xang.dawa

berries
Gaan

berries (dried berries)
Gaan k’aaga

berries (eat berries off the bush)
xiihl.ladang

berries (eating berries off berry bushes)
xihladang

berries (mixed berries with sugar and taaw)
kaayuuda

berries getting ripe
GaanGalangstl’l

berries (green berries)
k’aank’yah

berry mix (with taaw)
kaay.yuda

berry picking (knocking berries off the bush)
skudGwii

beside (a little ways away)
t’ist’axan

beside (a tree root or stump)
k’uulguu

beside (along side ie two boats together)
taawGan

beside (beside anything)
k’uuhlGa

beside (by my side)
  • daa guul guu
  • daagulgii

beside (by on the edge)
jingii

beside (beside something there)
  • ’alt’iisii
  • ’alt’iisas

beside (pulling against you)
t’isda

better (get better)
ll’gil

better (getting better)
ll gil

better (got better)
llgyalgan

better (improving-healing)
llgihl

better (in good health)
  • dayxanGid
  • daayxanGid

between
  • Gaa’ad
  • Gadgii
  • k’idgii

bib
kan.gigiiGya

big
  • ’uwan
  • damjuu
  • galjuu
  • kaljuu
  • kildaa
  • kiljuu
  • kinjuu

big and flat, something big and flat (ie hat or coin)
guu kuuna

big (big bag)
aasluu chaamjuu

big (getting big)
k’waadsdll

big (one big one)
’yuujuu

big (someone big - not used for men)
ts’ads

big (something huge)
hlgaamjuu

big (this big - more than one)
aasdluu ’uudaala

big and fat
daamdala

big and messy (ie an unfolded blanket)
xwadGudii

big and thin
  • kl’uujuu
  • tl’uujuu

big one (more than one - bunch)
’uudaala

big / large
GwaadGadxii

bigger than big / over the hill
t’aalgii

bike
  • st’aa kaaxuunang.guu
  • st’aa kaaxuunang.waay
  • st’aa kaaxuunang.uu

bikini
k’un st’aajuu

bikini
k’un t’amjuu

bingo (my way)
dii gwey

binoculars
tl’lgakyaang.uu

birch (betula)
adtagii

bird (butcher or dismember a bird by pulling it into pieces)
dang k’adas

bird (any kind of dried bird)
hlgaa xilGada

bird (flock of birds flying - migrating)
xidiid ng.aadaalga

bird (one bird flying - migrating)
xidiid xidaalga

bird (pretty little bird)
wiid

bird (unidentified bird)
xildang.ah

bird lying on eggs
kant’as

birds (a few birds taking off)
ng.aaxiisda

birds (a flock of birds taking off)
ng.aak’aasda

birds (flyer)
  • xiidid
  • xidid

birds (to confuse birds - an expression said to confuse a flock of migrating birds)
  • sdaabaalaa
  • sdaabaalii

birds beak
k’uuda

birds keep taking off
  • ng.aaxagang
  • ng.aaxagihl

birds take flight, birds take off in a big flock
ng.aasda

birds without tail feathers
xiidhaamxyangdal

birth
  • kiiGa
  • kiiGu

birth (after birth sac - baby is half covered by the sac)
gidiinaaGwaay

birth (gave birth)
kiiGagan

birth (pushing during child birth)
Gingiidang

birth / bone
kii

birthday
  • kii sing.aay
  • dang kiigaawuuhlaas
Dang kiigaawuuhlaas ad iid guudang.ngaay ’laa.
Happy Birthday.

biscuit with peanut butter
gyal.lagada

bite
k’uuxid

bite (bite now)
k’uuxid dii ga

bite (did bite)
k’uuxid gan

bite (do bite)
k’uuxid hla

bite (will bite)
k’uuxid Gas ga

bite (big bite)
k’uu’uutl’l

bite and crumbs fall off
k’uuskiiga

bite and holler
k’uu hlgaamsda

bite and spit out (taste bad)
k’uuxuusda

bite off
k’uutl’l

bite off a long strip
k’uusluutl’l

bite off a small piece
  • k’uuk’adtl’l
  • k’uusk’adtl’l

bite off a wide long piece
k’uuslamtl’l

bite off and spit out
k’uudang

bite something and it squirts
k’uu ts’iisda

bite something flat
k’uukl’apsgiida

bite something right off
k’uut’aptll

bite (ie fish bites)
k’uusgid

biting
k’uut’axung

biting (a bunch of fish biting)
k’uuGaaw

biting (hanging on with your teeth)
k’uuhlin

biting off
k’uuxid dii

biting on something in your mouth
k’uujiigid

biting skin off with teeth (ie an apple, turnip, orange)
  • k’uuk’anguuhlgii
  • sk’aanguuhlgii

bitten (spinning with pain)
k’uusaalang

bitten and crying
k’uuk’ang.giinang

bitten and head shaking in pain
k’uuaanxiida

bitten and jumping around in pain
k’uut’aaxiida

bitter
dadga

bitter cress (cardamine angulata)
t’aanuu sgunxula

bitter cress/western bitter cress (cardamine oligosperma)
danhll xil

black
  • hlGaahl
  • hlGal ga - can be used in a sentence

black (almost black)
hlGaahl xyang

black (deep black)
hlGaahl ts’indal

black (extra black)
hlGaahl ts’iindal

black (mid night black - like when in a cave)
hlGaahl daamdal

black ash (a layer of . . .)
hlGaahl tl’giidal

black berry
Gaan hlGahl

black cod - cured
skil kil Gudaya

block cod - smoked
Gaay.ya swaanGadaya

black cod fish
skil

block cod small - found in inlets
  • skihldaga
  • skihldawa - Gangxid

black cottonwood (populus balsamifera)
chaanang

black crowberry (empetrum nigrum)
yaanang xilGa

black hawthorn (crataegus douglasii)
  • k’anhll
  • k’alts’ida GaanGa

black katy chiton (katharina tunicata)
t’aa

black oyster catcher (haematopus bachmani)
sgaada.nga

black rock fish
  • k’itsGalang
  • xaasa

black-footed albatross (diomedea nigripes)
sk’aay

bladder
k’uu k’ansh’an

blame
  • k’aaysdll
  • k’aysdll

blame
  • kuuna
  • kuunada
  • kuunadang
  • kuunagan
  • kuuna dii
  • kuuna hla
  • kuuna Gas ga

blaming someone else (you think somebody did something)
  • gud k’uula
  • gud kuuna

blanket
  • Gaahlda’u
  • Gaahldaawaay
  • gyaa’ad
  • gyaa’adaay
  • gyaad

blanket (button blanket)
  • gung.alang.uu gyaa’ad
  • guuGalang.uu gyaa’adaay
  • gyaagyah

blanket (even a blanket)
gyaa’adxan

blanket (patched quilt blanket)
tl’lGaagundal

blast
k’wang

blast - one horn blast
dang kinda

bleeding
gaaydii

blew out
hlkuuxuusda

blind
  • kaaGa
  • kaa’Ga

blinded by the sun or bright lights (dazzled)
ku’uxaaga

blinding
kuyuxa

blinding by the sun
kuuyuuxa

blinker
Guujapuulldang

blinking (eyes blinking)
k’apulldang

blinking (eyes)
  • jii’uldang
  • kyaauuldang
  • kyaa’uldang

blinking (from light)
GuuGaa’uuldang

blinking (lazy blinking)
Gwii’uldang

blinking (still blinking)
huuxan kyaa ’uldang

blinking fast
xang.ii k’apxiida

blister (massett)
xuudk’iis

blistered
xuud kiija

blob - a large blog
kl’adGuudii

blob - a large long blob
tl’adGuudii

blood
Gaay

blow, blow from mouth
xuuda

blow and break (ie a bag or ballon)
  • xuud kaadahl
  • xuud kaadal

blow away (a piece of paper blows away from you)
xuud k’aat’a

blow candle out
xuud k’ihl

blow down tree
xuud k’aa

blow hole (ie on a marine animal - literal breathing hole)
Gaaganxagang danaay xiill

blow it cold (ie hot soup), blow your food cold
  • xuudt’aatGasdll
  • xuutatGasdll

blow something clean (by the wind or lips)
xuud skunxa

blow something out
xuud k’ihlda

blow something to ribbons
xuudst’aananang

blow up (can’t blow up)
xuud jiiGaayGa

blow your nose
  • kunhlt’aashla
  • hlkunhldasda
  • hlkunt’as hla

blowing
taajuu dii

blowing along
xud kaa

blowing horn - can buoy
gaayking.ang

blowing in
naaxwiiuu taajuu dii

blowing into an inlet
kahlgwii taajuu dii

blowing noisily
xuud gaamdaga

blown over
xuudguusgiid

blown over (almost)
xuudguuskidskii

blue
  • Guuhl Gahl
  • Guuhl Gal

blue "anadensis" berry (vaccinium alaskaense howell)
- blueberry
hldaan

blue "anadensis" bush
hldaan hlk’a’ii

blue back fishing - springtime activity
taaxiid gyiu hll halxa

blue bottle fly
diidan

blue harebell (campanula alaskana)
daall sGilGa

bluff
t’iis

bluff (rock bluff)
hlGaa t’iis

blunder
GaaGaaw

blunt arrows
k’uung.aal

blushing
sGiidahlda

board
  • tl’aahldagaay
  • tl’aahltl’aay

board (flat board above smoke house fire to spread smoke)
jiidk’ast’u’u

board (get a board)
kaadll

board (on board)
  • kaadll
  • kaadll gan - got on
  • kaadll dii - get on
  • kaadll Gas - will get on
  • kaadll Guu - you all get on
  • kaadll xidii - going to get on
  • kaadll t’aajing - trying to get on

board (wooden board)
tl’aahlda

boards
kl’aahlda

boarding a boat
kaasGa kaadll

boards (the boards that the longhouse beams rest on)
tl’lgid

boasting
  • kihl guujang
  • kihlgiilang
  • hihlgiidang
  • kilxiisda

boat
  • tllwaay
  • tluu
  • kluu

boat (beach the boat)
  • chiiaak’aayGaaw
  • chiiGak’aayGaaw

boat (pushing the boat back and forth)
daa chin.nanang

boat (tide moving a boat back and forth)
daal chin.nanang

boat (a boat on beach lying on its side)
  • gaay daaw Gad
  • gaay daawGaaw
  • gaay daawsgid

boat (get off the boat)
gii Gwii t’ahl

boat (going along on a boat)
  • tluu kaayd
  • tluu kaa

boat (going on a boat)
  • tluu duu
  • tluudaaw

boat (going to leave on a boat)
tluu kaayd Gas ga

boat (heading out on a boat)
  • tluu kaayd 
  • tluu kaayt
  • tluu kaasGa

boat (long boat)
tluu slaadhljuu

boat (on a boat)
  • tluu guuGa
  • tluu guuGaaw

boat (red tide boat)
kyang.ga tluuwaay

boat (running with bow down)
kunxyangdal

boat (take off on a boat)
tluu GadsGa

boat (tippy unstable boat)
tluu gyalaga

boat (trying to leave on a boat)
tluu kaayd t’aajing

boat barely / slightly touching bottom
Gadst’llnhll

boat coming ashore
  • gaay giiGaaw
  • giiGaaw

boat crew
tluu waay ts’aayii

boat foaming along
sGuuluu Gaagingdal

boat going along listed
daawxyangdal

boat going with tide
dalGaad

boat going with waves - a following sea
kuuGaGaad

boat loaded stern down
Gudguuyaa

boat lying on its side
gaay daawGaaw

boat moving back and forth when tied up
gaay chin.nanang

boat pounding sideways
gaay daawk’adang

boat pushing a bow wave
xyaagadal

boat smashed up on beach
gaayhl

boat swinging around on an anchor
xud anjuuGalang

boat trip on water
gaayinda

boating (to) location, movement
xaal kaayd.dyang

boating zig zag (to) location, movement
xaal sgaalangdaal

boats (a bunch of boats traveling together)
tl’lt’aaxid

boats traveling together
  • xaal kl’llt’axiid
  • xaal tl’llt’axiid

boat-wind blowing a boat back and forth when tied up
xuud chin.nanang

bobbing - anything bobbing around right when it happens
skaatl’lsgii

bobbing out of water
hlgiits’idxaaga

body
k’uudang

body (whole body jiggling back and forth)
xyuunanang

body (a persons body moves between something)
dllhlaas

body (any part of your body)
tlguusii

body (dead body)
k’uuda

body (live body)
hluu

body joints
hluuaanii

body part (word used in mixed company to be polite about when talking about private parts)
tl’lguusii

bog blueberry (vaccinium uliginosum)
  • tllga GaanGa
  • Gaanxaaw ’laa

bog cranberry - berry (vaccinium oxyococcus)
dah

bog cranberry vine
dah hlk’aay.yaay

bog orchid (malaxis paludosa)
  • gaasa
  • Gaasa

boil - forget to soak the dried fish, so you just boil the fish the way it is
xaal tl’giida

boil (anything boiled)
sk’aljuu

boil (hot rocks in water to cook with)
xwaahlda

boil (on body)
  • st’lljuu
  • st’lljuuwaay

boil (simmer)
amGasGuul

boil (starting to boil)
xusGuhlda

boil (to pre boil something)
sk’aljuu xadtll

boil dry (literal - water burnt finished)
Gandlaay xaal haayluu

boil dry (literal - water burnt dry)
Gandlaay xaal k’aaGasdll

boil to hard
jahGasGuul

boiled
xusGuhldagan

boiled fish
sihlts’isGasga

boiling
  • sk’aljuu
  • xusgalang
  • xusGul
  • xuuda

boiling river water in a deep hole
giilaay

boiling vigorously
jahlGas.sGulga

bone
skuujii

bone - back bone of fish
taats’uu

bone (ass bone, tail bone)
Gudskuujii

bone ashes
skuujii hldalxid

bone marrow
skuujii kaahlii

bones (all your bones)
aanii

bones (fish bones)
kaaguuaanii

bones (halibut head bones - when you suck the marrow from the bones)
  • k’uk.k’ang
  • k’uugang
  • hlk’uuk’wang

bones (no bones - boneless with astonishment)
skuujii gaw

bones brittle
skuujii k’amk’uula

bones sore
skuujii st’ii

bones used together to make a spear point
yaagun

bony (getting bony)
skuujaGil

book (literal - paper writing)
  • kuugin guu
  • gyaa k’aalangs

booties (baby boots)
st’aahlk’unk’ii

boots (work boots)
hlGang.gulxa sdaask’aagaay

born
  • kiiga
  • kiiGad

born (after you are born)
kiidhlxaa ga

born (still born)
k’uuda kaatl’lxa

born together
gud’ad kiigawa

borrow (to borrow)
silda

boss
  • k’uula
  • k’uulaga

boss (look like the boss)
k’uula xang.ging

boss lady (esteemed ladies)
k’uljaad

boss (she / he is the boss)
laauu k’uula

bothersome
  • gudsiing.Giits’ii
  • k’aayxada

bottom
  • chaaGansii
  • chaaGan

bottom (boat is touching bottom)
gad st’lln.hll

bottom (right on the bottom of the sea)
chiiGa’u

bottom fish (any fish that doesn’t run up into fresh water)
skaahlan

bottom fish that don’t breathe air
sk’ aahla

bottom (ie of boat)
xidsii

bought
  • dah
  • dah gan

bounce
ts’ahlkaadas

bounce along (ie like when in a car)
GadsGaasgiid

bounce away from little trees
ts’ahl kaadiijing gan

bounced in (more than one)
Gad gandahlts’ii

bouncing along
xaal Gad ts’axyangdal

bow
hlGiid

bow (one bow)
kwaak’ihlda

bow legged
hlgaajuu

bow of a boat
kungii

bow of a boat (high bow / or wave off bow bow of boat)
kuntl’uujuu

bow strings made of seal guts
hlt’aajii

bowl (grease bowl)
taaw kaayhla gamjuus

bowel movement
  • am.ma
  • k’waaGaaw
  • k’waaguu
  • naaGa

bowel movement - eat something and it goes right through you (ie grapes or cherries).
  • daahlgudkaa
  • daahlgudkaa dii - now
  • daahlgudkaa gii - always
  • daahlgudkaa gan - ate
  • daahlgudkaa xidii - ready to

bowel movment (a long hard one)
Gudhlgiigwiidxa

bowel movement (a skinny)
Gudtamsda

bowel movement (big movement)
  • kl’adgud
  • kl’adgudan - used in a sentence

bowel movement (big umma)
hlgiigud

bowel movement (diarrhea - more severe)
sk’aalxaaw

bowel movement (diarrhea - shoots out like water)
sk’aagud

bowel movement (diarrhea)
sk’apgud

bowel movement (fat umma)
hlgii guu

bowel movement (fill diapers)
ts’adgud

bowel movement (forcing)
Gingiidang

bowel movement (long one)
slaamgud

bowel movement (long umma)
kyad Gud

bowel movement (normal bowel movement)
k’waaGuu

bowel movement (pool of umma)
k’yad Gud

bowel movement (small one)
sllkgud

bowel movement (squirting bowel movement)
Gudts’iisda

bowel movement (stuck)
Gud Ga k’aasgid

bowel movement (thin stream of umma)
ts’ii gud

bowing
kwaakildang

bowl - spotted enamel bowl (looks like a seagull egg)
sk’in kaa wa

bowl (feast bowl)
k’amal kaayhla gamjus

bowl (round bowl)
kaayhla gamjuus

bowl (stone bowl)
k’aadang.uu

bowling
k’aad skiiGada

bowling alley (literal - knock things flying house)
  • k’aad skiiGada naay
  • k’aad skiiGanaay

box
  • Guuda
  • Guudaay
  • ts’isk’uu
  • ts’isjuu

box (bentwood box used for food)
  • taawt’aGaay
  • taawt’a

box (cedar bentwood box)
ts’uu ging.uula Guudaay

box (everyday food box)
k’aak’a

box (putting down a box)
ts’isGuu

box (wooden box used for a tub)
taawt’aGaay

box crab (west coast - lopholithodes mandtii)
daawxuusda huugagaay

box or pot sitting there
ts’isGuudii

boxes
ts’is sding

boy or man
iihllngaay

bra
  • sk’uudst’a’u
  • sk’uudst’awaay

bra (1st bra made from flower sacks)
siimii

brace oneself (ie ready to fight or pull)
hlgasdlGuu

bracelet
  • xiigya
  • xiigiigaay

bracelet shaper
xiigyak’aadGuhlGawaay

bracing yourself (keep from falling forward)
agan t’aagyaaGang

bracken fern (frones and rhizomes - pteridium aquilinum)
  • snanjang xil
  • hlt’an’anda
  • saagan

brag (add a story to make self sound good)
kihlgiilang

bragging
kihlgiidang

bragging (someone else bragging for you)
  • kilxiisda
  • kihlxiisda

braid hair
  • k’inda
  • hlk’inda

braided hair
  • tl’uuhlgid
  • tluuhlgihl

braiding
k’inda

brailer
dang gyaasdllwaay

brailer (herring brailer for a big boat)
iinang dang gyaasdllwaay

brailer full of fish, brailling fish aboard
kid Gyatl’l

brain
kaajii ts’iing

branch
  • klass
  • tl’aas

branch (tree branch)
kayd tlaajii

branch moss
wiid

branches leaning against, over and beside
kaagid

brant (branta bernicla)
  • st’aak’aats’idga
  • tlljing gids xaaydaGaay
  • tlljin gids xaaydaGaay

brave
  • guudang.nggaay
  • sGaats’ii

brave (strong minded)
guudang.nggaay tl’aa ts’iiga

bread
  • sabalii
  • saabalii
  • saab.lii

bread (heavy bread with flour & salt, and sometimes taaw)
  • tllkl’ants’idGa
  • tllkl’ants’idGid

bread (make bread, set bread)
GaaGaaw

bread (rising bread)
kaahll

bread (set bread)
sabalii hla GaaGaaw

break
  • Gaadhll
  • k’amhll
  • t’ap’ad

break - trying to break
Gwang t’aajing

break (break with your hands)
tllhll

break (don’t break easy)
  • gam maa k’uu lang
  • maa k’uulaa

break (something you break with your hands)
giiGung

break always
Gwang gii gang

break can
Gwang hllnga

break off
jamtl’l

break off a bunch
hlgaaytl’l

break off large piece
’uutl’l

break off ...
  • k’aatl’ ts’ii -... inward
  • k’aaytl’l -... a large piece
  • k’aaxuunang -... large slab
  • k’aatl’ -... slab
  • k’aatl’t’al -... slab falls down
  • kadt’l -... small piece

break will
Gwaang Gas ga

breakfast
sing.Gaay ga taa

breaking
Gwang dii

breaking in small pieces
k’amnanang

breaking up (a bunch of things breaking up in the water)
gaaynanang

breaks always
Gwang gii

breaks away easy (ie dried spring salmon/chew on it and it breaks away easy)
tl’inwaay

breast bone
kan skuujii

breast feed
tl’inda

breast feeding (baby talk)
jin

breath
  • Gaaganda
  • GaaGan
  • GaaGandjuu

breath (breathe in hard)
kaagan hlgiit’axaagang

breath (short winded)
kaagan kaat’axagang

breath (breath getting weak)
kaaganjuu Gaaxagil

breath (gasping for breath)
kaaganjuu k’aadaxuugang

breath (series of deep in breaths with a sigh)
kaagan in xyah

breath (short of breath)
GaaGankaat’xa gang

breath (short of breathe)
  • kaagan juu Gaaxagas
  • kaagan juu Gaaxaga

breath away (take your breath away when scared)
kaahlii Gaasda

breath of relief
Gaagan sda

breathe a sigh of relief
Giisdagan Gaagansda

breathing
Gaagangxagang

breathing heavily
Gaagang hlgiit’axagang

breeze
  • gamxuulaay
  • xamxuulaay

breeze (very light breeze)
xamjuu

bridge / across
hlGaagids

bridge (ie a bridge over a river)
gandlaay ’ungud gina k’iiwaay hlGaagids

bright lights
GuuGaadaga

brim (wide brim hat)
gaay dluu kaawxaw

bring someone somewhere
  • k’aaysdll
  • tllxiid

bring something to someone
k’aaysdll

bring them back
GaaGuuyang.Ga

brittle / crunchy
  • kamk’uula
  • kamk’uula gan - was crunchy

brittle / rotten (ie. an old cedar basket)
kuuaadiiga

broad leaved plantain (plantago major)
  • ’laana hlgunGa
  • ’laana xilGa

broil a bird using a forked stick
Gajuu

broke
  • Gaadhll
  • Gwang gii gan
  • k’aasgiid
  • xuusda
  • xuusdayaa

broke $
k’aayxa

broke (I am broke)
  • dii xuusda
Dii guudang.ngaay xuusda. I am feeling broke / sad.

broke (no money)
k’aayxa

broke (something is broken)
  • Gwang
  • Gwaang

broke a line in water while fishing
Gaa’adgii

broke almost
Gwang dal

broken (was broken)
Gwang diiga

broken heart
k’uuga xuusda

broken in
guutl’jiiyaa

broken inwards
Gwaang ts’ii

broken pieces
k’uuyii

broom
  • hlk’aawdaaluu jang
  • hlk’aawdaalwaay

brother older (woman talk about)
  • daaGa
  • daaGalang

brother, brother older (woman talk to)
daagaay

brother younger (man talk about) (woman talk about)
dawGanGa

brother younger (man talk to) (woman talk to)
dawnaay

brother older (man talk about)
k’waayGa

brother older (man talk to)
k’waayaay

brother-in-law (man talk about) (woman talk about)
kyaaGa

brother-in-law (man talk to) (woman talk to)
kyaaGaay

brother-in-law (woman and man talk about)
kyaaGalang

brothers (older brothers - woman and man talk about)
k’waayGalang

brown
  • chaan
  • chaana
  • k’wiigaa.ngang
  • k’wiigang.ang
  • sGuun sGwan (N.)

brown (rust)
xuuduunaaGa

brown kelp (alaria marginata)
  • ng.aal Gaa’an
  • ng.aal Gaa’anda

bruise getting dark
hlGaahlGaadii

brush (boat deck brush)
tluu hlk’uunanuu

brush your teeth
tsing.ang hla hlkuunang

brushing
hlkuunanang

brushing little berries off branches
skudGwii

bucket
GaanaGaay

buffalo sculpin
k’aal

bufflehead (bucephala albeola)
k’aysk’ud

building (where a building sat)
taay Guudiigan

building (where a building sits)
taayGuudii

building (whole building)
taaysgu

bull kelp (nereocystis leutkeana)
hlkyaama

bull thistle (cirsium brevistylum)
gul awGa

bullet
jiiguu hlGaay

bullhead
  • Gaalda
  • hl’aama
  • k’aay.yaay

bullhead with horns
’wahgwahlagaay

bulls eye
  • jidyahda
  • kidyahda

bulls eye (dead on shot)
jid yahda

bullshit
muus muus naaGaay

bum
  • Guuda
  • st’lluuxul

bum (getting a scabby ass)
sllxuul k’aak’wa Gihl dii

bumming
kungwaalGadxaga

bumming for fish
chiina gyiuu hll kungwaalGadxagan

bump
  • guunsalang
  • kwah - (with head)

bump
  • kun
  • kun tl’lxa - came and bumped something
  • kun hlgiixyangdal - bump along a long object
  • kun daawsgid - bump and flop over on side
  • kun GaasGid - bump and land on back
  • kun saalang - bump and roll around in pain
  • kundawsgid - bump and tip
  • kun hlGaaxyangdal - bump from behind (ie car or boat)
  • kun aawjigid - bump gently
  • kun Gasdll - bump open
  • kunsgid - bump something
  • kuncha - bump something and it sunk
  • kunxaasdll - bump something and it tips over
  • kunxundal - bump many things down
  • kuungaawsgid - bump into something
  • kuunxaasda - bump over on to your back
  • kaa kunsgiid - bump into somebody while walking and knock them down.
  • kwaa
  • kwaakunsgid - bump forward your nose
  • kwaadaawsgid - bump sideways
  • kwaagaawsgid - bump your head straight ahead
  • kwaahGaaskid - bumped into something while walking and fall on back.
  • kwaa sding - bumped twice

bumping many things down
kunxundal

bunch - a big bunch of people arrived
sk’utl’lxa

bunch (a bunch of people staging around)
ganjuugyang

bunch (a big bunch sticking up)
hlGaayjudxa

bunch (holding a bunch)
k’waahlging

bunch / big
k’waahljuu

bunch berry (cornus unalaschkensis)
ts’ii k’ap

bunch (ie knock down all the bowling pins)
  • gwiihll
  • Gwiihll.yaay

bunch (ie shot a bunch of birds down)
jidgwii

bunches here and there
k’uuxaaw

bundle of dried fish (40 or less)
chiina k’usk’uu

bundle of dried k’aaw tied with cedar bark strips
k’aaw k’usk’uu

bundle (ie anything up)
hlk’uts’id

bundling (ie fish/k’aaw)
kunts’id

burial box
tllnsgul Guudaay

burn
  • Guuda
  • Guugas
  • k’untl’l

burn (hurt by fire)
k’uuntll

burn almost
Guu sgii

burn food
xaal sgiida

burn the bottom of the pot, burn when cooking (stuck to the bottom of the pot)
xaal k’aasgid

burn (food burned on the bottom of a pot)
xaalsgid

burning
  • Guugalas
  • Guuxagang

burning (fire)
Guuda

burning burn
Guuxagang

burnt
  • Guugan
  • Guuga
  • Guugas
  • xalsgid

burnt mouth
xaayhlii k’untl’l

burp
k’anda

burst
k’aadahl

bursting (need to go to the bathroom)
sk’yuu xiida

burry
hlGiiGuu

bury (put away)
tllnsguhl

bury a dead body
k’uuda hlGiiGuu

bush (stuck in the bush)
hlk’yan k’aayxaa

bushes
  • hlk’aayii
  • hlk’aay.yii
  • hlk’inxaayd
  • hlk’yants’idaay

bushes (bird habitat)
hlk’yantsigan

bushes (in the bushes)
hlk’inGa

bushes (stuck in the large branches)
hlk’yan k’aayxa

bushes (stuck in small bushes)
hlk’in k’aayxa

bushes (up in the bushes)
hlk’inxa

bushy (ie blossoms, flowers, trees, berries)
  • hlk’wahljuu
  • hlk’waahljuu

busy
  • gwaalaaga
  • xaat’axung

busy with your hands
xaa t’axuun

but
  • haay.yang
  • haay.ying
  • sk’yaaxan

but (and yet)
iilaaw

butt (sitting butt in air)
Gudjuu

butt (sitting butt in the air - a little lower than "mooning" stance)
Gudskajuu

butt (sitting butt in the air - moving) "mooning"
GudsGalang

butter
  • daada
  • baadagaay

butter clam (saxidomus anadensi)
  • k’aaga
  • k’yuu

buttercup (ranunculus acris)
xil k’anhlGahl

butterfly
  • kulGaay.yugung
  • k’ulgaay.yugwang
  • kulGaay.yudang

buttocks
Guuda

button
  • gung.alang.uu
  • guuGalaang.uu

button up wrong, shirt crooked
st’llsguuda

buy
  • dah
  • dahx

by (ie close by)
k’uhlGaaw

by-the-wind sailor (valella valella)
skiihl ts’ii