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