Sunday, January 5, 2014

C: English - S. Haida

cactus
gina k’ii hlgamdala

calf (lower leg)
k’yaahl kaaw

california mussel (mytilus californianus)
  • taaxaw
  • taaxaaw

call
kyaagang

call (they call it by name)
layid kyaagang

call back (legend)
GaaGwiiyanda

call on & on
kyaa sGaasdll

call someone down (one sided)
naaGang

call them back
GaaGuuyang.Ga

called
kiiGada

called for/call
hlGaaxii

calling
  • Gaaguuyanga
  • kyaa gang

calling each other down (more than one person quarreling)
naaGwang

calling someone with your hand
xaasGalang

calm
  • dlaay.ya
  • dlaayll
  • dlaayas
  • dlaays
  • glaay.yaay.ya
  • glaayii
  • glaay.ii
  • glaay.yas
  • guudang.ngaay glaay.yahda

calm (feelings)
  • glaayah
  • glaay.yah

calm (no wind)
Guulas

calm (water is flat calm)
GaayGaagii

calm between rough waves
GaaysiiGas

calm water
glaayii

calm water (getting to be calm water)
GaaysiGihl

calm water / ocean
Gaaysiga

calm/sheltered (a harbour can be Guula)
Guula

came to see
  • kingintl’lxa
  • king Gadtl’lxa

came back
  • sdiidhlxaa
  • sdiihltl’lxa

came from
gaaysda.uu

came to mind
gudGad

camera
  • niijaang.uu
  • niijaangwaay

camera (taking pictures)
niijindii

camp
tllGa hlang

camp (a fall camp/putting up fish)
taana naaxang.ngaay

camp (any kind of camp)
naaxang.ngaay

camping place
gaalda daan

campsite
  • tllganghlang
  • tllganghlaan

can (can do something)
hllnga

can (gallon can / received from chinese people)
daahii can

can (shiny can / 4 gallon)
  • xaahl taawt’a
  • xaal taawt’a

can (shiny can / small)
  • xaahl sk’aajuu
  • xaahl sk’aajuuwaay

can do
hlng.aa

can do something
isda hllnga

can not (can not do something)
gam hllnga

can not do anything
  • jiigaayGa
  • jiigiiga

can not go
gam kaayd hllnga gang

can opener
k’idguusdllwaay

canary rock fish
kaa

cancer
st’ii tladts’iiga

candy (stretching candy)
dang.gudang

cane - raising cane with someone
kilhlGwang

cane (talking cane)
k’ihlgii

cane (using a cane)
kid kaaGung

cane (walking cane)
  • taas k’ii
  • t’aas k’ii
  • t’aas k’aay
  • t’aas k’ii gaay

cannery
chiina ga guu tl’taats’ ’iigangs

cannon
xal dal’u

canoe
  • kluu
  • tluu
  • tluuwaay
  • tllwaay

canoe (very first canoe for two people)
sk’aajaang

canoe (original name for canoe)
  • sk’aajang
  • skaats’ang

canoe pathway
  • GaaGagaay
  • Gaas

canoe shed
  • kluu naay
  • tluu naay

canoe wreck or tip over
tluu xusda

cans
sk’aaxan

can’t help / helpless
jiijuuwa

canvas
xwaasda

capable of doing
Guula

caplin
Gaayda

car
  • kaagaay
  • ts’ik ts’ik *

car (a rickety car)
jahlGwii

car (something with wheels)
  • hlGaaGuudii
Gina hlgaaxyang.gwangs. Thing that runs around/something moving along.

car trip
gaayinda

car / wagon
gina hlGaaxingdal

card game ("hearts", face/dead coals from fire)
xang sdansda

card (a deck of 52 cards)
kadsdasGa

care
  • Gaaxiiyuu
  • Gaaxiiyaaw

care (take care of)
tllxanda

care for him/her
guuda

careful
  • damxan
  • damxwal
  • dayxan

careful (said to someone)
guustl’as

caribou
  • k’ad
  • tsin hlal
  • xis kuu

carrot - garden carrot (daucus carota)
ts’ii ts’ii

carry
dllxiid

carry (person)
dllging

carry a boat
giixid

carry away
kunt’axiid

carry ie carry something small like a cup
sk’aaging

carry on back
  • unging
  • ungings

carry on shoulder
  • skahlgingdal
  • skahlging
  • skuugingdal

carry on your back
’uunging

carry someone on your shoulder
’undllxiid

carry ie canoe or blanket
giixid

carrying a big load
k’waadging dal

carrying a bunch of something on your shoulder
  • skyuuging
  • Dii hla ga gan Gas ga
  • T’aajing gii gii gang

carrying a little bag
k’uuging

carrying something in your arms ie a baby
dllging

carrying something with rope on shoulder
sk’uud staaging

carrying straps
xiit’aja

carrying things away
k’aayhlGalang

cartilage (fish head cartilage)
hlkalGuujii

cartilage (fish head nose cartilage)
  • hlkaalGus
  • hlkaaluus

carve
  • gyaa k’id
  • k’iidaga

carve deeply ie totem pole
hlgadxuunang

carved on
k’id k’aawsdllya

carver
gya k’id llGaayGa

carving
k’iidagaay

carving (deep carving)
hlgadGuhlgaya

carving of fine lines (ie on bracelet)
  • maats’alang
  • maats’iilang

carving out / digging out
  • Gaasda
  • Gaast’a

carving room / carving shed
gyaa k’id naay

carving tool
taa k’iduu

carving tools
gya k’idwaay k’ii

cases
ts’is sding

casket
k’udwal Guuda

cassins auklet (ptychoramphus aleuticus)
haaja

casting (throwing a line when fishing)
kwaay xiida

cat
  • daws
  • daajaay
  • dawjii

cat sick house (veterinarian)
dawjaay st’ii naay

catch (singular)
giijiigihlda

catch someone doing something wrong
kaajigid

catch with a net or line
Galt’aatl’l

catch / kill more than one
tl’lda

caught in air
xaadlljuu

caught/killed more than one
tl’lda gan

cave
  • diinaal
  • din
  • dinaay

cave in
guutl’lljii

cedar (yellow cedar tree)
sGaahlan

ts’uu k’al
cedar bark (red cedar)
ts’uu k’al

cedar bark (yellow cedar)
sGaahlan k’al

cedar bark shredded - used for bandages, infant bedding, and diapers
hltanhlk’ya

cedar boards on the bottom of a canoe
t’aak’ungxid

cedar box for storage
gul

cedar hat
  • ts’uu daajing.aay
  • ts’uu daajing

cedar sticks for hanging fish
  • k’yaasan
  • k’yaasun

cedar tree (yellow - chamaecyparis nootkatensis)
sGaahlan

cedar bark used to tie red cedar bark to make large baskets
sgiisgil

celebration (a big celebration)
Gad ts’adsdll

cemetery (burying place)
  • hlGiiguudaan
  • hlGiiGwadan
  • hlGiiGwadaanaay
  • hlGiiGwadaan

center
  • ts’ii
  • ts’iiGii
  • yahgu Ga
  • yahguusii

center (inside part of something, very middle of something)
ts’iisii

cents (0.10 cents)
  • biid *
  • biid sGwaansing

cents (0.25)
  • kwaada
  • kwaadagaay

cents (0.50 cents)
daal linaGwaay

ceremonial chief head dress
  • ts’ihlgii
  • jihlk’ii

chair
  • GudhlGaaGaang.uu
  • GudhlGaaGang.uu

chair (rocking chair)
Gud k’aaxaasGalang.uu

chair (talking about)
GudhlGaaGangwaay

chamber pot (pee pot)
  • chiik’an sk’an
  • chiigan sk’aan

chance (missed your chance)
kaasgid

change
  • daahlGahl
  • daahlGahlda
  • daah lGahlda

change (ex. gidinaaGwaay change to gidins)
dang.GuhlGa

change (for a change)
siijaawsda

change (past tense) ie change your husband, or money to american $
  • daahlGahlda
  • daahlGahldaay.ya

change clothes, change ways
agan daahlGahl

change things for the good ie health - you yourself can change things
dang guhlGa

changed
dang.Guhl Gang

channel (deep underwater channel)
chaasdayaay

channel (inside)
chaahlii

charcoal / embers
daas

chase
xid xid

chase after
xiidgindaal

chase away
  • giinxa
  • ginxa
  • ginxayaay
  • ginxayay

chased
xiidxii

chasing
xidxid

chasing somebody
  • xidging.dal
  • xidxyangal

chatter
sapdaga

cheap
  • naang.nga
  • naang.a
  • xaaga

cheat
ging kuunang

cheating on your partner
hlGaaxiida

cheeks
  • k’ants’ida
  • xangk’al

cheering
  • siik’yaadang
  • siik’ya’adang
  • siik’iiadang
  • siik’iiyahldang

chest
  • kan skuujii
  • kan

jiijiigaaga
chestnut-backed chickadee (parus rufescens)
  • jiigaaga
  • jiijiigaaga

chew (nothing to chew with ie no cream or sugar in your coffee)
xuud sk’aptl’l

chew (put in mouth to chew ie pink pitch from an old spruce tree in the woodpecker holes)
k’uuts’iiGa

chewing
  • hljang
  • hiljing
  • hiljan

chewing (chewing cud)
sGaayuldang

chewing (no teeth chewing)
k’uu gamnanang

chewing (still chewing)
sgaaylldang

chewing a big mouthful of k’aaw
k’uu hlgaayt’uuga

chewing dried fish
giiyaawjangs

chewing food
k’unhlGahl

chewing food for a baby
aaba

chewing herring roe on kelp
k’aaw k’uut’uuga

chewing (ie crackers, bread, dried fish)
k’aay k’yaw

chewing k’aaw - making a crackling sound
k’uu k’aatuuga

chewing sloppily
s’ahldajing

chewing something
k’uu sa’hlnanang

chick is starting to form (just before chick is starting to form)
sk’aala

chicken
skaw

chicken (boneless chicken)
skuujii gaw skaw

chicken peck
sk’as

chief
  • iitllgaay
  • kilslaay

chief (going to be a chief)
k’ulsGah

chief (village chief, builder of a community or town, literal - mother village)
  • ’laana aawa
  • ’laana aawas
  • ’laana awGa
’Laana AwGa SGiidagiids /
Lid Gan nang ’Laana AwGa SGiidagids.
The one who is the mother of the village of Skidegate.

chiefs
  • ’laana ’waGalang
  • ’laana aawGalang

chief (replacing the chief)
gasihlGada

chief (taking a chieftan place)
gyaa sihlGa Gihl

chief (town chief - in place of - sitting)
ga sihlGadas

chief / boss
k’ul

chiefs all (formal speeches)
kilslaay Ganga

chief’s daughter
nang k’ulaas guujang.Ga

chief’s food
iidhlxaayda ga taa Gaa

chief’s share or whatever gathered from chief’s territory
t’aang.Gad dasga

child
  • gid
  • giid

child (old child)
gidGa k’waay.yas

child (oldest child of family - parent talk about)
  • naa nang k’waaya jiihliis
  • nang k’waaya jiihliis

child (past tense)
gidGang

child (youngest child)
gidGa dawGanas

child always with chinaa / older brother/whomever
k’uut’iisgwang

child to teenager (menstruate / female)
taaguuna

children
  • Gaaxaa
  • Gaaxaas
  • Gaaxaagaay
  • gidGalang

children (bad kids)
Gaaxaa daaGanga

chilkat
nahiin

chin
hlkaay

chinese
ts’aalaman

chinese food
ts’aalaman ga taa Ga

chip off
  • stl’tl’l
  • stl’lxuusda

chipping
kuudaaga

chiton (gumboot chiton - cryptochiton stelleri)
sGiida

chiton (large chiton from Cumshewa Inlet "lying down forever")
GuunGuu giiga

chiton (small black chiton)
t’aa

chiton (unknown - land otters chiton)
sdllguu taaGa

chitons (lay black chitons on back in a pan of water to soften them)
Ganda

chocolate lily (fritillaria camschatcensis)
inhlling

choked up (emotionally - can happen anytime)
kaaganGa k’aasgid

choked up (literal - voice inside plugged) past tense
kil waaGa k’aasgiidang

choked up / can’t talk
kilk’aasgid

choking / coughing (something goes down the wrong channel)
  • kaagan Ga Gaayd
  • kaagan Ga Gaad

chosen one / blessed one
nang sk’aadagas

chop
  • sgid Giihl Gii (all finished and ready)
  • sgid k’aadahl (split open with noise)
  • sgid kaadas (split open)
  • sgid xil (talk about chopping)
  • sgid laaltl’l (twist axe to split open)
  • sgid kaatl’l (. . . a big slab of wood off)
  • sgid k’unsgid (. . . a hard object ie rock or metal)
  • sgid xal (a hole ie like a hole in tree for a spring board)
  • sgid stl’uutl’l (. . . a long strip)
  • sgid k’aa (. . . a tree down)
  • sgid Gung (. . . and break)
  • sgid t’aptl’l (. . . and broke)
  • sgid haayluu (. . . and finish it all)
  • sgid Gaaxa Gil (. . . and get tired)
  • sgid yahda (. . . and hit dead center)
  • sgid sguuda (. . . and miss)
  • sgid stl’lxuunang (. . . little slivers off)
  • sgid xuusda (. . . part of something off)
  • sgid gawtl’l (. . . a wide piece off)
  • sgidhll (. . . with an axe)

chopped
sgidnanang

chopping pieces off
sgid xuunang

chubby
  • ts’adjuu
  • chadjuu

chum salmon eggs placed in a creek for 3 or 4 days.
- clean out membranes with hands every day. Never leave even a speck of blood.
gwalGuuga

cigarette (hanging from mouth)
Gud shladging

cigarette (sticking straight out from mouth)
Gud skaaging

circle
  • sgaahlGal
  • sgaahlGalaay
  • sgaahlGahlda
  • sGaasGal
  • sgaasuulang

circle (full circle / big circle)
sgaamhlGahlda

circle (semi circle, half a circle)
sgaamgid

circle around anything
k’aayjuuGuhlda

circle time
Gud sgaahlGahlda

circles (going in circles)
Gaal sgaalang

circumcised
k’anhll Gahl

circumcised (not circumcised)
k’ud gamal

circumnavigate island
  • gwaay Gaadu
  • gwaay GaadusGada

clam
  • k’iiwaay
  • k’yuu

clam gills
k’ay xyaaGii

clam shell (empty clam shell)
k’yuu k’aal

clam siphon
skants’ii

clams - do not get poison in Skidegate Inlet. a supernatural being at the Sandspit Bar protected the people from this poison.
k’aanga.ga

clams (dead sand filled clams)
sk’waast’aan

clams (dig clams)
k’yuudang

clams (tide clams found further up the beach)
chiixaada kuuGa

clams mantle
hlt’aajii

clan (eagle clan)
  • kuustak
  • kuustayk
  • kuustaayak

clan (opposite clan)
  • k’waalas
  • k’waala

clan (raven clan)
  • kaay xil
  • kaay xal

clan member (man or woman talk about, woman talk to)
guud ’ad kiiGawa

clan member (man talk to)
guud ’ad kiiGawaay

clap your hands
  • stlaan kl’aasgid
  • staan tl’aasgid

clapping
stlaan tl’aadaga

clapping hands
stlaang klaGaaydan

classy
  • siijuu
  • siijuus

clay
k’aal

clay-boring clam (piddock, zirphaea pilsbryi)
k’aas

clean out (junking out)
gint’axid

clean (to be clean)
skun

clean up
  • tll skunxa
  • tll skunxasang

cleaning clams / shucking clams
k’idtl’aaysda

cleans stains
k’ud t’aphll

clear
kl’aa k’aadll

clear (ie any liquid)
  • k’aadllga
  • k’aadllgas

clever hands (good at whatever you do)
stl’inll

cliff
t’iis

cliff (bird nest location)
sdaal kuulgii

cliff (bottom of cliff)
sdal k’uulgii

cliff (top of cliff)
sdal kuulgii

climbing up on all fours
xaa kaahll

close
  • aaxan
  • daawingah
  • guud
  • jii’ul

close (coming close -- to an object)
aaxana

close (getting close)
aaxana gihl dii

close a door or a hatch
dang k’apsgid

close by
  • aahxan
  • aaxana
  • aaxang
  • daawung

close by me
dii guud

close by over there
’waah guud

close by this is here (walking close by)
haahl guud

close (ie a door)
k’apsgid

close something - did close something
k’apsgiidan

push close
da k’apsgiidan

do close
tll k’apsgiidan

kick close
sda k’apsgiidan

pull close
dang k’apsgiidan

elbow to close
xii k’apsgiidan

close something (ie a door)
  • k’apsgid
  • daa guusgiid

close to something over there
yaasii

close / tight
daa k’aapsgiidan

closing quickly (ie a rock scallop)
k’apuuhlda

cloth
  • giixyanguu
  • giixyangwaay

cloth (breech cloth)
chisgiiGaagya

clothes (take off clothes)
gyaaxiist’a

clothes (take of shoes)
st’as.st’a

clothes fit too tight
talgwiigyang

clothing
  • gii.insguu
  • gii’insk’uu

cloths (lots of cloths on)
k’waast’ahll

cloths (take them off)
dang st’a

cloths (talking about)
  • gii’insgwaay
  • gii.insgwaay

cloths (when you have a lot of cloths on)
k’waats’dahllyaaga

cloths pin
k’uuxiidwaay

cloud berry (rubus chamaemorus)
k’aaxu ts’alaang.Ga

cloud lichens (platismatia glauca)
  • ts’uu liisGa
  • hlk’inxa kwiiawaay

cloud traveling in / cloud coming down
kuht’axiid

clouds
kwiiaauu

clouds - big white puffy
kwiiawah

clouds flying by
  • yaanaay naahlGalang
  • yaanaay ng.aaGalang

clouds moving
kwiiGa

clouds moving out/in
yaanang.aay kunt’axid

cloudy this morning
yaanang.aa uuhll

club (end or point of club used to kill seals)
k’aagii

club (fish club)
siijii

clubbing something to death
sGid k’uduhl

clumsy
  • dllxaagudGa
  • dllxagudGa
  • dlxagudGa
  • dllxaajii
  • dllxajii
  • iijihlgudGa

clusters of pink eggs between rocks
chii k’aay ts’iidGa

coal
sdan

coast (down the coast)
ja’axwa

coast (up the coast)
  • jiiaxwa
  • jiiaxwaaw
  • jiiaxwii

coast guard
tluu kaayts’id

coastal red elderberry - berry (sambucus racemosa)
jiitl’l

coastal red elderberry - bush (sambucus racemosa)
  • jiitl’l hlk’aay.yii
  • jiitl’l staayday - stems

coat
chiit’isguu

coat (give a coat away)
  • chiijil
  • chiisdll

coat (put on a coat)
chiits’as Guu Gihl

coat (short coat)
k’uut’iisguu

coat (slicker longer coat)
  • k’aas chiit’isguu
  • k’aas chiit’isgwaay

coat (when used in a sentence)
chiit’iisgwaay

coat / shirt / vest on
  • chiit’as
  • chiit’iijang

cockle (cleaning cockles by banging them together)
k’adkl’aaysda

cockle (nuttall’s cockle - clinocardium nuttallii)
sgyaal

cockle digging stick
dllgu

cocktail (drink)
chiijii sk’yaawa

cod
taayii

cod fish
sGaahlan

coffee
xaw

coffee (strong coffee)
xaw hlGaahlts’indal

coffee break
xaw k’inda

coffin
k’udwal Guuda

coho fishing - fall activity
  • taayii gyiu hll xaaw
Taanuud gyinuu hll taayii gyiu hll xaaw gan. Fall when I coho fished.

cold
  • k’aw
  • tad

cold (as in feeling cold)
  • xwii
Dii ts’iing xwii k’ap xiida ga. I am so cold my teeth are chattering.

cold (don’t want to go out in the cold / scared to)
k’aahlts’ing ga

cold (getting cold)
  • taadGa
  • taadahlda
  • taadahldas

cold (inanimate objects)
taad

cold (said when you are cold)
- you can really drag it out when you say it depending on how cold you are)
hii

cold (so cold came in real small) man talk
xwiidapsdll

cold (weather condition)
taada

cold shivering
xwii hlgaaxiida

cold snap
taad k’aaxuusda

cold spell
  • taada GaadGaaw
  • taadaGaadGu
  • taadaGaadGas
  • taajuu GaadGuu

collapse
xuundal

collapse on one self
gudang xuuhll

collapse (ie your legs)
kunhll

collapse (ie a roof)
  • k’apdahlda
  • k’apdahldas

collapsed
xuuhll

collapsed on him/herself
guudangll xwadhlgan

collar (big collar)
skahlgiiGaaging

color
  • xyang
  • k’uudlaan xaa.nga
  • k’uudlaanuu

color (light color)
Gaada xyang

comb (fine tooth comb)
t’aam gi kaa’u

comb (for hair)
hlk’aaytl’in

comb (to comb)
hlk’aaytl’l

come . . .
haala

come and eat
haala ga taa

come back
  • sdiihl
  • sdiihlxaagan
  • sdil gan
  • sdyal gan
K’adasda siihlgyang sdiihl.
Coming back from the mainland or anywhere on the water.

come back again
iising.nga.sdiihl

come from - just coming from/back
  • inju
GuuhlGa gaaw picobac hll da inju dii.
- I’m just coming back from buying pipe tobacco at Skidegate Landing.

Nang sgaagas hll king inju dii.
- I’m just coming back from seeing the medicine man (doctor).

Huu ll xaaw inju dii.
- S/he is just coming back from fishing.

come here
  • haahl gwii
  • hiidl’Gaal
  • uu kla
  • uu tla

come in
  • hlGaaxidts’ii gluu
  • kaats’ii hla

come in (more than one person coming in -- past tense)
ists’aay.yang

come in (more than one person coming in)
  • ists’ii
  • gandal ts’ii

come in, entering (plural)
- more like a greeting that you would say as they are coming in -- telling them to come in
ists’iiGuu

come in, entering (plural) you all
kaats’iiGuu

come in, entering (singular)
  • ists’aang
  • kaats’ii

come into
kaatl’ xaa

come out of sea
chiiahkaadt’xaa

come out of whale
chiiGaa’adhlkaa

come to bed, sweetheart
haala taay k’aataayGa

come to my house
haala naaGa naagaay Ga kaayd

come to visit
k’aaw kaa ’adhlxas

comes from
kinhlxaang

coming apart (material or fabric)
hlk’aaxiisda

coming back
  • sdiihlt’aaxaagaay
  • siihlgii

coming close
daawang

coming in looking pitiful
k’uuGwiits’ii

coming in together
gandaal ts’ii

coming out of house to go to boat
kaasaakaadhlxaa

coming out of the ocean (super natural being)
chiiGakadxaa

coming together
kangudang

coming together / meeting people
  • gud Gad iis
  • gud Gad is
  • gud Gad iis dii

command (make someone do something)
xaldang

comment on a long thing
jindayaay

common goldeneye (bucephala clangula) &
barrow’s goldeneye (bucephala islandica)
taatl’ad Gaadalaa

common juniper (juniperus communis)
kayda kaxawaay

common murre (uria aalge)
  • Gwaan
  • Gwaah

common rock weed - with herring roe (fucus gardneri)
t’al k’aaw

common rock weed (fucus gardneri)
t’al

common rush (juncus ilted)
k’an

common snowberry - berry (symphoricarpos)
k’u’iid GaanGa

common snowberry - bush (symphoricarpos)
k’u’iid

common twisted stalk (streptopus amplexifolius)
  • st’aw GaanGa
  • st’awliij GaanGa

compete with each other
gud kanguudang

competition
kangudang

complain (someone who complains)
kil xaynudGa

confused
guudang.ngaay jaaGuhlGa

conifer needles
  • t’aaw’a
  • t’aawGa

consciousness
giingangllguuda-jaawGasdll

consciousness (came to)
ging.ganguujaslaayagan

consciousness (regain consciousness - past tense)
ging gang guudas.slaay.ya

consciousness (regain consciousness)
  • Giigang ’la k’aahl kiixaayaa gan
  • ging gang guudasdll
  • guda jaawasdll

constipated
  • st’llxul k’aasgid
  • st’llxulGa k’aasgid

constipated (from eating too many berries)
guudGa k’aasgid

container (small container ie for picking berries)
k’aayt’asguu

continue (to continue)
ts’ii t’a jan gan

continued (to be continued)
  • ts’ii t’as gan
  • ts’ii t’iijing
  • ts’ii t’iijang

cook
  • kuuga
  • kuugagaay
  • tlln.Gaalang

cook - a good cook, literal - hands sweet
  • stl’aay xaawll
  • stlaay xaawlas
  • stlaay xaawlaay

cook
  • kuuga hllnga - can cook well
  • kuuga k’aall - can not
  • kuuga hla ga - go and cook
  • kuuga Gasga - going to cook
  • kuuga xidii - going to cook
  • kuuga hla - cook now you
  • kuuga gan - cooked
  • kuuga dii - cooking now

cook (a lot)
xalGwii

cook a big batch
GyadGalang

cook house
kuuganaay

cooked (in reference to the food that is cooked)
  • Gaalangsdll
  • Gaallnsdll
  • Galangslaas

cooked (over cooked)
xaal’aphll

cooking a big batch of something ie mush
tl’atGalang

cooking fish
- dig a hole, line hole with small stones, move bigger rocks from fire into the hole, once smaller rocks are heated remove the big rocks and line hole with skunk cabbage leaves, put fish on top of leaves, cover with more leaves, put hot ashes over the leaves, leave it for a couple of hours.
sisGalang.ga

copper (shiny)
  • xaal
  • xaahl

copper rock fish
  • xaadxaday
  • taayii

copper shield
t’aaGuu

copy
  • niijang
  • niijing

coral algae - pink (constantinea subulifera)
chaaGan xiilay

cormorant - pelagic cormorant (phalacorcorax pelagicus)
k’yaaluu

corner (corner of a big long house)
k’uuda

cost
aala

cotton grass (eriophorum angustifolium)
  • hltanGwaay
  • kaajii hltanGwaay

cough - big sound cough
xulsang

cough - sharp cough
sk’alsang

cough - small cough
  • k’as.sang
  • xas.sang

cough (dirty cough)
sk’ihlsandiigwang

cough (rough cough)
xwadsang

cough medicine
kuusanga xil

coughing
k’uusang

could be
  • hllnga
  • hllnga ga

couldn’t find anything
kiingskii

counseling (literal - talk it over)
kil GuhlGa

counseling room (literal - talk it over room)
kil GuhlGa daanaay

count
  • gya k’waayinda
  • k’waayanda
  • k’waayandasii

count (to count)
taa k’waayinda

counting
k’waayinda dii

counting the times when there was no lightning strikes
k’aad k’uuging

cousin
gud adkiiGawaa

coveralls
jaambaas

covering up something
GwiiGu

cow

cowboy
muus muus iihllnga

cow parsnip - flower stock (heracleum lanatum)
hlk’iid xiilagay

cow parsnip (heracleum lanatum)
  • chiijii k’waaluu
  • hlk’iid
  • hlk’iid hlk’aay.yii

cowardly
hlGuugaga

crab (kelp crab)
k’aahl

crab (red rock crab - small strips on back)
sguu sk’aahl

crab apple - fruit (pyrus fusca)
k’aay

crab apple tree - wood of the tree (pyrus fusca)
  • k’anhll
  • k’anhla

crab apples floating down
k’aay gaayxuunang

crab apples get real ripe
chaalGasdll

crabby
sGaats’ii

crack in ground / earth - mostly sod
k’aak’alang

crack in rock
  • k’laadal
  • tl’aadan
  • tl’aadanga

crack in the earth
tllgaay k’aam.mahl

crackers (round crackers, literal - thick cracker)
gyalaga k’aaydala

crackers (sailor boy or pilot bread)
  • gyalaga
  • gyal.laga

crackers (square crackers)
gyalaga kungiida

crackling
kaaxang

crackling noise a tree makes when it starts to fall
k’aat’axid

cradle / file
daa sk’aan.nanuu

crammed
  • sk’aat’is
  • sk’aat’as

cramp - leg calf cramp
k’yal kaw k’aayt’axid

cramp - leg cramp
k’ul hlgamt’axid

cramp (muscle cramp)
gudga hlgamt’axid

cramps
k’aayt’aaxid

cramps (leg cramps)
  • gudGa k’aayt’axid
  • k’aayt’aahl

cranberry (fall activity)
  • dah gyiu hll kaa
Taanuud gyinuu dah gyiu hll kaa gan.
Fall when cranberries did I pick.

cranky
  • skaak’iiGa
  • daa sk’aanang
  • sda sk’aanang.nang
  • skats’iiga Gil

cranky - getting old and cranky
k’aay skaak’iiGa

cranky - old and getting cranky
k’aay skaak’iildalGil

cranky and old
  • k’aay sgaak’iildalGil
  • k’aay sgaaxiidaGil
  • k’aay skaak’iidaGil

cranky (looking cranky with your cheeks)
xuulsGid

cranky (looking cranky with your eyes)
sgaasGid

cranky (looking cranky with your mouth)
tl’uusGid

cranky children (kind of cranky children)
k’ang.ll sk’aak’iiga

crash (boat / car / bike)
kun k’uujuu

crashed - almost crashed
kunkuujuusskii

crawl
  • tllguukaa
  • tllxuukaa

crawl
  • tllguukaa daal - crawl along
  • tllguukaa gii - crawl always
  • tllguukaa hllnga - crawl can
  • tllguukaa k’aall - crawl do not know how
  • tllguukaat’ahl - crawl down
  • tllguukaa Gaay.ya - crawl good at it
  • tllguukaa aahlging - crawl not good at it
  • tllguukaa t’aajing - crawl trying
  • tllguukaahll - crawl up
  • tllguukaa Gas ga - crawl will
  • tllguukaa hla - crawl you

crawling
  • tllguukaaGung
  • tllguukaa dii

crawling (with speed)
tllguu hlGaaxyangdal

crawling on all fours (slowly)
tllguudlldaal

crazy
  • gudang.ngaay k’iitll’ts’iiya
  • k’ii tl’jiiyaa
  • kuuna.nga
  • kuunangs

crazy (partly crazy)
gudang.ngaay k’aang.aal k’ii tl’jiiyaa


crazy (about to go crazy)
sdllgung

crazy (doing something they are not suppose to)
kuunang isging

crazy (feeling crazy)
Gaandang.Ga kuuna.nga

crazy (kind of crazy)
kaajii aadaga

crazy (leading someone into craziness)
Gal sgaadiigil

crazy (making / getting to be crazy)
ging kun.nang.gihl

crazy (not doing something right)
sgaadii

crazy (slightly touched in the head)
k’aangal k’iitl’l ts’iiyah

crazy getting
kuunang Gil

crazy house
kuuna.nga naay

crazy thing (said to a person)
sgaadiihldal

creaking
k’iik’yaldang

creek (wading over on rocks)
  • hlGaa giidaas
  • hlGaa k’iidaas

crest
  • gyaaging.aay
  • gyaaging.ngaay
  • gyaaging

crew (boat crew)
tllwaay ts’aayii

crippled
k’aayGuu

crochet
gyaaxaay

crooked (anything)
  • s’yuu juu
  • sgapsdll
  • shi’uu
  • s’iiwa

crooked - becoming crooked
s’yuus

crooked - hanging down crooked
s’yuuxiiuu

crooked (ie finger or nail)
  • s’iiuu
  • s’iiwaay

crooked (ie your face, a cap or a boat)
tl’anjuu

crooked (make crooked)
tl’sgapsdll

crooked (push and make crooked)
daa sgapsdll

crooked (wore it crooked)
tl’ant’iijan

crooked (broken off)
s’yuutl’l

crooked cut (cut crooked with knife)
  • k’id s’yuu
  • k’id s’yuutl’l

crooked cut (ie haircut)
ts’ii s’yuu

crooked cut off
ts’ii s’yuutl’l

crooked cut (something off, crooked)
xii s’yuutl’l

crooked cut (with saw)
xii s’yuu

crooked hole
s’uudal

crooked house
s’yuu guudii

crosshatching
maats’alang

crossing / taking turns
gud sGaawdigii

crotch
  • k’aaxaay
  • k’aaxii

siiwaas
crow (corvus caurinous)
  • k’aalts’ida
  • siiwaas

crowded
sk’aat’is

cruel
tll sing.Giidts’ii

cruising around
  • gaayingda
  • gaayingda dii - now
  • gaayingda gii gang - already
  • gaayingda gang - always
  • gaayingda xidii - going to
  • gaayingda hla - you are
  • gaayingda Gas ga - will
  • gaayingda Guu - you all

cruising around (boat or car)
gaayinda

crumbs
  • k’ungxwii
  • k’ungxaaw

crumbs (crumbs from ts’iljii)
ts’iixaaw

crunched (chewing)
k’uu k’aw nanang

crunching
  • hlk’awnanang
  • k’awhlnanang
  • k’uu jaananang

crunching (hard candy or ice into little bits)
  • k’awnanang
  • k’uu k’awnanang

crunching hard candy
k’uuhlgaawnanang

crunching in your mouth
hlgawnanang

crunching into small pieces
k’uuk’amnanang

crunching on ice
k’uuk’aawnanang

crunchy
Gayd kahlnanang

cry
  • sGaayhll
  • kyagang

cry (about to cry)
  • tl’amdaGang
  • tl’amsGid

cry (high pitch)
ts’igiing.ang

cry (lump in your throat - almost cry)
kaagan iina

cry (make someone cry)
gingiing.ang

cry (mouth wide open / crying loud)
hlgaamgiing.ang

cry (sad crying when you’re alone - sobbing)
kung.giing.ang

cry (starting to cry)
tl’ansGid

cry baby
  • sGaay hla k’aamaay
  • sgaayhla k’aam.maay
  • sgaayhll k’aam.maay

cry or song of bird or animal
king.aang

crying
xaanga xaw kwahging

crying (a group of people crying)
sGaayga

crying (spanking crying)
sgid k’ang.giing.ang

crying after
sGaahlGala

crying after someone
  • sGaahlGa
  • sGaayhllya

crying after someone now
sGaahlGadii

crying and talking of what the person used to do
kiihljuu

crying in fright
hlGuu sGaayga

crying in fright (more than one person)
hlGuu sGaay ga

crying in fright (one person)
hlGuu sGaay hla

crying loud
k’aangiingang

crying softly
gungiing.ang

cubs (bear cubs)
taan GidGalang

culture
giina’ah

cup
  • sk’aatl’l xuu
  • sk’aatl’lxwaay

cup - two cups
sk’aas sding

curdled milk
tl’inuu gud gii hlgaamt’axid gan

cure food
xildaya

curious (looking around for something)
gina gii Giixan aanaGung

curious (looking around)
gina Giixan k’indii gwang

curious to see
ang.Gung

curly
  • ts’aal.la
  • ts’aal

curtain (partition in a large house made of fur or cloth)
lala

curves (no curves)
  • chapjuu
  • chapGwii

curve (on large curve)
sgaamjuu

curved (large curved-more than one)
sgaamdaala

curving road
sgaajuuGalang

cushion
GudchiiGang.uu

customary
gina isda gii

cut (ie with scissors)
ts’ii tl’l

cut a big wide piece
k’id Gaal tl’l

cut a hole
k’id xil

cut a line
k’idhll

cut anything
k’iidad

cut down a bunch of trees
skindal

cut hair right off
ts’ii sk’aang.uhlgii

cut off
ts’ii t’apa’d

cut off (present tense)
k’idsda

cut off a large piece with a knife
k’id ’uutl’l

cut off a small piece with a knife
k’id k’adtl’l

cut open
  • k’id gaasdll
  • k’id xal

cut open (ie cut open a deer)
k’idxiihlgwaay

cut open on a person
  • k’idGwa
  • k’idk’uu

cut open shellfish
  • k’id tl’aaysda
  • k’id tl’aaysdasang

cut or carve
  • k’iida
  • k’iidaas

cut or slice open
kiits’isgwaay

cut out
k’idsda

cut out (dog fish liver)
k’id tl’aaysda

cut short
  • k’id k’uuan
  • k’id k’uuwan
  • ts’ii k’uutl’l

cut short (many things)
k’id k’uuwanda

cut through sand to get cockles
k’iijuu

cut your tail off if you’re lazy
sk’yaw sgid k’aat’asa

cute
  • sgunjuu
  • sgunaay

cute and small
haana nadjuu

cutting
k’idxwii

cutting (into pieces)
k’idna.nang

cutting (something down)
k’idGwii

cutting away / weeding
k’iidang

cutting down lots of trees
skindal dii

cutting down with a saw
xay k’aa

cutting into strips
k’id sGaananang

cutting off and throw away
ts’iidang

cutting trees
skindal

cutting with a knife in eel grass or sand
k’iijuu

cutting wood
xayda

cutting wood and chips are flying
k’idskiiga