sgyalljuu
dall porpoise
k’aang
dam (to dam water)
kuudGada
damp
- tantl’aad
- tantl’id
- tantl’l
dance
- xyaahl
- xyall
- xyall.lagaay
dance (a big person dancing / turning)
xyaahl ’yuujuuGulang
dance (a fat person dancing / turning)
xyaahl damjuuGulang
dance (all out dancing)
xyaahl jahlxyangdal
dance (can’t dance - out of step)
iijihlgudGa
dance (easy to dance with)
- dangxuula
- Gaalxuulaay
dance (everyone dance)
xyaahl Guu hla
dance (everyone Haida dance / must be in full regalia)
sGaaga Guu hla
dance (Haida dance)
sGaaga hla
dance (more than one dance)
xyall.la’a
dance (past tense)
xyall
dance (tap dance)
- sdaa k’apdaga
- sdaa k’aptaxung
- t’aa k’apdaga
dance (tap dancing/kick up your heels)
t’aa k’apdaxung
dance apron (the name of it)
xyaahltl’lxyang
dance house
xyaala naay
dance slow
- xyaahl aawjuuGalang
- xyaahl aawjuuGuulang
dancing against opposite clan
gud kangudang
dancing with eyes closed in bliss - drifting and dreaming
- xyaahl jii’uuldal
- xyaahl Gwii’ul
dandruff
gwaaga
dangerous or scary
gii hlGuuGuuGa
daring
Guhl Gihl juuwah
dark - pitch dark
hlGaahlts’indal
dark (a hole or coffee)
hlGaahl ts’iindal
dark (almost dark/getting dark)
Gaalga Gihldii
dark (almost dark/getting toward evening)
- singxiidaal
- singxiiGad
- singxyahldaay dluu
- singxiidaay dluu
dark (getting dark right now)
GaalGaGilga
dark (real dark / pitch black)
Gaalga daamdal
dark-eyed junco (junco hyenalis)
taanaa kan k’ugyaa
darn it!
- sa’
- sah
daughter (man or woman talk about)
gidGaa jaadas
daughter (man talk to, woman talk to)
jaada
daughter in law (man or woman talk about)
giid jaaGaa
daughter in law (man talk to, woman talk to)
giid jaaGaay
daughters (woman and man talk about)
gidGalang jaa.adas
dawn (morning time)
sing.Gadlaan
day
sing
day (all day)
- sin sGaasguu
- sintllgu’uu
day (half the day am)
sin taajaGa
day (many days)
siing gaaydawaal
day (one day left)
sinsGwaansing kaagan
day (one day)
- siin sGwaansing
- sin sGwaansing
day after (following day)
- daaG̱alaay G̱a
- daGalaay ga
- daaGahl daGalaaysda
day before yesterday
ah daaGahl daalaay Ga
day break
sing.Gadlaan
day break (almost day break)
sing.Gadlaan daal
day dreaming (staring into space)
kyahxuulGil
daybreak
sing Gadlaan
daybreak (light getting to be)
Gaadaagaa Gihl dii
days are flying by (going by fast)
siing.aay k’apxuunang
days or weeks ago
waadahlGa
dead
k’uuduhl
dead bodies lots lying around
k’uuda dll guu dii
dead bodies lying around
k’uuda dll guu xang
dead body going to pack away
k’uuda dllxidii
dead body going to send away
k’uuda tllxidii
dead body lying there (sg)
k’uuda dll guu dii
dead body pack it away
k’uuda dllxid
dead body take it away
k’uuda tllxid
dead head (big)
ts’iipjudxa
dead head (long)
t’aapjudxa
dead head (short)
t’apjudxa
dead on
skaal.la
deaf
- gyuudanah
- gyuuts’iiga
- gyuudan
- gyuudan.nas
- gyuudan.naay
deaf (almost like you are deaf -- it didn’t stay in a person’s head -- it did not sink in!!!)
gyuuxa jaay.ya
deaf (nickname for a deaf person)
gyuudans
dear (man talk about, man talk to, woman talk to)
hlkin
dear one
alljuuskiiyan
dear one (term of endearment)
- alljuu
- aljuu
dear one (woman talk to)
dii nang
dear one walking
aalGwiigyang
dear one (feel sorry for someone)
aldal
dear ones
allxaaw
death
k’udwal
deceived (word used when people are deceived by land otters and made wild and crazy)
laaga iit’as
december - ice moon, snow moon
- taada kung
- t’aaGaaw kuu.ngaay
decided
gudsgid
deep
- hldaay jaay
- hldaaya
- hldaay.ya
- hldaayii
deep (referring to an ocean or a lake)
- deeper
chaaGan
deep fishing hole
giiGaawaay
deep hole in river
giilii
deep sigh / warning of bad news
kaaganinxyaat k’adang
deep spot in a river / halibut house
giilaay
deep spot in river (fishing hole)
giilay
deer
k’aad
deer (fawn)
- k’aad gidGa
- k’aad giidGay
deer mouse
k’uuyang
deer swimming along
k’aad dllgiindal
defiant (act defiantly)
skaldii dlljuu
defiantly asking
skaldii giinang
defiantly no
gawanuu
deformed seaweed (leathesia difformis)
t’a sk’at’uuga
dehydrated food swells up in your stomach ie dried k’aaw or fish
- daahlGa chadGaGil
- daahlGa chadgiidahl
delicate
st’aang.xaayaa
delicious
xaawliiyay
delicious small piece
xaawll xaajuu
delicious tiny piece
xaawll xadjuu
delirious
st’ii kuunang.gihl
delta (or a foot of a creek)
t’aayii
demand something
skaaldii giinang
denim
jaambaas
dent (a big dent)
gamtl’lts’ii
dent (caved in)
guutl’lts’ii
dentalia shell
Guuts’ing
deny
kaada
depart together
gaant’aaxiid
departing on a boat
kaasGa dii ga
depend
kwaagid
depend (when you depend on someone)
- literal "pointing at"
Gii t’apsgiid
depend on
kwaagid
depressed
xiida tl’l guudang.ngaay
decended from (clan line)
sdaagii suuGa
destroyed
daaGang
destructive
tl’lljuu
detained
kaayd hlng.aGang
devil fish -- octopus (octopus dofleini)
naaw
devil fish (searching for, fishing for)
naawdan
devil fish skin
naaw k’al
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ts’iihlinjaaw
dialect (Alaska/Prince of Wales)
- talk so fast it sounds like one continuous word
hllnaagids saapdaas
dialect (west coast Massett)
- speak with a drawl
Gaauldang
diapers
Gudgiit’isgwaay
diarrhea (comes straight out)
ts’iigud
diarrhea (food goes right through you)
daahlGud kaa
did
- gaanii
- isdagang
- gan
Gisanuud uu tl’l yuwanGa gan? When do they dig clams?
SinGaa uu tl’l ’yuwanGa gan. Wintertime go they clams dig.
did do
isdaayang
did it
’waagan
did it right
tll yahda
die
- hlgants’ii
- hlants’ii
- kunts’ii
- siing.gwa’ad
- siing.gwaaGad
- taayGa
die (almost die)
taayGasii
die (more than one person died)
siing.gwaGalang
die (to die)
k’uuduhl
died
- ants’ii
- k’uuduul gan
different
- aadaa’asing
- aadaga
- aada
- gud iila
- k’alGad
different people
xaayda aada
differently
aadaaw.uu
difficult (having a difficult time)
’waadsxagang
difficult / suffer
- sing.Giits’ii
- sing.Gidts’ii
- sing.Gidts’aa
- sing.Gidts’aaw
- sing.Giits’as
difficulty (in difficulty)
waadsxagang
dig
hlGay
dig (dig things up in the soil)
- or to harvest
taa tllxid
dig a big hole
hlGay ’uuxahl
dig a hole
- hlGayxal
- hlGayxil gan
dig a hole to put seeds in
hlGayxihlga
dig a ridge
hlgii taadgidal
dig clams
k’yudan
dig up, dig something up
hlGaysda
digging
- hlGay gan
- hlGiijuu
dignity
ll dlljuuwaay ’la
dinner time
singxyahlgaay
dinning room
ga taa naay
dip - do dip
giiduu hla
dip - going to dip
giiduu Gas ga
dip head in water
aan gamsadang
dip water with a dipper
Gaatl’l
dipping anything into a liquid
chiidaga
dipping k’aaw into boiling water
dang tl’llhll
dipping ts’iljii into taaw (when you are eating)
- giiduu
- giiduuda
direction (going in any direction)
kuunxyangdal
direction of the river running down
kwaagyaasii
dirt
- sk’ayla
- sk’il
dirty
- sk’ihldada
- sk’ihljuu
- sk’iila
dirty . . .
- tllwaay sk’iila - boat
- Guuda sk’iila - bum
- chiit’iisgwaay sk’iila - coat
- gyuu ts’ii sk’iila - ear inside
- xang sk’iila - face
- st’aay sk’iila - feet
- stl’kun sk’iila - finger tips
- kuul sk’iila - forehead
- kaajii sk’iila - hair
- daajingaay sk’iila - hat
- naagaay sk’iila - house
- naasii sk’iila - house (inside)
- k’uulu sk’iila - knee
- kuuda sk’iila - lips
- xil sk’iila - neck
- kun sk’iila - nose
- kang daag.galii sk’iila - suspenders
- kihlguula sk’iila - talk
- kun kaahlii sk’iila - underpants
- kil sk’iila - words
dirty face (said when someone has a dirty face)
xang gud chawnanang
disappear
- gaaguu
- gaaguus
- gaawGa
disappear (when you take too much of something)
- disappearing
- kaaGa
- kaaGaayada
disappear quickly
- gaawa Gasgid
- gaawa Gaasgid
disappear with someone (before christianity, this meant you were married)
- gaawah gihl
- gaaw.wagihls
disapproval
iixya dahla
discipline (reprimand)
- st’iida
- st’iidas
discontinue a story
ts’iit’as
discover
k’ahl kiixa
discovered
k’ahl kiixaay.ya gen
dish
- kaayhla
- kaayhlagaay
dish carved
kaayhla k’iidagas
dish cloth
daagan an.nang.uu
dishevelled
- jaahldaxid
- jaahlt’axid
dishonor
nang.ah
dispise
naang.a
disrespect to the ancestors (old ones) by disturbance
- an offering must be made immediately
k’aayk’waadyasjuu
disrespectful
- nang’a
- naang.a
- naang.nga
- naang’a
distainful / unsavory
sk’ing.gang
dive (a nice smooth dive or drop something into the water and it does not splash)
- k’yapadgii
- ts’apadgii
dive (hit water with a splash)
skiisdagii
dive (into water)
- gaaxiid
- gaaxid
- gaaxiidan
dive for something (on land not in water)
dawkiit’a
dive in (to dive in)
gaaxiidgii
dive off some ones shoulders into water
’ungaaxid
divided/divide
gudGaa’ad
divided up
gud Gaa’ad Gii tl’tllhlgan
divorce (throw your love away)
- jiidang
- jiiGadaang
- jiidaang
dizzy
- k’aadalang
- sgaajuulang
dizzy (drunk)
xandii k’aadalang
dizzy (self blow dizzy)
agan xuud k’aadalang
dizzy or drunk
xandii k’aadalang
do
- ’wa
- Gaaxan
- gii
- hla
do
- dluu
- dliijuGang
- dlljuGa
do
- gyu
- gyiu
Gaan xaaw gyiu dii sdaahll. Juice do I want.
do (wandering around doing it)
isda gwang
do (will do)
isda sang
do good at it
isda Gaaya
do it again
iising.a isda
do it carefully
damxan ’ah isda
do it finish
isad Giihlgii
do it good
isda ’laa
do it right?
tl’l yaahdaa
do something
isda hla
do something fast
isda xaang.ala
do something in a hurry
haawuhlGa
do things to fast and not correct
hladxiida
Do you hear what I say?
Dii kil gwa da guudang?
Do you understand what I’m saying?
Kluu hll suus Gan gwa dang unsid?
dock
- hlGaajuus.sGas
- ts’aan tluu daanaay
- tluu daanaay
doctor
- sGaanaagwaay
- sGaaGa
dog
xaa
dog fish
- k’aaxada
Dog fish I dry.
Taanuud gyinuu hll sk’aagii hll k’aaxada gan.
Fall when I dried dog fish.
dog fish liver
k’aaxada tl’aay
dog house
xaa naay
dog paddling
xaa ts’aam t’uxang
dog smell
xaa sguunaga
dogtooth lichen (peltigera canina)
- xil kwiiawa
- hlk’inxa kwiiawaay
doing, doing something
- ’waa
- aahljuu
doing all the time
isda gii
doing always
isda gii gang
doing it yourself
k’aaxang
doing now
- isdadii
- isdadyang
- isdagan
T’aaGaaw gyinuu gaawjaaw hll tl’uuGuhlGa gan. Snowing when drum I made it. (When it was snowing, I made the drum.)
doing something for a long time
isda jiing.a
doing things
isdagwang
doing/don’t want it,
- don’t like it
iisda
doll
- gid
- giid
- giidaay
dollar - one dollar
k’aaysguu
dolphin (white-sided dolphin)
skuul
don’t
- aamGas
- amas
- gahyahl
- gang.uus
- hitgan
don’t do it
- amaas
- st’aagid
don’t do / definitely no
huuhla
dont’ feel like doing something
- aayguu
- ayguu
Gam agan kayaansdll da Gang, haayanga ’uwaagii aalsdll.
Don’t give up, instead add a little more (try harder).
don’t know
- aay.ya
- k’aayt’is
don’t look like much
sladjuu
don’t think its enough
hlt’iigang
Hiidgan hla siiwaay sding xan Giida.
Don’t touch the two lakes leave as is
don’t want
- gwaaw’uu
- huu
don’t want to do something
huu.uu
door
- k’yuu
- k’iiwaay
door is open
kiiwaay gaasdll
dorsal fin of a killer whale
hlGaana
double-crested cormorant (white crested - phalacorcorax)
sGidGunda
doubtful
- kaaying
- kaayanga
doughy (uncooked bread)
tl’adk’uula
douglas fir tree (pseudotsuga menziesii)
- xuuGuuga
- xuuga
down
- xuuhll
- xid gwii
- xid xwii
- xiid gii
- xiida
down (coming down)
kuundal
down (straight down in the ocean)
ts’ap’adgii
down (taking things down)
dang Gwii
down below (ie inside a boat)
chaaGan
down/under
xidxwa
draft dodger
gaalang.aay sda agan ga sGal Gad
drag along (your butt)
dang Guudal
drag somebody
- drag someone quickly
GaalGaad
drag up a fish
dang guudal
dragging along
dangdl’daal
dragging backwards / by the bum
gaal guudt’axiid
dragging bum
Guudal
dragging (ie dragging for anchors on sea floor)
Gaadhljuu
dragging something along
Gaal dlldaal
dragging something flat (ie halibut)
dang guudal
dragon fly design
mama ts’iik’aay
dragon fly larvae used as bait for catching trout and maaluu
- sk’aadaasGwaal
- sk’aajii sGwaal
- sk’aajii sGwaaluu
- k’aajii sGaaluu
draped (a coat or jacket drapped over ones shoulder)
t’aad
dream
kang.Ga
dream (bad dream - sound made with lips when someone is having a nightmare)
- k’ud ts’idGang
- k’ud ts’iipGang
dream (bad dream or nightmare)
- kang.Ga gudGang
- kang gud Gang
- kang gudGa
- gwaadii
dream (day dreaming / past tense)
- kyaxuulGil
- kyaxuulaGil
dream about
xidGu kang.Ga
dress
- hlk’idgya
- hlk’idgya skunxa - clean dress
- hlk’idgya sk’iila - dirty dress
- hlk’idgya xwaadjuu - floppy dress
- hlk’idgya jinda - long dress
- hlk’idgya haana - pretty dress
- hlk’idgya xuuga - raggy dress
- hlk’idgya xaay.ya - see through dress
- hlk’idgya kaajuu - short dress
- hlk’idgya t’amjuu - skinny dress
dress (night dress)
- k’aaga hlk’idgii
- k’aaga hlk’idgiigaay
- k’aaga hlk’idgyaay
dress (wedding dress)
- kwagiijiigya
- kwagiijiigaay
dressing up
- k’uuying
- k’uuing
dried (fish)
k’aaGasdlaan
dried fish
chiina k’aaga
dried fish strips
ts’iljii
dried fish strips (making dried fish strips)
kaat tl’apxuunang
dried tough (fish)
xaal sk’aalts’agil
drift
gaay
drift ashore
gaayt’aawgaaw
drift ashore (anything)
gaayGuu
drift ashore (boat or ship drift ashore)
- drifting (a boat drifting ashore)
gaay k’aayGaaw
drift out (past tense)
gaaydang
drift out (present tense)
gaaygang
drift out from the beach - more than one thing
- drifting away
- gaaysda
- gaysda
drifting against the shore
daalsgid
drifting and waiting for something
Gid k’aahljuu gaaying
drifting because of the wind
xuut’axid
drifting out
daalsda
drifting past (a fish or person could do this)
gaaydal
drifting with the river
daal guuxyang dal
driftwood (small pieces of driftwood picked up on the beach)
t’aawsGwaal
drill
hlk’iixaaluu
drink
- gaaGid
- niihl
- sk’aaptl’l
- xutl’l
drink (could have a drink)
xutl’lhllng.aga
drink (will drink)
- xutl’lxidii
- xutl’lasga
drink (a large drink)
xud ’uutl’l
drink (a small drink)
xud k’adtl’l
drink (making the drink last)
xud k’aayda
drink (over did it drinking)
xudsguuhl
drink (wash down food)
- xud k’aayhllts’ii
- xud k’aaytl’lts’ii
drink and goes down the wrong channel
- drink too much / wrong
xudsguuda
drink and got full
xud sk’isdll
drink clean
xud sgunxa
drink house
niihls naay
drink noise
xudxiigang
drink real fast
GaaGad
drinking
- xutl’ldii
- xuts’iidi
- xuujang
drinking a little at a time
gaat’axung
drinking a lot
gaat’axid
drinking for a while
xuujiigid
drinking plenty
xuts’ii
dripping
- kwah skaadaldang
- saahldaga
dripping (a tap dripping)
kwaaskaadaldang
dripping (water dripping off something soaked ie a wet blanket)
- xaawxii
- xaawxya
dripping slowly
k’was skadaldang
dripping water
- chiixii
- chiixiiga
dripping / melting water (ie k’aaw is dripping)
xaawsda
drive (to hit)
k’aats’iidyaas
drive (ugly driver)
xal hlanxyangdal
drive along
xal kaa
drive and crash
xal xuusda
drive and miss the road
xalkunsguuda
drive backwards
Guudagii xaal hlGaaxyandal
drive barely moving
xal kiidal
drive carefully
damxan hll sginda
drive fast
xal xaapxyangdal
drive honking horn
xal kiing.ang
drive in circles
sginda sgaajuuGalang ga
drive off - taking off driving
xal Gaad
drive off road and drop
xal hlGaagwii
drive slowly
xal aawxyangdal
drive smoothly
xal chinxyangdal
drive take off in a hurry
xal ts’iit’a
drive too fast
xal hlgiixyangdal
driver
- sginda ll Gaay Ga
- sginda ll laay Ga
driver (bad driver)
sginda k’aalas
driver (the driver)
nang sgindaas
driver (the good driver)
nang sginda Gaayas
driver (trying to drive)
sginda t’aajing
driver (good looking male driver)
iihllnga kyang.Ga la sginda
driver (pretty woman driver)
jaada haana sginda dal
driving [to] - location, movement
- xal kaayd dyang
driving zig zag [to] - location, movement
xal sgaalangdaal
drooling / leaking
xyaadi
drop
- isGwii
- isdawung
drop (almost drop something)
gyaabii
drop (expression said when you almost drop something)
ang.asdii
drop (ie a cup)
sk’aaGwii
drop (one extra drop)
ska sGwana
drop (something round like a ball)
sk’aaGwii
drop (something round like a ring ie pants/bracelet)
sgaaGwii
drop (something square)
ts’isGwii
drop (when a dancing persons pants or skirt drops)
xyaahl sgaaGwii
drop (when a walking persons pants or skirt drops)
kaasgaaGwii
drop anything (ie a cane or stick)
sk’aaGwii
drop (ie like dropping an egg)
Gadk’aagud
drop something
- chapGwii
- hlkuuGwii
drop something big
- chadGwii
- hlgii Gwii
dropped (big wad of something dropped - like moose uma)
k’iiyadgwii
dropped (big wad of something on the ground after it dropped)
k’iiyadGudii
dropped (past tense)
isGwii gan
dropped downward
dllGwiit’ahl
dropping
isGwii dii
dropping (rope thread wire wool)
skaagwii
dropping always / ready
isGwii gii
drown
- Gaad k’aay daas
- Gaad k’aay das
- Gaad k’aaydiis
drugs (illict drugs)
k’udwal xil
drum
- gaaw jaaw
Taanuud gyinuu hll gaaw jaaw hll kllGuhlGa gan. Fall when drum I made. (When it was Fall, I made a drum.)
drumming
- gaawjaaw sgiidang
- sgid k’apdaga
drumstick
gaawjaaw sgiidang.uu
drunk
- xandii
- xandii jahl juGalang - staggering drunk
- xandii sk’aajuGalang - sloppy drunk
- xandii sk’ihljuuGalang - dirty eyed drunk
- xandii skaajuugalang - head mixed up drunk
- xandii k’iljuGuuhlda - slightly drunk
- xandii k’aagiiyan - drunk feeling
- xandii k’aadalang - drunk or dizzy
- laam - rum
- laamdii - getting drunk
- laam kuunang gihl - crazy drunk
- laam sgaadiigihl - crazy drunk
- laam k’uuduhl - dead drunk
- laam niihl kaawdii - drink liquor and then!
- laam hlaanGwiigiyang - drunk looking ugly walking
- laam sgaajuugalang - drunk swaying, boat/car
- laam sgaalangdal - drunk swaying, boat/car
- laam kunsgiid - fall face down drunk
- laam Guudsgid - fall on your bum drunk
- laam Gaaxihlda - fighting drunk
- laam xwaadGuudii - flop down drunk
- laam Gaadii - going to get drunk
- laam st’ii - hangover
- laam taaydii - lying down drunk
- laam slaadGuudii - lying down passed out drunk
- laam k’uudwaal - passed out drunk
- laam k’uuduula - passed out
- laam ’yuwan - real drunk
- laam kuuwaaGad - really drunk
- laam la xuutl’l - she/he reeking of liquor
- laam sGaalang k’uugid - singing drunk out of tune/made up words
- laam k’aaw’u - sitting down drunk
- laam kuunjuu’u - sitting head hanging forward drunk
- laam sguuna - smell like booze
- laam daawxyangdal - staggering along lopsided
- laam kunGaxuunang - tumbling around drunk
- laam kaa dii - walking drunk
- laam kaagiiyang - walking drunk
- laam skis.sGid - with heavy eyes
- laam chiigan - drunk peeing
dry
- k’aaga
- k’aagada
- k’aaGgdas
- k’il
dry and soft
hlk’udjuu
dry (for a change it’s dry)
tllsda iijas.sda xilgaga
dry (keep it dry)
k’aagadaahl
dry (partially dry -- referring to k’aaw)
sdaadu xilGa
slightly dry
xilda
dry (sun dried)
- xal k’aagda
- xaay k’aagada
dry (to dry)
tl’i n k’aaga
dry by blowing
xud k’aagada
drying
tllk’aaga
duck (mallard - anas platyrhynchos)
xaa xa
dug up
hlGaaysda
dull
huuna
dump (to dump anything)
gyaasdll
dump out
gyaasdll Gwa
dumpling
stllskaats’iGa
dumplings with brown sugar in the middle
tllskaats’iiGa
dungeness crab (cancer magister)
k’uust’an
dunking something into water
daajapduwal
during (past tense)
naawdiiuu
during that time
- gaaydluu
- naawdii
