hlk’yaawjaaw
gaff fish (stick)
hlk’yaawjuu
gall bladder
k’ugansGaan
gallbladder (fish gallbadder)
kiixajii
galley on a boat
tluu kuuga naay
gamble
sindagaay
gamble
sing.ga
gambler
sinda llGaayGa
gambling
- sing.ga
- sinda aaw.wah
gambling
- sinda
- sinda ts’ang – going to
gambling game (mainland north america word)
lahaal
gambling house
waahll naay
gambling sticks (literal – gambling for)
sing.ga Ganu
gambling sticks
sin
game
- doxsinaay
- doxsina
gap between rocks
- kl’aadan
- tl’aadan
garbage (what you throw away)
gina tl’l daangs
garbage bin / pail bucket
sk’il GaanaGaay
garden (a place to plant)
- tawk’ii daanaay
- tawk’ii hldaan
- tawk’ii daan
garden (already planted)
taw k’ihl
garden (grandmother her garden place)
nanaay gyaaGa taawk’ii daanaay
gardening (digging up plants)
taw xiid
gardening (planting small things)
ink’ii
gardening (planting)
taawk’ii
gas station (grease house)
taw naay
gastropds (small) (littorina/calliostoma/fusitriton spp.)
skaay
gather
- gud Ga kaasdll
- gud Ga kaasdll.yaay
gather seafood from the beach (only seafood gathering)
- ’uwanGa
- ’wanGa
gather things
gudGa isda
gather together any old way
jaahlt’axid
gather, gathering (seafood or wood, or berries)
- halxa
gathering
- gud Gad iis
Sing gyinuu hll gud Gad iis gan.
gathering fireweed – summer activity
tll’aal giiyu hll halxa
gayperson
- nang aak’iixa
- iihllnts’iida aak’iixa – man
- jaa’ada aak’iixa – woman
gear (setting fishing gear)
xiida sGaaGaaw
generous
- k’ang.guudang.nga
- k’ang.guudang.ngaay
gentle
- damxan
- guuda
gentle (be gentle)
guuslass hla dlljuu
geoduck
stan
gestering towards the door for us to go home
hlkuusGalang
get
- daw
- dawtl’lxa (go and get it)
- dawsGa (go get)
- dawt’al (going down to get)
- dawts’ii (going inside to get)
- dawGwa (going outside to get)
- dawxiid (going to get it)
- dawGa (going to get now)
- dawhll (going up to get, to get)
- dawgil (going up to house from beach to get something)
- dawtl’lxa (to get it)
- dawxid (to get)
- dawsts’iit’a (get swiftly)
- dawxiid (getting something)
get (going to get someone in a boat/car)
- taanGa tanGa
- taanGa
get everything ready
gina ’waadluxan tll GiihlGii da
get into everything
k’aanguudang
get on
kaadll hla
get on (difficulty getting on board of boat)
giiGwiidll
get out of my way!
- hinda tllguu
- hinda tllk’wan
get there
GidGad
get up
k’aahluu hla
get used to it
k’aahlsgid
getting on board a boat, plane, train, car
kaadll dii
getting use to something
k’aahlsgid
ghost (is scared of ashes scatter them around to keep them away)
- k’aadxan
- k’aadxan.na
giant kelp – small floats at the base of the fronds (macrocystis integrifloia)
k’aay
giant kelp (macrocystis integrifloia – dried giant kelp with herring roe)
xaayda k’aaga
giant kelp (macrocystis integrifloia – giant kelp with herring roe)
- k’aaw tl’ldala
- k’aaw tl’ldalas
giant kelp (macrocystis integrifloia)
ng.aal
giant vetch (vicia gigantea)
xuuya tluuGa
giggle
- jiiGahlGuu
- guuxahlGuu
gill net boat
aaxada sgaagaw tluuwaay
gills (fish gills)
ts’ii.in
girl, woman, female
jaada
girlfriend (when people like to talk about their girlfriends to other people)
jiiGaxiilinda
give (present tense)
- isda
Give me more.
give
kihlGwang
give – try to give away
giidaal t’aajing
give (anxious to give)
guugiigid
give (give me)
- haala
Give me a kiss.
give (past tense)
- isdii
- isdll
- ts’isdlaay
give (to give)
’ley ’la
give away
giida
give away (hat only)
- gujaal
- gujil – used in a sentence
give away lots of things
giigadang
give away something small
xaasdll
give food to someone visiting
daaying
give someone something ex. one dollar
k’aysdll
give something and take it back (you will get a hairy belly button)
sgil Gaawa
give something big and/or round to someone
k’aysdll.la
give something flat i.e. coin
guusdll
Dii gii guusdll.
Give me a coin or a hat.
give up
- kaayinsdll
- kayaansdll
gives
’waagii isda
giving
kuusdll
giving (handing over something)
xaasdll
giving (to hand over something that is flat or round and flat)
guusdl
giving away something (whole) – i.e. bride, dog
dlljil
gizzard of bird
sk’aaxaalaaGii
glance (a quick glance)
k’apalagung
glare
- sgaasGid
- sgaasGiidang
- sgaasGidsGa
glare (mad glare)
kyah tl’uujiigid
glare at
kyaasgaajaagiid
glass
kalga
glass (drinking glass)
Gandll xuutl’awaay
glass (small broken pieces of china glass)
k’amal
glasses (eye glasses)
- xangakalgaay
- xang.giiGiixajaw
- xang.giixajaw
glasses sitting on top of head
kwaxaaging
glide (wings spread out)
xidsG id
gliding along smoothly
sinxyangdal
gliding over with a boat – just touching the rock
gaadts’inhldal
glimpse
kyahlas
gloves
- stllhlk’unt’is
- stllhlk’unk’ii
- stllk’unxiiyaaw
glue
- ts’aa tl’laay
- ts’aatl’a
glue (object to apply the glue)
ts’aatl’aaw’uu
glued
ts’ahlt’is
glueing (present tense)
ts’aatl’ldii
gnawing
k’uusk’aahlGahl
gnawing on a bone
k’uunanang
Giin gyuu dang iis gudang?
What do you want?
go
- kaaw
go
- kaadla
- waay
go
- iis
- is gan - go ( went or gone)
- is gii gan - go (already went)
- is t’aajing - trying to go
- is guuda - want to go
- is gyin - when i go
- Isda hla. - Go do it.
go ahead (go ahead and do it)
haaysda
go (time to go)
hak, kayd dii
go away!
hiinda
go back
sdyaalgaay
go go ready keep on going join in ready to go
haay haay
go on
hay hay
Go over there.
’Waagwii.
Go to bed.
Taay hla.
Go to the back of the house (important people sit there).
Taatsxwi.
go towards the front i.e. at potlatch or a feast
taats’ xwa
go, go ,go
haay haay haay
goats beard (aruncus dioicus)
- Gaada kidxaaw
- Gaada kiihlxaaw
- xuuya GaanGa
god of strength
daagwiiah sGaanaGwa
goes; where
- gyinu
- giinu
T’aaGaaw gyinu hll chiina Gaaw hll tlaaGanang. Snowing when i fish i fiddle with.
K’inGad gyinu taaxid k’aasda Guu sguuGa gang ga. Spring go sockeye copper river all wriggle-swimming.
gogi rock – on the chart
styuu
going
- iijang
- isdyang
- isgwang
going – s/he is going fishing
huu ll xaw indiiga
going (location, movement)
- ’isdyaang (hing)
going (must be used in a sentence)
indiiga
going along
kaadiiga
going along (large van or truck)
xal ts’aamsxyangdal
going along a bunch of people or birds
ganggingdal
going along i.e. a car
hlGaaxyang
going out the inlet on a power boat
xaal kaa Gwa
going out together
iisjaadang
going over there
- ’waadsxwii
- ’waadsxwii
going to
- ahsang
- Gasang
- dyas ga
- isGas.sa
- xid.dyas
- xidii xidii
going to be
- dasga
- aankaasa’aga
going to do something
isda Gas ga
going to get on
kaadll Gas ga
going to get something you all
hlin Guu
going towards (i.e. travel)
Gaaw
going (used in a question)
- kaaGang
- kaagan
gold
- guul
- guulay
gold (lucky woman pee pot – word used for gold during the west coast gold rush on Haida Gwaii)
skil jaadaay chiigansk’an
gone
- chiihll
- gaaguu
- gawdii
- gawgii
- gaw
gone (always gone)
gaw gwangs
gone (finish)
- haayluu
- hayluu
gone (something to love or want is gone)
sihlGaguudang
gone everybody
gawtl’Ga
gone for a long time
gaw jiinga
gone for a long time (literal – gone forever)
gaw sGaawnang
gone for a long time (one person)
jiing.nga ll gaw
gone for a long time (people)
jiing.nga ll gaw Guu
gone to sleep (more than one person)
k’aasdll
gone to sleep (one person)
k’aa dii
good
- giida
- ’laa
good – not good at something
isda k’al.la
good – pretty good
Guula
good (getting good at it)
- isda Gaaya Gihldii
- tll Gaaya Gihldii
good (getting good)
Gaay.ya Gihldii
good (little bit good)
aahlging
good (make you good at something)
gingGaay. ya
good (not good at anything)
stl’inggudGa
good (not good enough)
- aahlging
- ahlging
good (not so good)
- aahlging
- aahlging.ga
good (not very good, almost good)
’laa ahlging
good (something good is going to happen)
skal ’laa gang
good at doing everything
gina xan isda Gaay.ya
good at doing something
isda Gaay.ya
good at doing something
- k’aala
- sdaa Gaasgiida
good at it
- iits’iila
- iits’iilang
good at it
- Gaay.ya
- sl’inll
- stl’inll
good friends house
hltaaxuulang ’laas naay
good morning! (really early) - literal: the weather is good this morning.
- sing.Gaay ’laa
- sangGaay ’laas
- siinGadlnaay ’laa
good night
Gaal ’laa
good resters
daayxaan hla agan sahjaaw’ada Guu
good shot (sniper)
skaahll
good sign in your right shoulder
skal.laagang
good time (having a good time for the last time)
guudang.ngaay ’laa sk’idGa
goodbye (expression said when departing ones company)
- kilslaay
- kilsdlaay
goodness sake (a little mad)
iist’aay
good side – try to get on the good side of someone
kilgaat’as
goofy
sgaadii
goose (canada goose – branta canadensis)
hlgidGun
goose (said when you goose someone)
ts’uup
goose (snow goose)
xidid GaadaGaaga
goose barnacle (pollicipes polymerus)
tl’lk’yaaw
goose berry
hlgidGun Gaan
goose bumps
skaaxaw
gorge
tl’aadan
gorge on food
kl’aadGaadts’i
gossip
kaa’ang
got
dawxiidan
got on
kaadll gan
government ( literal – place/area-look after)
tllgaayga kaayts’id
government body
nang k’uula
gown (floating around in a beautiful long gown)
xidgaa xiid ga
gown (night gown)
k’aa hlk’idgyaa
grab
- xaa Giid
- xaaGad
- xaahll - grab (hand pass by on someone)
- xaa guuhla - grab and miss
- xaaguuhl - grab and miss (slip through hand)
- xaa tl’aay.ya - grab and take away with your hands
- xaatl’l - grab someone to quiet them
- xaa yahda - grab the right one
- xaa yahda - grabbed
- xaas guuda - grabbed and missed
- xaajuu - grabbing
grab and try to pull up
hlkuuhll
grab hold of
giijaagiihlda
grain of wood
maats’alang
grandchild (man talk about)
t’aak’inGa
grandchild (woman talk about)
- t’aak’inGa
- t’aak’inGang
grandchildren (woman & man talk about)
t’aak’nGalang
grandfather
chiinang
grandfather (great grandfather)
chinGa chinGa kunGasda
grandfather (man talk about)
chinGa
grandfather (man talk to)
chinaay
grandfather (woman talk about)
chinGa
grandfather (woman talk to)
chinaay
grandfather few feathers
t’aaGuun xadju chinGa
grandfathers (woman & man talk about)
chinGalang
grandmother
naanang
grandmother (becoming a grandmother)
naan.naGa ga
grandmother (great grandmother)
naanGa naanGa kunGasda
grandmother (man talk about)
naanGa
grandmother (man talk to)
nanaay
grandmother (woman talk about)
naanGa
grandmother (woman talk to)
- nanaay
- naanaay
grandmothers (woman & man talk about)
naanGalang
grass
k’an tl’aakiida
grass (blade grass)
k’antl’lk’iidas
grass (can be a bird habitat)
kaanu
grass (general)
- k’an
- k’aanaay
grass (long grass), grass stalk used for catching maaluu
k’an chiijii
grasshopper
k’an Gaadkaadajing
grave house
- saahlin.ngaay
- saahlin.nga naay
grave house – top of gravehouse
saahling.un.nah
graveyard
- hlGiiGwaadaan
- hlGiiGwaadaanaay
graze (slide pass something or barely touching something)
chinhll
grease
taw
great
saa
great (feeling great as you move along)
kinhlGalgwang
great (good at doing something)
kaalagaasdlu
great (you’re great at anything)
dang sdaaGasgiida
great horned owl (bubo virginianus)
gudguuniis
great one
kinjuu
greatly/ very much
aawGaya
grebe (horned grebe – podiceps auritus)
- gyuuGaadaGa
- tsa.an tl’ants
- tl’lnts’iGiid
greedy
sdaall
green
- k’inhlGahl
- k’inhlGal
- Giinaw
green winged teal (anas crecca) & blue winged teal (anas discors)
chiiguuts’iiGid
greenling
kiijii
greeting (an expression of greeting)
haala kaats’ii
greeting word said to a high class person at the door, and then you sit that person down
tatsxwii tatsxwaa
grew up there
gidinas
grey
hlGaahl xyang
grey
xaas
grey
- xaas
- xaaja
grief (shattered by grief)
dii guudang.ngaay xuusda
grimace, grin (half assed phoney grin)
ts’iisGid
grimace (twisting smiling face)
tl’lGid
gristle from the nose of fish
- hlkalGus
- hlkillujii
- hlkalGuujii
- hlkal’uus
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xuuajii
grocery store
ga taa dah naay
groove i.e. tear a little strip of wood from a board
- sk’aahll
- sk’aahllGang
- t’aahllGang
groove on bow of canoe used to put your spear line through
tluu k’aayhlln
ground (could also be bird habitat)
tllga
ground (ran a ground on a boat)
xaal k’uujuu gihl
ground line (fishing, setting ground line for fishing)
xiida sGaaGaaw
group of people
llGaayGalang
grouse (blue grouse – dendraganu obscurus)
skaw
grouse (spruce grouse)
hlk’inxa skaw.waay
grow (to grow plants/people, growing)
- iinaasdll
- iinasdll
grow tall/big
dllkunaGil ga
grow i.e. a boil or a plant
k’awslaas
growl i.e. a dog growls
k’aaygang
grown
- k’awga
- k’aw
grudge
guudang.ngaay sk’apjuu
guess
- ahlging
- xuunda sgu
guess (i guess)
aahlging.ga
guess (to guess)
gud xuunda
guessed/guessing/ wondering
- xuunda
- xuunda ’la - guessing good
- xuunda yahda - guessing right
- xuunda yaada - guess right
- xuunda GudGang - guessing wrong
guessing
- xang.Ga
- xuundadii
guitar
stl’ldamtl’lxaang
guitar player
stl’l damtl’ldang
gulley
tl’aadan
gully
- tl’aada
- tl’aadagaay
gulp (a big gulp of liquid)
gaawt’axid
gum bubble gum pitch
k’aas
gum boots
k’aas st’aas.sk’aagyah
gun
- jiiguu
- jiigwaay
gun – pop gun made out of elderberry bush – bullets for this gun were made from k’aay (kelp)
- staay k’waada’u
- staay k’waada’uu
- staay k’waada’uu
- staay k’wangda’uu
gun bullets
jiiguu hlGaay
gun fired
jiigwii k’aadal
gut (to gut a deer or fish)
sdlinsda
guts (fish guts)
stl’aanasdlaana
gutting
slliinsda
gutting a fish or deer
- sdlinsda
- sdlinsdadyas
- sdlinst’a
gutting fish (finished gutting fish)
sdlinsdaaya
guy (little guy looking at me)
kyak’uujagid
