- Xaayda
- Xaaydaga
haida (half haida)
t'iits' xaayda
Haida (massett)
Xaaydii
Haida cultural ways
- Xaayda giinaa'ah
- Xaaydas giinaa'ah
Haida culture tree/trees
- Xaayda giinaa'ah kayd
- Xaayda giinaa'ah kaaydii
Haida Gwaii – all humans island
Xaadas gwaayk aangaay
Haida Gwaii – shoreward country
Diida xwaa gwaay.yaay
Haida Gwaii - Islands of the people
- XaaydaGa gwaay.yaay
- Xaayda gwaay.yaay
Haida Gwaii – Islands of the people
Xaaydla gwaay.yaay
Haida Gwaii – Islands of the human beings
Xaaydla gwaay.yaay
Haida Gwaii Watchman
Xaayda gwaay Ga ga kyahts'as
Haida language long live.
Xaayda kil jiinga xaaynanga Gas ga.
Haida language speak easier.
Xaayda kil kihl chaawaal gil.
Haida nation
Xaayda gwaayGalang
Haida people were to live
Xaayda naaGas 'as
hail (fine hail)
k'amts'aalang
hailing
- k'aats'ulang
- k'aats'iilang
hair
- kaajii
- kaajin
- kaajing (used in a sentence)
- kaajii k'anhlGahl - yellow hair
- kaajii k'aahlt'ama - hair messy, matted
- kaajii jahljuu - hair messy, scatttered
- kaajii k'ul - hair root
- kaajii giihll - hair standing up from fright
- kaajii ts'iiGwii - haircut
- kaajii ts'ii sk'anguuhlgii - haircut (cut all hair off)
hair – two hair buns on a mans head – west coast god of the wind story
kii'ung'uu
hair – two hair buns on a womans head – west coast god of the wind story
k'iiwii
hair (flat hair)
gamdal
hair (losing hair/fur)
gaa ga
hair (messy hair)
k'awgudGang
hair (no hair at all/private parts/usually said to young boys before they hit puberty)
st'aana
hair (private parts)
Gaw
hair arm pit
sk'uuda kaahlii gaaw
hair getting white
ts'iing.a Gihldii
hair raising
ts'ii k'aamaaldang
haircut (short haircut)
xuudjiigwii
hairy – legs, arms, chest
Gaawa
hairy all over i.e. like a gaagiixid
Gaw.wadlljuu
hairy cinquefoil (potentilla villosa)
t'iisguu skaahlln
hairy hand monster
- slaaulGaawa
- stlaay Gaawaay
hairy kelp with k'aaw
kaajanda
hairy sea squirt (halocynthia hilgendorfi)
k'uuskaaytl'
half
- iina gwaay
- iinaaGuu
- iinaaGwaay
- taadljuu
- taadlljuus
half a day
sin taadlljuu
half breed
- t'iits'xaayda
- t'iich xaayda
half time
taadlljuusdll
halibut
- xaaguu
- xaagwaay
halibut – white lace / skin from side of mouth – unlucky to see – supernatural
guudangxyawad
halibut (a rock for drying halibut on)
hlGaajuu
halibut (a very large halibut)
xaagus sGaana
halibut (dried halibut (strips) house)
taaguunaay
halibut (female)
hlawjuu
halibut (left sided)
xaagu llguusGa
halibut (one side of the backbone of a halbut)
hlk'aats'ihl
halibut (said to a halibut when it is kicking on broad your boat – literal – below ocean you halibut)
chaagan tl'a kaagaay.
halibut (white under side of a halibut)
xidGuu Gaada
halibut (young)
Gaaxa gaay
halibut bite and sits there – hard to move
kawGuudsda
halibut cheeks
xaagu ts'iida
halibut dried
taaguu
halibut eggs
dlaada
halibut eggs
- xaagu dlaadaaw
- xaagu dlaadagaay
- xaagu dlaada
halibut gills
hlGaak'iiyaaw
halibut gills (super natural halibut gills and stomach – lucky seafood found in woods – you are not supposed to show or tell anybody- keep it to yourself )
t'aad ts'ii'inGa
halibut head
xang
halibut house – a fishing place
- xawna daan
- xaw daanaay
- xaw giiwaay
halibut lice
xaaguu t'am
halibut meat on bones
taaGuu
halibut shoulder
- skyuu'un
- xaagu skyuu
halibut skin (part of a super natural)
xaagu k'al
ham
kwaasaaw kiiGaay
hammer (hand maul made of stone)
- kyuu k'aayja'uu
- kyuu k'aayjawaay
- kyuu k'aayjuuwaay
hammer (pound or even tap something down – one pound down)
k'aadsgid
hammer (stone hammer)
hlGaa tl'lhla
hammering (more than one pound down)
k'aadskil
hammock (baby)
daa sk'aaxiiyaaw
hand
- stlaay
- stl'aay
- stlaan
- stlaang
hand – in your hand
- stlaayGa
- stlaaga
hand (a persons whole hand)
stl'aauul
hand (cold hands)
- hlGaawidga
- hlgaa.wul
hand (do something wrong with your hands)
tlngudGang
hand (stretching hands) before you drink water at a creek you kaawtaadang as a form of protection.
- fill your month with water and blow the water out of your mouth through your fingers. worse thing you could do to a person is kaawtaadang.
kawtaadang
hand shaking
stlaay hlk'uunxiida
hand to hand
aaxan.nas
hand, burnt hand
stlaay k'uuntll
handed a small round object
skasslaaya
handful of something
xaaGudxid
handing something small
xaasdll
handle
giigwaay
handle
- tlaahlGal
- tlaahlGa
- klaahlGal
- tlaahlGahl
handle with care
daayxan Ga tlaaganang
handling
- tlaaGanang
- tlaaga
handling (getting used to handling something)
klaasgiid
handling i.e. fish
- klaa Ganang
- tlaa Ganang
handout or dish out food or anything
daagid
hands ( a good cook – sweet / hands)
stlaay xaawll
hands (bad hands)
stlaay daaGang.nga
hands (cold hands)
hlgaawuud
hands (cold numb hands – can't move)
hlga'ud
hands (rub hands)
tllnanang
hands (rubbing hands on something – once)
xaahll
hands (rubbing more than once)
xaananang
hands (using your hands busily)
xaat'axung
hands behind back
- stlaan Gaad xaaging
- stlaan Gaal xaaging
hands behind your back
stlaanlaGalxaaging
hands in your lap (hands down)
xiida hla slaang isda
hands make (hands create)
stl'aasil
hands on hips
kiilang gud xaahlin
hands on hips (akimbo)
Gaax Gan xiidsGid
hands too cold to hang on to anything
stlaay hlGaawuud
hands, dirty hands
stl'aay sk'iila
handy
- daawing.ah
- daawung
- daawung.ah
- daawung.nga
handy – keep until you need it
hlGaaGawaada
handy (it is handy)
- daawung dii
- daawung dii ga
handy always
- daawung gii
- daawung gii gang
hang
- dang dllxiid
- k'yaagang
- k'yaaga
hang (anything up)
kidxii
hang a person
kyuu dllxiid
hang anything out
kyuu xii
hang it up
sk'aaxiiyaaw
hang on
- giijagid
- giijiigid
hang one thing i.e. a deer or if a person takes his/her own life
dangdllxiiyaaw
hang something up
- kid tllxii'aaw
- Gaaxiiyaaw
- Gaaxiiwas
hang up a hat
kidguuxiiyaaw
hang up a cup
kidsk'aaxiiyaaw
hang up a jacket or a bag
kidchiixiiyaaw
hang up crooked
s'yuuxiiyaaw
Hang up your coat.
Ts'ii ts'iigwaay hla kiidtsixiiyaaw.
hanging
- chiixii'u
- dllxiiyuga
- sk'aaxiiuu
- xyaada
hanging – small object hanging
skanxyang
hanging (a big bag or body part)
tl'atxyang
hanging (a big bunch)
k'waahlxyang
hanging (a long round thing hanging up)
hlgiijuu
hanging (big bunch hanging)
k'waahlxyang
hanging (hold on with all fours)
hlGaata'jaay
hanging (i.e. hammock hanging)
sk'aaxiiyaaw
hanging (one thing hanging)
dllxyang
hanging (something big and wide)
k'aaxyang
hanging (something big)
kalxyang
hanging (something hanging off another thing)
k'yaaxyang
hanging (something hanging)
tl'lxing
hanging (something little hanging)
dapxyang
hanging (something small)
- k'uuxyang
- skanxyang
hanging around
daadlt'aaxung
hanging bag
chiixyang
hanging big bag
chadxyang
hanging cup or a round object
sk'aaxyang
hanging down
xaaxing.aay
hanging down (anything)
xwaadxiyang
hanging down crooked
s'yuuxyang
hanging flat i.e. something is hanging flat
guuxiiuu
hanging loose
hlt'adxyang
hanging lots of things
dangxiiyaaw
hanging on to something i.e. when you have a fish on the line
k'aayhlin
hanging sloppy like
xuulxyang
hanging something
- k'iidxiigan
- k'iidxiiyaaw
hanging things (i.e. k'aaw or cloths)
k'yaada
hanging up (a long round thing hanging up)
hlgiixiiyuu
hanging your head down
kunjuu'u
hanging (something long hanging down i.e. k'aas)
stl'uuxyang
hangover
laam st'ii
hankerchief
- kungiisiiyaaw
- kungiisaawuu
happen (and then something happen)
'waa t'aanii
happen (something that has happened)
xidGu
happening (something going on)
gina aahljuu
happy
- guudang.ngaay
- guudang.ngaay k'iina
- guudang.ngaay 'laas
- guudang.ngaay 'laa
- xaang.all
Guudang.ngaay 'laa tllsda jad iina Gihl tlaa'laay tleyhll ' waagii sdaansing xaa.
Happy 58th wedding anniversary.
Dang kiiGawuuhlaas ad iid guudang.ngaay laa. Happy birthday.
Guudang.ngaay 'laa gyiu dii sdahll. I want happiness.
happy (you)
xang.ahlda
happy new year / happy new year everyone!
- taada Gaawdla guudang 'laa
- taada Gaawdll kiixadxa guudang 'laa!
- taada Gaawdla xangahl Ga
happy to see
ad 'aan xangahl
happy to see someone
- xang.ahl
- xang.ngahl
happy to see you
xangahl
happy valentines day
lit. heart happy day
- k'uuga guudang.ngaay 'laa sing.Ga
- k'uuga guudang.ngaay 'laa siing.aay
happy woman
jaad guudang.ngaay 'laas
happy, well (present tense)
- 'laa ga
Dii uu guudang.ngaay 'laa ga.
harbour (lit. calm)
Guula
harbour seal
xuud
harbour/bay
gaawGa
hard
sing.Gidts'ii
hard and strong
kyahts'ii
hard time
- 'waadsxagang
- 'waadxaagan
hard time (a person gives you a hard time, having a hard time)
chiiGagudGang
hard time (having a hard time)
- tayGagudGang
- 'waadxaagihl
hard time straightening up i.e. a persons back
t'ang hiiGa
hard to do
- klaats'iiga
- tlaats'iiga
harlequin duck (histrionicus)
k'ayda k'uxawuu
harpoon head
kiit'uu kun
harvest (seafood,wood ,berries)
halxa
harvest inner bark (go to get it)
xiidangGa
harvesting
tllxid
hastily
hlGaay k'yuusda
hat
- daajing
- daajing.aay
Daajing.ngaay hla ang.Ga dang guust’a. Take off your hat.
hat – take off hat
dang guusda
hat (a supernatural hat)
daajing sgil
hat (big hat)
daajing guu kuuna
hat (cedar bark hat)
ts'uu k'al daajing
hat (chief's hat with potlatch rings)
daajing sgilgaay
hat (crest hat)
xaayda daajing
hat (rain hat)
daall daajing
hat (slicker hat – oil skin hat)
k'aas daajing.aay
hat (spruce root hat)
kayd hllngaay daajing
hat (warriors dance hat)
gaalang daajing
hat (wide brim hat)
daajing k'uuda gaawjuu
hat, wearing a hat crooked
- tl'ant'as
- tl'ant'is
- tl'ant'iijan – past tense
hatch (lie on top of eggs)
sGansda
hatching
kaansda
hatching (just starting chicken or fish egg)
skaansda
hateful look / crabby look
tluujiigid
hauling/pulling (in the gear)
daant'axiid
haunted house
naa sGaana Guu
have
- daaGa
- daaGas
have to
kilxiigang
having a hard time
- 'waadsxa gang
- 'waadsxagan
hawaiian
kanaagaa
hawk (pigeon hawk, goshawk, sharp shinned hawk, coopers hawk, red-tailed hawk,rough legged hawk)
- daw Gaatl'lxagaa.nga
- daw Gaalhlxagaa.nga
hawk (red-tailed hawk)
sGid gawGad
hawk (unidentified hawk)
st'all taa
hay (dry hay)
k'an
he / she
- ’leyla
- ll
- lad
- 'laa
- 'la
'La kil yaahda. He told the truth.
he could not see how he was going to get over it
king.Gang
he cried after
huu t'aaGa ll sGaayhll gan
he who is two village
nang sdins llnagaay
he/she denied it.
gii la kaadang.
he/she is
'laa uu k'uula
he/she is choking. (food going wrong way)
huu ll kaagan Gaa Gad
he/she is hoping in vain.
huu ll k'angxusdaay.ya gan.
he/she is really nervy.
danguhlxan ll xants'iiga.
he/she not looking good.
hu ll samjuu giyang.
he/she said.
ll suugan.
head
- kaajii
- kaajang
- kaasGa – used in a sentence
head – try to keep your head above water
angxiisGalang
head (back of a persons head)
- ts'iik'ii
- ts'iik'aay
head (bow head)
- xidgii anxaaw
- xidgwii anxaaw
head (dance and bang head)
xyahl ansgid
head (flat head)
kaajii tl'lljuu
head (just head showing i.e. like a seal poking his head out of water)
aanhlgamjuudhlxaa
head (move your head once – nod)
ang.Gad
head (moving your head)
aants'ildang
head (nodding your head up and down)
aang.k'iidang
head (nodding your head)
aang k'adang
head (on top of your head - when talking about your head)
kaas un.guu
head (push and bang head)
daa 'ansgid
head (raise head)
sahgii anxaaw
head (shaking your head)
aang.xiida
head (turn head)
anxaaw
head ache – throbbing head
kaasGa ts'aduuldang
head ache
- kaasGa st'ii
My head is sore.
head bobbing around
kaajii skaatl'lsgiigan
head brushed by something
anhll
head dress (chief's head dress)
sGaaga daajing
head is moving
aant'axung
head listed to one side
aang k'yaaljuu
head piece
- jihlk'ii
- jihlk'iigaay
- jihlk'aay
head rocking
kaajin 'la k'aaynang
head rocking quickly
kaajin 'la k'aayxiidasdll
head rocking slowly
kaajin 'la k'aaynang dii
head spinning (mixed up)
kaajii ging xwaajuuGalang
headdress – ceremonial chief head dress
- ts'ihlgii
- jihlk'ii
headdress – on top of the mask above your forehead
- kwahgiijiigii
- kwahgiijiigaay
headdress with sea lion whiskers
- jihlgya
- jihlgii
heading across to mainland
tluu daaw
heads sticking out
aanxaawhlxaa
heal
- ngaaysdll
- ngaaysdllyaay
heal (to heal or cure)
tll ng.aaysdll
healing house
tllng.aaysdll naay
health (better), healthy person
dlaang
hear
gudang
hear – try to hear
gyugudang
hear ( feel backward about oneself because can't hear)
aahlan dii tlaaw kwaaxa
hear (don't hear – said when you don't hear what was said)
hinda
hear (don't hear right)
gyuusk'aahlgal.ll
hear right
gyuuhiiga
heard but forgot
- id king dang k'aaysgiid
- kil dang k'aaysgiid
heard it wrong / hear wrong
gyusguda
heard voice from a distance
gyuukiixaagang
heard wrong
- gyu u sk'aahlgall
- gyu usk'aahlgala
heard wrong
gyusguuda
hears but ignores
gyuu ts'iiaaga
heart
k'uuga
heart (baby talk)
guuga
heart (bump the heart)
k'uuga kwaa
heart (fluttering heart)
k'uuga hlt'adxiida sGwaanang
heart (sad heart)
k'uuga guudand.ngaay st'ii
heart beating fast
- k'uuga kaaxida
- k'uuga k'apxida
heart burn (present tense)
kaagan k'iinang.ga
heart burn (warm heart)
kaagan k'iina
heart flattering
k'uuga hltatxiida
heart leaved arnica (arnica cordifolia)
xil xaawas
heart of a tree
kayd ts'íi
heart pace maker (what my heart make run)
gina dii k'uuga tll kaas
heart that broken
k'uuga k'aay tl'l
heartache / broken heart
k'uuga xuusda
heartbeat
- k'uuga kaa
- k'uuga yad kildang
heat (blast of heat)
k'inhlgiisda
heat (steady heat)
k'inhlgiijuu
heat mirage
yaawlanga
heat sleepy
xaal kangahl.hll
heat waves
yaawlanga
heavily
daagandaa
heaving (throwing an object)
tl't'aa xiid
heavy (almost too heavy)
kiinaGiidsgii
heavy (anything)
kiina
heavy set person
hlgyaljuu
heck (really give me heck)
kunah dii kihlGwang
hedge nettle (stachys cooleyae)
xudaan
heel (of foot)
st'aa k'uusii
helicoper
mamats'iik'aay
helicopter (name given during lyell island)
mama ts'iik'aay
hell (down village)
xidgu 'laana
hellebore – indian hellebore (vertrum eschscholtzii)
- gwaay k'yah
- gwaay k'yah hlk'aay.yii
hello
- ooy
- 'Oii !
hello (used as a greeting, chinook?)
kilslaay
helmet island
xang gwaay
helmets on
daajing hla gyaaging
help
- kaayduu
- tllGad
- tllGiid
- tllGid
help (ask someone for help)
xang.gii suu
help (can't be helped)
xang.guuwa
help
- k'ang.ga
She/he helped.
help (to help)
gidk'aang
help house
tllGid naay
help me.
dii gii hla tllGad
help someone
kaay duu daaw
help someone along
Gal kaa
help someone in trouble
kaay duu daaw
help us
k'ang
help with pity
k'ang
help yourself.
ging.gang hla tllGad.
helped
tll Giidang
helpful
guull
helping someone aboard a car or boat
dang kaadll
helpless
- jiigaay.ya
- jiigaayGa
- jiijuuwa
hem (hem of dress, bottom hem on a dress)
k'iida
heming head (lit. slicing off something that's fat)
hltaalang kun
hemlock – young hemlock
hlk'aang'waal
hemlock (old dead hemlock tree)
k'aangGwank'yal
hemlock (western – tsuga heterophylla)
k'aang
hemlock bark gathering – summer activity
xiidang gwang
hemlock inner bark
k'aang kaahlii
hemlock knot (the hardest part of the hemlock used to make bowls to store grease)
k'waa.luuga
hemlock needle (t'aaw floating in water - raven & moon story)
t'aaw
her
l'ad
her/him
laan
here
aa
here
aan
here
aangii
here – a command – said when to are giving something to someone.
aaw
here (expression said when you are about to hand something to someone)
aaw
here (not here)
isGang
here (right here)
- asgwii
- aw tllt'axan
- aw tllt'agan
here and there
tllxiidxan
here, there
- Gaaw
hereditary (to take a position)
sihlGana
hermit
sGang.Gwa Gihl
hermit
- sGang.Gwa
- sGang.Gwa Gihl
- sGang.gu
hermit crab (pagurus spp.)
ts'aa'am skaay
heron (great blue heron – ardea herodias)
hlGuu
heron (heron is the smart one)
hlGuu uu k'aadang.nga
herring
iinang
herring moving around
skiidguunang
herring rake
k'iiga
herring roe – partially dry (damp) – referring to k'aaw
staadu xilGa
herring roe – pulling herring roe through hot water
- dang tl'lhll
- dang tl'ldal
herring roe (deposited on kelp leaves)
- k'aaw
- k'aaw.waay
- k'aaw.aaywan
herring roe (flat hairy kelp k'aaw)
taajanda
herring roe (hairy k'aaw)
- kaajanda
- kaajiinda
herring roe (on small flat oval kelp with bulb all the way down)
taayjaanda
herring roe on eel grass
t'aanu
herring roe on kelp – soak dry fresh k'aaw and eat with taaw
chiiaGadgya
herring roe on kaajanda
taayjaanda
herring roe, picking – springtime activity
k'aawdang
herring row ( right after k'aaw is dried – soak it to eat it)
chiidaGadgii
hesitate
kuugaGaxa
hey
'oii
hey dear
jaahl kin
hey you
jaah
hey!
jah
hiccup
- skaa k'ihlda
- skaa k'ihldas
hiccup – i hiccup.
hl skaa k'aadang
hiccup (after you hiccup someone will say, “maybe you will get full?”)
sk'iislas saa ahlging
hiccup more than one
skaa kildang
hickey (suck it and make it dark)
k'ud hlGaahlGadaay
hid something
sGalsk'ihl
hidden
- sGalGada
- sGalGada
hidden (a person hidden from you)
sGalGiidang
hidden (anything hidden)
t'aahlGa
hidden (keep it hidden)
Gid hlin
hidden (keep something hidden)
Gid sGal
hide
- k'al
- sGal
- sGalGad
- sGalGaad
hide (bear hide)
taan k'al
hide (taking off the hide of an otter/marten etc)
tl'llsda
hide (to hide something)
tlsGaalGad
hide and lost (you can remember where you put it)
sGalgaaguu
hide of an animals
gin
hide something
sGalGad
hide something from somebody
sGalGiidang
hiding
sGal dii
hiding
sGals.sk'iidang
hiding along
sGaldal
high bush cranberry – berry (viburnum edule)
- hlaayii
- hlaay.yii
high bush cranberry – bush (viburnum edule)
hlaayaa hlk'aay.yaay
high bush cranberry (the wood of this bush)
k'aanhll
high status person
- iidhlxaaydaGa
pre contact – if you have two blankets made of eagle feathers you are “iidhlxaaydaGa”
blanket for night/cape for the day
post contact – if you have lots of blankets you are “iihlxaaydaGa”
hill
kun sdaal
hill
unjuu. uu
hill (a small hill)
k'aayjii'uu
hill (small hill or hump)
unjuu.uu k'adjuu
him / her
'leyid
him / her – to him / her
laayala
him/her
laan
him/her
- ll'ad
- 'l aa
him\her – to him or her
'laGa
himself
an
himself (did it to himself)
'laak'utxan
hip
kwaay
hip bone
t'ihl k'ul
hip pocket
kwaay daGwaay Ga
hired
ts'aanhlang
his
- gya
historian (keeper or keepers of history)
literal: Way over there he used to think about something he remembered or knew.
'wadsGwa GaaGwii gina ad hll gudGanang gang giinii gan dii unsiid.
hit
- sGaasgid
- sGaasgiidan - did it
- sGaasgiidang – did it
hit (something drops and hits or lands)
GaadGuu
hit (to hit something)
sGaasgid
hit and split
- Gaad k'aagud daawung
- Gaad k'aam.mahl da Gang
hit dead on
xaal yaahda
hit in the wrong place
k'aad gudGang
hit someone over onto their back
- when you get good at something??
st'aa Gaaskid
hit someone with something (i.e board or stick) over broad
sgid Gaadgii
hit something
sGaasgid
hit the spot dead on
k'adyaa'da
hit the spot with food
k'uu yahda
hit with a stick
- sGaasgid
- sgaasGid
hit with elbow
xiis
hit with elbow (past tense)
xiisGaaya gan
hoggy
- ts'ing haabii
- ts'ing xaagii
hold – something you hold in your mouth
stiitga
hold (flat object that you hold between your teeth)
- k'uutl'lging
- k'uutl'lxid
- k'uuisging
hold (something round i.e. a stick that you hold in your mouth)
k'uusk'aaging
hold a person in your hands
dllging
hold lots (in reference to a pot)
kaaysdala
hold something in your mouth
ts'id kaayging
hold up something flat
- Gaaxiidan
- Gaaxid
holding
- giijagid
- giijigid
holding a big bunch of flowers
sk'udk'waahlgingdal
holding a bunch of things
xaaging
holding a pot /
holding something in your mouth
- ts'isgyang
- ts'is ging
holding close
dllt'iisGa
holding hands (when praying in a circle)
guud stlaay hla giijagid
holding hands all of you (when praying in a circle)
guud stlaay hla giijagid Guu
holding object upright
sk'aagiid
holding something
- tl'lxing
- chiiging
holding something in your mouth
ts'itgying
holding something small
xaajagid
holding something small and round i.e. marble
skaaging
holds lots
kaaysdalaa
hole
- chapdal
- kapdal
- kapxahl
- kapxal
- xiilaayay
- xiill
- kuuGahl
- skaasxaal
- skaasxahl
hole – more than one hole
kapdalxans
hole (already there)
kapdal
hole (big dug hole behind long house where people chiigan)
chiigan hlgaagida
hole (kick hole)
sdaa kapxal
hole (making a hole)
chapxahl
hole (poke a hole)
k'id kapxal
hole (small hole)
- sk'adt'alaay
- sk'ad.dalaay
- skamdal
- Gapdal
hole (small round hole)
gamdal
hole (stab a hole in something)
kuus kapxahl
hole (throw a stone and make a hole in something)
- k'ad kapxahl
- k'ad kapxal
holiday
stawjaawin
holler loud when scared
hlgaamsda
hollering
hlgaam t'uuxaa
hollering at somebody
hlgaam xaagang
hollering at someone
kil tyahlGwang
home safe
kaaGanhlxa
homeland (first there)
tlaagang
homely
samjuu
homely looking
- samjuu
- samsGid
homosexual
- nang aak'iixa
- iihllnts'iida aak'iixa – man
- jaa'ada aak'iixa – woman
honey
sgaal naaGaa
honorary address to wife, mother, daughter of a chief – for woman of royal lineage
nang giidas
honour (honour someones voice)
kilgii sii.nga
hook
t'aaxul
hook (black cod fish hook)
k'uud
hook (cod hook)
sGan taa'u
- taauu
- taaGuu
- xaagu taa'u
hook (sharp hook)
t'aaxul k'ii
hook on a pole
- hlkyaawja
- hlkyaawjuu
hook on a pole
hlk'yaawjaw
hook up
- Gal Gad
- Gal Gid
hooked abroad
skaap k'aat'adll
hooked foot
- st'aay hlk'yaawaa
- st'aay hlk'yanwaa
hooked foot (getting a hooked foot) *post contact
st'aay hlk'yaaw jaawa gil
hooks (setting one or two fish hooks)
kaaydGuu
hop scotch
Gaad kaadajing
hopeful in vain
k'anxuusda
hopefully, hoping
k'an guudang
hoping for but didn't get it
k'angxusda
horizon
tang.Guu naay
horizon (above the horizon in reference to the ocean)
- tang.gagii
- tang. Guunaay
horizon (dark strip on ocean horizon)
hlGaahl hlGaaging
horizon (sky all over)
kuya kaaGan
horn – blow horn (big boats and ferries)
xaal tl'uuxaadaa
horn blow
xuud kinda
horn blowing
xuud kinda dii
horns (of any animal)
gwaguhlk'angwaay
horns/antlers
- k'yamGa
- k'yamGaay - past tense
horny
k'ing
horny (male)
- k'ingxagang
- k'ingsgwan
horror
haama yaa
horse
gyuudan
horse clam
sguu
horse clam (empty gooey or horse clam shell)
- sk'aawal k'al
- sk'amal k'aal
- sk'aw k'al
horse clam (inside of a horse clam)
skaaw ts'il
horse clam (tresus capax/tresus nuttallii) k'aal
k'yuu 'uwanGa
horse mussel – brown and curved
kuu taaxaaw.wa
horse tail
gyuudan sk'yaaw
horsefly
xaahlGun
horsetail (equisetum arvense)
- k'ada sGawGa
- sk'in
- yaanang xilGa
hospital
st'iinaay
hostility
guudang.ngaay sk'apjuu
hot
k'iinas
hot (as in feeling hot)
- k'iina
“I'm hot.”
hot (red hot)
- sGilsGisda
- sGilsGada
- sGilsGiida
hot (weather condition)
taak'iina
hot (when it gets hot)
k'iinasdll dluu
hot (when it is hot)
k'iinasdluu
hot compress for a boil (steaming)
skiida
hot rocks in wooden box to steam food
xwaahlda
hotel
- k'aadii naay
- k'aa daanaay
hour (many hours)
k'aadsgid gaaydawaal
house
- naaGa
- naaGalang – more than one
- naagii
- naay
- naa
- naagaay
house – in the house
naayGa
house ( a big chief's house, dug down levels)
daa.a
house (a meeting)
gud kaajiigids naay
house (behind the house)
naay did guu
house (dirty house)
naasíi skiila
house (house you think of even in your sleep – swanton = na'ga q!agu't ga nana)
naaGa k'aa gudGanang.nga
house (in your own home)
- naayGahlGang
- naayGahlxan
house (inside the house)
- naasii
- naay kaahlii
house (mountain house – swanton = ldaga'o na'as)
tlldaGaaw naay
house (pulling down a house)
dang jiidahlda
house (raven house – swanton = xoya na'as)
xuuya naay
house (to help everyone house)
tl'l 'waadluxan gii tlllGad naay
house (top of houses sticking out of the bushes)
Gabxaawhlxaa
house (type of haida longhouse)
aataana
house (up house)
sah naa
house (when taking a house down)
skuusii
house (where the house is)
taayGudii
house beams
ts'aansgid
house beams (many)
ts'aansda
house fixing expert
naa tllGuhlga llGaayGa
house island
aataana gwaay.yaay
house sitting there
naa gu taayGudii
house walk in.
naaGid kaats'ii.
house warming (word used for a house warming of a new long house)
naagaay xaasdll
house( when speaking about being in the house)
naaxaayd
how
- Gaydagii
- gasing. uu
- tllguu
- tloo
Gassing tl'aaw?
How come?
Giisdluu?
Giisluu?
How much?
Giisluu dangii taada Giidang?
How old are you?
how we behave
aahl gaa
Gassinguu singaay daaGahl Giidang?
How weather yesterday was?
DaaGahl xaaya gan.
Yesterday sunny was.
however
- haay.yanga
- haay.yinga
- sk'yaxan
- tl'aaw
huckleberry
sGiidllGuu
hudson's bay blanket
baahlaads gyaa'ad
hug (future tense – pulling close to you )
in a song it is spelled = kuusgid – i.e. give me your voice
dang k'uusgid
hug (hug something small)
dang k'uut'is
hug (one arm around)
sk'ud.dllsgid
huge
- hlgaamjuu
- kaaljuu
- kl'aadjuu
hugging (pushing something against someone or something)
daak'uut'as
human beings
- chiixaaydas
- xaaydas
- xaaydaGa
humble
- xiida guudang.ngaay Gid
- guudang.ngaay xiida Gida ga
- xiida guudang.ngaay Gid
- dang gwa xiida guudang.ngaay Giid?
- dii uu guudang.ngaay xiida Giida ga.
- xiida Gid
humble eating (plain food)
k'uudajing dii
humming
xansGalang
hummingbird (rufous hummingbird – selasphorus rufus)
- hldants'iixid
- hldants'iiGid
hummingbird (when it looks like they are spinning around)
hlkiikasgid
humpback whale
kun
hung (anything that can be hung)
sk'aaxiiuu
hungry – very hungry
k'ud 'yuwan
hungry 1930's
taada tlaa'alaay hlGunuhl dluu k'wid kaa gan dluu
hungry again
k'udxagang
hungry (response to a question.)
k'wiida
hungry (used in a question.)
- dang gwa k'ud?
- dii k'wiida.
- k'ud
hunt
- dang gwa k'ud?
- kaajuu
hunting
jiiguda
hunting (going along hunting)
kaajuudal
hunting (going hunting)
- kaajuu in
- halxa in – masset dialect
hunting for animals with a gun
- saay.yii
- saayii
hunting with a gun (going)
jiiguda in ga
hunting i.e for food or a boy/girl friend
kaajuu
hurriedly (last minute)
- hlGay k'yuusda
- hlGay.yii k'yuusda
hurry
- haawiid
- haawyaad
- hlkuuxiida ga
hurry (someone in a hurry)
hladxida
hurry away for something
gina k'yuusdaxan
hurry back
haawiid hla sdiihl
hurt
- galjagasdll/
- galjiigasdll
hurt
- st'iis /
- st'ii
hurt (get hurt physically)
- galjagsdll /
- galdagasdll
hurt (get hurt)
- galjagasdll /
- galdagasdll
hurt (got hurt)
- galjagasdll /
- galdagasdll
hurt (not hurt)
dlaang
hurtful talk (say something and you hurt the persons feeling and make them a little mad)
kilt'apsuldang
hurts afterwards i.e after someone has passed away it still hurts
siilaay st'ii
husband (intended husband)
- klaalGa hlng.aay
- tlaalGa hlng.aay
husband (woman talk about)
- klaal.lang
- tlaal.lang
husband (woman talk about)
- klaalGa
- tlaalGa
husband (woman talk to)
- klaalaay
- tlaalaay
husband (woman talk)
tlaal.languu
hustle
xaay.ying dant'iijing
hutton inlet
sgaama Gaw.wagaay
hydrate (re-hydrate)
xilga 'laa
hyper active person
hladxida
hyper person
hladxiida
hypnotizing look
kiiyaaskid
