Sunday, January 5, 2014

K: English - S. Haida

keep something until you need it
aganda hlGaa Gawaada

keeping to myself / not saying a thing
gwaahlan Gidhlin

kelp – no common name (desmarestia intermedia) a.k.a. Raven's beard
  • xuuya sk'yuuGaay
  • xuuya sk'yuuGa

kelp – spoiled kelp with white spots
gyaalaga

kelp (skinny part of kelp – soak for four days to make rope)
hlkyaama t'aay.yii

kelp (winged kelp – alaria marginata)
ts'aats'idga

kerchief
  • kwahgii.giigyah
  • gamt'iisguu
  • gamt'iisgwaay

key
  • kidguuslaa'u
  • kidguusdlluu
  • kidguusdllwaay
  • kidguuslaaw'u
  • kidguuslaawaay

keys
kidguuslaa'u

kick
  • sdaa sgid
  • sdaa k'ang xaada - kick someone and they cry out
  • sdaa k'aat'a gii - kick someone off a boat into water
  • sdaa k'aata Gwa - kicked out i.e. outside
  • sdaa kaat'a - kick (person falls away)
  • sdaa k'apsgid - kick (person falls forward)
  • sdaa daawsgid - kick (person falls sideways)
  • sdaa Gudsgid - kick (person lands on bum)
  • sdaa kunsgid - kick (person lands on nose)
  • sdaa Gaasgid - kick (person on back)
  • sdaa saalang - kick (rolling in pain)
  • sdaa Gaasdll - kick open
  • sdaa Gaadgii - kick someone over broad
  • sdaa haayl uu - kicked (until all gone)
  • sdaa Gaatl'xaa - kicked out

kick (someone in bum)
  • slluxuul giila sdaasGiida
  • slluxuul giila sdas k'aas giida

kick and miss
  • sdaasguuda
  • sdaas guda

kicking (kicking around something)
  • sdaat'axung
  • sdaat'axundii

kicking (kicking at something or someone but no impact)
sdaajang

kicking (still kicking)
huuxan sdaat'axung dii

kidnap someone (when an animal takes away a person i.e. the story of the bear who kidnaps a girl – Copper Bay.)
ingihl

kidnapped
ingyaala

kidney
chaay

kill
tyaa

kill (to kill)
tll 'aants'i

kill joy / bad mouth
  • kil xaawgudGah
  • xiinuudGa

killed
  • tll'daa
  • tll'daa gan

killed (a heavy person who might get killed)
  • hlgants'ay
  • hlgants'ii

killer whale
sGaana

killer whale - the name of the killer whale in the story of a 'Person who blew out to sea from naasduu (nesto inlet) and "laana xaawa.'
naasduu

killer whale (a bunch of killer whales moving off the beach)
sGaana tl'l st'axa

killer whale (nickname for a killer whale)
sGaana hlGahlgids

killer whale (smaller fast killer whales that do the killing)
sGaana xaawiidga

killer whale skin (part of a super natural story)
sGaana k'al

killing
tiyaahgwang

kind
  • guudang.ngaay 'laa
  • k'ang

kind man
k'ang Gudang.as

kindling
  • kaahlang.uu
  • kaahlinjaaw

king
kilslaay

king fisher
  • chiik'iida
  • chiik'iidas

kinnikinnick berry (arctostaphylos)
  • sk'utsgaay
  • tllGaanGa

tllgaanga hlk’aay.yii
kinnikinnick plant (arctostaphylos)
tllGaanGa hlk'aay.yii

kiss
  • sguuna
  • sguuntl'l

kiss (smacking kiss)
sguun ts'aptll

kiss (sound made when throwing a kiss – this sound is made when you want to wake someone up from a nightmare)
k'udts'iik'ang

kitchen (eating room)
kuuga naay

kitten
daws gidGa

kneading bread dough
daadlldang

knee
k'uulu

knee – crackling knees
k'uulu k'wat'uuxagil

knee cap
k'uulu kaajii

knee sore
k'uulu st'ii

kneel down
k'uulu skayjuu (uu)

kneeling
  • k'uulu skayjuu.uu
  • k'uulu skayjuus

kneeling down (doing it)
k'uulu sk'aayjuudii

knees buckle
k'uulu kunhllsgii

knife
  • sGaw
  • sGaw.wii
  • sGaw.waay

knife – for splitting fish
  • taa kaada'uu
  • taa kaadawaay

knife – jack knife (lit. knife biting)
sGaw k'uut'axung

knife – type of knife like an ulu used to split fish
taa kaada'uu

knife – wide bladed knike
  • sGaw kl'uujuu
  • sGaw t

knife (draw knife to make shingles)
  • shingle sGaw.waay
  • shigle tl'aahldauu
  • single tl'aahldawaay

knife (a fine little knife used to scrape the inside inner bark of the hemlock or a spruce tree)
xiiGaahlGa

knife (a large knife used in battle)
k'aauhl

knife (curved knife for carving)
  • sdaaxuunang.uu
  • staaxuunang.uu

knife (curved knife)
sGaw sdawjuu

knife (sharp knife)
sGaw k'ii

knife (small knife used to scrap inner bark)
xiisGaawaay

knife (talking about)
sGaw.aay

knife (turn over a knife)
daGasdllGu

knife used in fighting / stab with a knife
  • kuus
  • hla

knit
  • xaay
  • xaay dii – sew now

knitting
gyaxaay

knitting – pull knitting apart or pulling thread off a spool
k'aahlwang

knock down with chest
kaa kansgid

knock over with oar
sGaaGaasgid

knock water flying (splash)
k'aad sk'iiGada

knocked backwards
kiid Gaasgiid

knocked down with paws (lion)
hlkuuguuskii

knocked out
  • kwaa siiGaga
  • siiGa

knocked out (getting knocked out)
k'uudwaal kuunada

knocking
sk'aas k'adang

knocking (on a door)
sk'aasdaga

knocking loudly
sk'aasts'indaga

knocking on the door
sk'aasdaga

knot – tree knot found around creeks
sk'aadas.sk'wal

knot (hemlock knot from a rotten log)
k'iina

knot (slip knot)
dangjuuGid

knot (tie a knot)
ts'iit'as

knot (tree knot)
tlaas

knot hole
skay ts'aaw

knot hole on a tree
skayts'uuwaay

knot in a tree (root of a branch)
  • tlaajii
  • tlaajaay
  • tlaas

knots (tree knots found along river banks)
sk'aadas.sk'wal

know
  • unsid
  • unsiidan (past tense)

know (did not know – was not told)
king gang k'aayt'as

know (don't know – you were not told so you don't know- also do not know your own language)
  • kiilang k'aayt'is
  • kiilang gii k'aayt'is

know (don't know it)
aay.ya

knuckle
slaay k'aangii

krill – euphausiida (euphasia pacifica)
chiitaw