xiits'iigwaay kamdala
mad (boiling mad)
mahlxaa
mad (get mad)
st'iixaagang
mad (insides shaky mad)
kaahlii mahlt'axang
mad (looking mad)
- kl'aamsGid
- tl'amsGid
mad (looking mad)
- kl'uusgid
- kya sgaajaagid
- xuulsgid
mad (making you mad)
- kilt'apts'uldang
- kilt'apsuldang
mad (said when very mad at someone)
- naaGahldal
- naaGahljuu
made (it)
- kllGuhlGa
- tllGuhlGa
Snowing when drum i made it.
made it to a place/arrived
Giidgad
made me go
ging
maggots
- k'aamgad
- k'aanuu
magician
iihlGahl
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ts'aaagul
maidenhair spleenwort (pteridium aquilinum)
xil tl'lxida
mainland
k'aadasda
mainland – the land out there
k'aada tllgaay
mainland (heading across to mainland)
tluu daaw
mainland people
kilGad
make (i make)
hla'waas
make good
tll 'laa
make it (object)
- tllGuhlGa gan
- tluuhlGa
make out (didn't make out i.e. people making love)
Galts'ap
make out (man talk)
taaGuhlga
make use of each other
gud ad dalsgid
makes them act up
gii ga isgiidang
making (what are making)
stllguhlGa
mallard duck (anas platyrhynchos)
xaa xa
man
- iihllnga
- iihllngas
man (old man bent over is called this)
guujilga
man (old man lying with back to a fire)
k'aayaa sguujuu
man (single man)
dllxyang
man (young man)
- iihllnga glaayla
- iihllnga dlaayla
many things knock down
k'aad xuundal
map
'laana kuugin
map
tllgaay niijang.uu
marbled murrelet (brachyramphus marmoratus)
ts'allang.nga
marbles – small rocks from alliford bayand brown's cabin
- ts'iilastaama
- ts'iilistaama
march - food gather month
ga taa gii halxa kung
march – laughing geese month
hlgidGun k'ah kung
march – noisy geese month
xidgas kuu.ngaay
marching (a band marching into a village or building playing their instruments)
- k'aaydaalt'xa
- k'aaydaaltl'lxa
marching (group of people marching)
sGaaxyangdal
mark (spread on someones face)
maada
mark a line
kidhll
marking
kidna.nang
marmot (ground hog)
gwiiguu
marriage (arranged marriage)
kilgudang
marriage (asking parents for hand in marriage)
jiikilgudang
marriage (same sex marriage)
gud iina
marriage (to be with someone and not married)
literal – married borrow
iina silda
marriage proposal (ask to marry)
kilgudang
marriage proposal on behalf of someone else i.e. nathan would propose to someone for ernie
jii kilgudang
married
iina
married (anyone getting married – talking about)
'll iina'ah
married (get married)
gud iina
married (getting married)
jad iina'ah
married (woman getting married-man saying)
jad iinaa
married (women saying she is getting married to a man)
'll iina
married her now (he did)
naayGaasdll
married into (a place from her home far away)
ininjuu
married rocks
hlGaa gud iina
marrow (bone marrow)
skus kaahlii
marry (to marry)
- iina Gil ga
- iina Gihl ga
marsh cinquefoil (potentilla palustris)
saanii xilaay
marten
k'uuxuu
mash
- kidGu
- kiidahl
mash i.e. berries or potatoes
kiidahl
mash up berries
tlGaan
mashed
kiidala
mask
- niijaang.uu
- niijang.uu
mask
niixangwa
massage
tllnanang
mast – mast on a boat
gyaaGang
mat (a mat for the floor)
- t'aa gii Gaaw
- t'aa gii Gaaw.waay
mat (red cedar mat or spruce root table mat)
llguus
mat (spruce root mat for a table top – a place mat)
taa gii Gaaw
match (action of striking a match)
daa kunhll
match (to light with – used in a sentence)
daa kunhlaawuu
matches
- daa kunhlaaw
- daa kunhlluu
matches (fire)
daa kunhl
mate for life
gud ad iinang sGwaanang
material
- giixyangwaay
- giixyang.uu
material coming apart
hlk'aaxiisda
matriarch – grandmother of clan, oldest member
____clan____ naanGa
mattress
'uunchii Gaaw'uu
mattress (feathers)
GinGu 'uunchii Gaaw'uu
may – food gather month
taahalxa kuu.ngaay
may – planting month
taawk'ii kung
may – sockeye month
taaxid kung
may (helping verb used to express – permission, opportunity, or possibility)
- naynt
- nayng
- naying
may ( "may i go to the washroom?" )
gaay.ya'ad
maybe
- ahlging.a
- ahlging.ga
maybe
- gaay.ya'd
- xang ga
- xang gang
maybe (i guess so)
ahlging.ga
me
- diian
- diid
me (for me)
dii gan
me (to me)
- dii gii
- hlaagii
me (when feeling is involved)
dii
me / myself / i / you / yourself
Gaahlgan
me from (from me)
dii sda
me too.
dii aasing
meal (late for a meal)
Gaad jiihll
mean look
kya sgaajaagid
mean mad
sGaats'ii
means (woman or man of means)
iidhlxaaydaGa
measles (getting better from measles)
ng.aayGaaGwii
measles on face
k'aaw xang
measure, measuring
k'wiida
meat
kiiGa
medicine
xil
medicine (all the power out of medicine)
sinst'a
medicine (apply once a day or as needed to prevent sunburn, wrinkles, frostbite or windburn)
gyaa Ga
medicine (calling for medicine)
xilgii kyaagang.ngas
medicine (gathering medicine)
xildang
medicine (good medicine)
xilda 'laa gan
medicine (healing medicine / medicine that heals)
xilda llgil
medicine (- put medicine on a sore, - using medicine/medicate)
xilda
medicine doctor
sGaa.ada
medicine doctor (an unknown object that jingles on a dancing medicine doctor)
siisah
medicine house
xil naay
medicine man (doctor)
- sGaanaagwaay
- sGaaGa
medicine man – west coast story – power to control the weather (is buried on niisii gwaay.yaay)
xaas 'wiigid
medicine woman – west coast story – power to control the weather
hiinas awGa
medicine man (a medicines man name)
ts'iixii
medicine men and women
sGaaga Gaanga
medicine person
- sGaaga
- sGaagas
- sGaa.ada
medicine pouch
xil kank'uugya
meet
kaajigid
meet
- kaajigid
- kaajigiidan
meet (first time to meet someone)
- kaa kan
- kaa kans
meet (going to meet someone or check on something)
kaayduudaaw
meet (going to meet someone)
- klaay daaw in
- tlaay daaw in
meet (meet someone)
- klaay daaw
- tlaay daaw
meet (to meet)
kaa kaansgid
meet someone
- kaajigid dii
- kaajigid gii gan – already met
- kaajigid gang – met
- kaajigid xidii – going to meet
- kaajigid Gas ga – will meet
meet someone (to meet someone)
kaakan
meet someone coming in on a boat
tlaaydaaw
meet someone on the beach
kaadhlxa
meet the canoe/boat
tluu tlaaydaaw
meeting (come right up against a person)
kaa kan sgid
meeting (two people meeting)
gud kaa kan
melt with heat i.e. render dog fish liver oil
xaalgwii
melt i.e. ice melting
sGaaw
melting
sGaaw dii ga
men
- iihlangts'idaay
- iihllnts'ida
menstrate
- taaguuna
- taaGuuna Gihl
mention
k'wii
mention his/her name.
ll kiiGaay hla k'wii.
mention that person.
'la hla k'wii.
mentioned
k'wii gan
merganser (red-breasted merganser)
s'aay
mesmerized
tl'iiaals
message
- kiingah tl'xaa
- kinda
message (sending a message by phone, radio or mouth)
suu kinda
messy
- jaajuu
- jahljuu
- k'aahlt'ama
met someone and one person turns around
kaa dllhlGahldas
metal
hiigayats'ii
mid day
- sintajiiGa
- sintaajiGa
- sintaajaGa
midde (from the middle)
ts'iisii sda
middle
- yahguu
- kidGa
- ts'ii
- yaagutaajii
- yahguu
middle (out of the middle)
k'idGiisda
middle aged (getting older/middle aged)
- kwaa skida
- kwaa sgidas
middle of /half
- taadljiihl
- taadljuu
middle of something
ts'uu Gii
midnight
Galyahguu
might be
gaay.ya'ad ga
migration
xiidaalga
milk
milk (curdled milk)
tl'inu gud gii hlgaamt'axid gan
milk pudding
tl'inu pudding
milky way (a cluster of stars)
taay.yan.nuhl
milling around
hlt'aamjuGalang
milt (fish milt)
- k'aajaa
- k'aajii
mind – clear mind getting / water getting clear
k'aadllgihl
mind (busy mind)
- tllsk'aanang
- tllsk'aalang
mind
- guudang.ngaay
- guudang.ngaay Gaasdll – relieved
- guudang.ngaay haayluu – blank mind
- guudang.ngaay jamguhlguhlGalang – mind in turmoil
- guudang.ngaay Gaajuu – open minded
- guudang.ngaay xuuhl – shattered mind
- guudang.ngaay xuusda – shattered mind
- guudang.ngaay xuusda.ya – shattered mind – past tense
- guudang.ngaay sing.gaayts'ii – troubled mind
- guudang.ngaay Gaaxaaga – weak mind
- guudang.ngaay Gaaxagil – weak mind/tired mind
- guudang.ngaay hlkuuxiida – worried mind
- guudang.ngaay sgaapjuu (bent/twisted mind)
- guudang.ngaay skuunxa (clean minded)
- guudang.ngaay sk'iila (dirty mind)
- guudang.ngaay sk'ayla (dirty minded)
- guudang.ngaay k'aay kaaxiida (old flirt-all in the mind)
- guudang.ngaay k'uuxiidang - mind carried away
- guudang.ngaay waa Ga sgaasgiidan - mind is relieved (at ease)
- guudang.ngaay waa Ga sk'aasgiidan - mind is relieved (at ease)
- guudang.ngaay t'aayadii - mind sad
- guudang.ngaay kunhll - mind slipped
mind (your mind)
daalang guudang.ngaay
mind (helping with your mind i.e. you attend a meeting in support of someone speaking)
Gaang.ngaada
mind (mind is not right)
guutl'l ts'iiyah
mind (throwing out of your mind)
gud k'at'a
mind (trying to put someones mind at ease)
sk'aalang
mind (your mind)
Gayluu
mind / intuition
Gayla
mind made up
gudGaayhlgii
mine
- ang.a
- ang.Ga
- gyaaGan
- náa'a
- náaGa
mingling
Guud Gii xwaajuuguulang
miniature (a smaller version of something)
alts'iisii
minister
laabaliid
mink
- s'yang
- sii'yan
minus
waasda
minute – last minute acting
hlGaay k'yusda 'uu dlljuu dii
minute
- k'aadsgid k'amdala
mirage (heat mirage i.e. on a very hot road surface)
yaawlanga
mirror
- xaa.nga jaawaay
- xaa.nga jaaw uu
- xaa.nga kyang.uu
- xaa.nga sGaang.uu
- xaa.nga sGang.away
- xaa.nga sGangwaay
- xaa.ngang kyaang.uu
misbehaving
dlljuu gudGa
mischievous
gyu gaaw
mischievous
- sdllgwa
- sdllguu
Dang sdllgwa ga. You are a land otter. (an expression said to someone when they are mischievous)
miserablelife
taayGagudGang
miss
Gawda
miss (opposite of bulls eye)
jiidsguda
miss (poking with a spear, but missing)
kiidsguuda
miss hitting the ball
sk'aks
miss seeing someone
Gaadsguuda
missed
- Gaadlaaw
- Gal sguuda
missed (missed meeting you)
kaasguuda
missed (passed by and just missed)
k'aphl
missed out
- Gaadjiihll
- k'anhlsgii
- k'anxuusda
- kl'apsda
missed out/replaced something
sihlGa
missed someone on a car or a boat
gaysguuda
missed the fish (a water haul)
dansguda
missed your target
gaadlang
missing
- gaawGa
- gaawdii
- gaawgwang
- k'aat'sguuda
missing the right spot
Guudsguuda
mist
sgiija
mist (fine rain)
xamgwii
mistake
tllsguuda
mistake (almost made a mistake)
Gaa Gaawsgii
mistake (made a mistake when speaking)
- kihl sguuda
- kilt'iijang
mistake (made a mistake)
- GaaGaaw
- tllsguudaaya
mistake (when doing something)
kilsguuda
mistake with your finger
- stl'isdll GudGang
- stl'isdll GudGa
mitt for oven/pot holder (cedar bark)
tllgant'is
mix
- ginhlGaal
- giinhlGahl
- ginhlGal
mix food together in mouth
k'unhlGahl
mixed up
k'aahlt'ama
mixed up
xwaajuuGalang
mixed up in head
kaasGa xwaajuuGalang
mixing food in mouth
- kunhlgal
- kunhlgahl
mixing food together in a bowl
- ginhlGahl
I mixed it up.
mixing together
gud Gii ginhlGahl
moaning in pain
hlng.ang
moccasins
st'aa hlk'unk'ii
monday
sing sGwaansing
money
dáall
money (asking for money owing)
sGawgiinang
money (paper money)
dáall kuuginah
money was scarce
dáall Gaaxiida
monster – hairy hand monster
stl'aay Gaawa
monster lives in spirit lake (eats children)
'waasu
monster lives in spirit lake (eats whales)
'waasGuu
monster women with cold hands
stl'aay taad
month (many months)
- kung gaaydawaal
- kung gaydawaal
month (one month)
- kung k'aaysguu
- kung k'aaysk 'uu
month (one month)
kung sGwaansing
months going by fast
kuu.ngaay k'apxunang
mood – getting in the mood
isgid
moon
- kung
- kuu.ngaay - used in a sentence
moon - upside down moon (going to rain)
kuu.ngaay 'unGudii
moon (first quarter moon)
kuu.ngaay kiixadxaga
moon (full moon)
- kuu.ngaay k'aaysulang
- kuu.ngaay st'agang
moon (full ring around the moon)
kuu.ngaay Gaaduu sgaamsulang
moon (half moon)
kuu.ngaay taadll juu
moon (last quarter moon)
kuu.ngaay Guudsdll
moon (man on moon)
- kuu.ngaay guu nang
- kuu.ngaay aa nang
moon (moon light)
kung.dlan
moon (new moon – literal = moon look in)
kuu.ng aay kiixadxa
moon (new moon)
kuu.ngaay sdapiijin
moon (new moon)
kung Gaawdla kiixadxaga
moon (woman in the moon)
kuu.ngaay Ga nang jaadas is
moon coming up over horizon (anytime)
huu kuu.ngaay k'aayts'idxaa
moon crescent shape (rain and sunshine)
kuu.ngaay sgapjuudii
moon is lying on her back (no rain)
kuu.ngaay taay Gaaguu dii
moon rising out of the clouds
k'aaydalt'xa
moon snail (polinices lewisii)
gyuudan
mooning (sticking your ass out)
Guujuu
moral support
- ad Gaa.ngaada
- Gaa.ngaada /
- Gaa.ngaadas – present tense used in a sentence
moral support (only for moral support)
Gan sgun
more
- kun
- t'algii
more and more
kaasgiida
more than (anything more than one)
gwaay ts'ads
more than (time has pasted)
t'algii
more (a little more)
allt'is
morgue
k'uduuhl naay
morning
- sing.Gaay
- sang.Gaay
morning
sing.Gadlnaay
morning (early morning)
sing.gaayxan
morning (very early in morning / daybreak)
sing Gadlaan xiidGa
morning cold snap
sing.Gaay k'aaxuusda
mortuary house
- sGaaga naay
- saahlln naay
- saahlln.nanaay
mosquito (or any insect that bites)
- ts'ii k'alt'axung
- ts'ii k'alt'axwang
mosquito long legged – daddy long legs
ts'ii k'alt'axung hlkaamdala
moss – growing on trees (kindbergia oregana)
kayd k'inxan
moss – muskeg moss (sphagnum)
k'aala k'inxan
moss – thick moss (sphagnum)
k'inxan gaa.nga
moss – root moss (hylocomium splendens)
hllnga k'inxan
moss – tall moss (rhytideadelphus triquetrus)
k'inxan hlt'aamdala
moss (general)
k'inxan
moth
k'aam
mother
- aw.wang
- awGaaw
mother
aw.wagas
mother (husbands mother said by wife)
klaalG awGa
mother (man talk about)
- awGa
- awang
mother (man talk to)
- awaay
- 'awaay
mother (woman talk about)
awGa
mother (woman talk to)
awaay
mother of a chief
giida gaaju
mother-in-law (man talk about)
- jiigu naanGa
- jiiGaa naanGa
mother-in-law (woman & man talk about)
jiiGunaanGalang
mother-in-law (woman talk about)
- jiiGu naanGa
- jiiGaa naanGa
mother-in-law (woman talk to)
jiigu naanGaay
mother's day
awGa sing.aay
motion – drive (i drive); going
driving (you driving); going
- kayd
- kaydyang
motion – driving (to); going
- xaal kayd
location am i driving, going.
motioning with your hand i.e. calling over
xaasGalang
motor (sound of a motor)
kudaga
motor home
naagaay xal kaaguns
mould
k'aalan guud
mould
k'alud
mould (getting mouldy)
k'aluda Gihl dii ga
mould (near moulding fish in smokehouse – not quite dry)
hlGuuya
mound (something round, heap)
- dápjuu
- k'aayjuu
mountain
- tlldaGaaw
- tlldaGawaay – talk about
mountain (south west haida gwaii)
- tlldaGaaw nangxiigang.ngaay ’yuwan s
- tlldaGaaw nangxiiga.nga ’yuwans
mountain ash (sorbus sitchensis)
huk'ya
mountain goat
maat
mountain goat horns
k'yamGaay
mountain hemlock (tsuga mertensiana)
k'aang
mountain or property
tlldagaaw
mourning (crying and talking of what the person used to do)
kiihljuu
mourning (dress in black)
xaanduwa
mouse
kaagan
mouse (shrew)
- jiigwal awGa
- jiigwul awGa
mouse women
kaagan jaad
moustache
sk'yuuGii
mouth
- xayhlii
- xiihlii
- xiihla
- xayhlang
- xiihlang
- xiihla
mouth – cover your mouth
- hlkuut'as
- hlkuusgiidang
mouth (dirty mouth)
k'uuda sk'iilaa
mouth (edge of mouth)
k'ud k'uuna
mouth (hold in your mouth)
ts'id k'aayging
mouth (holding a small thing in your mouth)
ts'idxaaging
mouth (keeping in mouth)
ts'idskaaging
mouth (past tense)
xayhlan
mouth (roof of your mouth)
siingajii
mouth (something in mouth)
k'udging
mouth (something in mouth-cheek)
ts'idging
mouth (the roof of your mouth)
sii.ngajii
mouth full (a big mouth full)
kiid Guudsdll
mouth full of something
k'uu'uuging
mouth is watering
hlaama
mouth of an inlet
k'yuuGa
mouth of inlet
jiiaxwii
mouthful (big mouthful)
- kid Guudsdll
- kid Guudxaaw
mouthful (chewing)
k'waahldajing
move
- hihlda
- hihlda.yaay
- hihldaaGan
move (they all left her i.e left behind or move away)
- ts'aasda
- ts'aasda xid
move a little bit – excuse me
aa.nang
move and put yourself under that chief
- k'uusGaaw
- aalgwaa
move around i.e. things or objects / also like pushing things around
daaGuhlGa
move in
ts'iiGang
moving
- hildang
- hihlda
moving
ts'iiGa
moving (anything moving)
ists'iGuns
moving (more than one)
chiihll
moving (present tense)
ts'iit'a xiid
moving (slowly walking)
dlldal
moving (the hands of the clock)
sk'aadal (dii)
moving a little at a time
- skants'alang
- skants'iGung
moving a person or thing on a car, boat, or plane
- tllxid
- tllxid dii – now
- tllxid gii – always
- tllxid gan – already
- tllxid xidii – going to
- tllxid t'aajing – trying
- tllxid Gas ga – will
- tllxiidan – did
moving about
gangxaaw
moving about
ts'iingxuunang
moving along greatly (feeling great as you move along)
kinhlGalgwang
moving along i.e. a car jerking along
- hlGaa ts'ihl dang.aay
- hlGaa ts'ii dang
moving along in a fleet
gud 'ad tl'daal
moving along on your bum
- guuts'iiGung
- Guudk'uuts'iiGung
moving along slowly i.e. like a turtle
xaagwaay guudal
moving around
k'aayhlGiidaa
moving around slow (anything living)
aawhlGahl
moving around slowly
- aawjuuGalang
- aawjuuGuulang
moving away
- ts'aasda
- ts'iit'axid
moving away (a person)
dl't'aaxiid
moving barely
Gaay Gwal kaa
moving for a change
sguuna Guut'a xid
moving in
dlldal ts'ii
moving or turning something around
daadlljuuGalang
moving place
Gaats'iiGundaay
moving quickly
xang.al.la dlGahl
moving slow
amdal
moving slowly
chints'iiGung
moving slowly and opening & closing i.e. a sea anemone or jellyfish
ts'aa'uldang
moving stuff
kl'ing.galang
moving to a different place
ts'iiGah
moving vessel
xaal kaagingdal
mucus
kun xaaw
mud
- chaan
- chaana
- chaanas
mud (getting muddy)
chaana Gihl
mud (got muddy)
chaanGa
mud (too muddy)
chaana Giida
muddled up mind
guudang.ngaay jahljuu
muddy
chaana
muddy fresh water
Gandlaay chaana gan
mumble/muttering
gaandaaga
murchison anchorage
- Gaayhlgas k'iidsii
- Gaysiigas k'idsii
muscle
xay
muscle (body muscle)
hluu k'ul
museum
gina k'aayga naay
museum (keep things / precious things, house)
- sdaawda naay
- gina sdaawda naay
- gina kuuya naay
museum (saving things house)
sah.hlindaaw naay
museum
lit. haida gwaii things old precious save house /
col. - haida gwaii saving old precious things house
xaayda gwaay guu gina k'aayga kuuya sahlinda naay
mushroom
kaagan daajing
mushroom
st'all naay
mushroom
- st'aw daajing.Ga
- st'aw daajing
mushy
aphlaay.ya
mushy soft
s'apk'uula
mushy soft
s'aaga
musical (wind instruments)
xuud kiinanguu
muskeg
k'aala
musket
kiits'iigangwaay
musket – loading a musket
kiits'iigang
muskrat
ts'aang xaldang.nga
muskrat (more than one – plural)
kaagan kaldala
muskrat (one muskrat – singular)
kaagan kaljuu
mussel (blue - mytilus edulis)
Gal
mussel (sea otter mussel)
k'yuu taw.wa
mussel (small mussel)
- s'iits'ang
- ts'iits'ang
mussel (strings from a mussel that hang onto the rocks)
k'inxaw
mussel (the cheeks of a mussel)
kants'ida
mussel (unidentified mussel similar to the california mussel found on gospel island – desribed as smooth, black & 16 inches long)
ts'il
mussels (a place where small blue mussels grow)
tll Gal kun naagid.
must
kilxiigang
must be
- ahlging.ga
- aahlging.ga
muzzle
kunjiiguhlda
muzzle (dog)
- kuunjiiguusdll
- kunjuguusdll
muzzle the dog
kunjuuguhlda
my
- ang.a
- ang.Ga
- naa
- naa
- na'a
- naaGa
- ung.a
my (when something belongs to you)
- naaGa
Dii hltaaxuulang 'waadluxan...
My relatives all...
myself
- ginggyang
- aahlan
- aganhll
- aganhl
- agan
- Giigan
- k'yahl siin dyang
- kiinang
myself – about myself
aahlang
myself (by myself)
- guusdagan
- guusdaxan
myself (for myself)
- kiinang
- kaayng.anghl
myself (from myself)
- staagang
- staaxang
mystify
k'alGadang.ah
