Sunday, January 5, 2014

O: English - S.Haida

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hlt’an’anda
oak fern (gymnocarpium dryopteris)
hlt'an'anda

oars
  • giinangwaay
  • giinanguu

objects lying around (two things)
xaaguudii

occupied (keeping your mind occupied or busy)
tll sk'aanang

occupied (keeping your self occupied or busy)
tll sk'aalang

ocean (hecate strait – open water)
  • siigaay
  • siigii

ocean (rough ocean water)
gaayuwa

ocean (salt water ocean)
jiigwaay

ocean (talking about waves or salt water)
  • Gaay.yuwaay
  • Gaay.yawaay

ocean (the open ocean – pacific ocean)
  • tang.Gwan
  • tang.Gwan.naay
tang.Gwan ad huu tllguu xaaynang.ngaay Giidang
ocean and way of life.

ocean bottom
Gaay.yuwaay stl'ln

ocean deep water
Gandll hldaay.yah

ocean floor (drop off in water – ocean floor)
chaasda

ocean made calm
dlaayiiaaw daay.ya

ocean way out (talk a bout)
tang.Gawaay

orca (5 fin killer whale)
  • k'aa Gwaay
  • k'aa Gwa

october – cold moon
kalga kung

october – freezing month
kahl knuu.ngaay

october – potlatch month
'waahlGahl kung

octopus
naw

octopus – catching octopus
nawdang

octopus – fried devils fish
naw xaalk'aadagada

octopus (eye region of an octopus)
xang k'aaxal

octopus (ink sack of an octopus)
kawGwal

octopus (removing the skin from an octopus)
iina

octopus (swinging naw against a rock to soften it up)
kayd jiik'adang

octopus arm
dlllna

octopus beak
naw kun

octopus cooked in hot ashes of a fire
GaayGuu

octopus ear
naw gyuu

octopus head
naw kaajii

octopus hole under rock den
  • naw naataxal
  • naw naagaxal

octopus house
naw naay

octopus house or den opening
naw naagaxal

octopus skin (used for burns)
naw k'al

octopus suckers
sk'ants'ii

octopus testicles
naw k'uuhlii

odor (body odor)
  • kay sguuna
  • kay sgwaan

odor (old persons smell)
k'aay kay sguuna

odor (to prevent body odor rub spruce cones or hemlock boughs under arms)
kay skuuna

of course.
gan tl'aaw

off (get off)
  • kaadll
  • kaadll gan

off (take off of something that is round)
k'aysdll.la

off and on (going off and on)
Guujap k'ildang

off of something
guusda

off this
asiigusda

offense
haak haak

offer, offering
king.Guu

often
k'uung.aja

often – too often
xansgid

often (not very often)
gam haayxan

oh boy!
gya!

oh my!
ooyah !

oh, dear!
  • haajasdii
  • haajasdiiya
  • haajadii
  • haajadiiya

oil (motor oil)
taw

oil (seal oil)
xuud taw

ok or alright (expression of doing things together i.e. said when pulling a boat out with many people)
hii

old
k'aay

old – as a person or an animal
gunGasdll

old & rusty
xuuduu naaG

old (anything, objects, but not a person)
k'aayga

old (getting old – people or person)
k'aay.ya Gihls

old (getting old like a rusty old nail)
k'aay.ya Gihls samsdll

old (person 60 +)
  • k'aay.ya
  • k'aay.yas

old and ugly (person)
k'aay.ya hl'ansdll

Common Witch's Hair (Alectoria sarmentosa)
k'aalts'ida gyaa'adGa
old man's beard (alectoria sarmentosa)
  • k'aalts'ida liisGa
  • k'aalts'ida gyaa'adGa

old people (middle aged 40+)
(short ee sound – already old/ long ee sound – becoming old)
  • kwasgiida
  • kwasgiidas

older than
t'algii guuda

oldsquaw (clangula hyemalis)
ang.aang.ngii

olympic torch
gina Guuxagangs

omen (bad omen or premonition)
hllng.Gang

omen (bad omen)
  • chiingang
  • hllng Gang

omen (bad omen) when your left shoulder twitches
skal gudGang

omen (good omen) when your right shoulder twitches
skal 'laagang

on
  • Gii
  • waguu

on (pack on back)
uun ging

on account of
Gaaganah

on board
guuGa

on board
guuGaaw 

on top
uunguu

once again
waansxuun

once in a while
  • gyaak'idG
  • gaasing Giids gyin 
  • gyaak'idGa

once upon a time
gyaa'adxan

one
sGun

one (the one)
nang

one time
Ga'adxaanuu

one time
ga'adxan

one year
  • taada s'kaasga
  • taada sGaasguu

onion
  • sGaayhll xil
  • xangaxaawa

only
sGun 

only for
GansGuun

only one
t'am sGwaansing

open
  • Gaajuu
  • Gaajuu 
  • xiila
  • xiilas
  • xiilaxans 

open – the door is always open for everyone
k'iiwaay Gaajuu.

open (already open a little)
xad.dal

open (cut open)
k'id gaasdll 

open (make it open a little more)
tll xadxahl

open (make open up a little more)
haa.aangal

open (poking something open)
k'id Gaasdll 

open (tear open)
dangxahl 

open (to open clams or mussels by soaking them in fresh water)
skaang

open (to open)
  • Gaasdll 
  • tllGaasdll

open a little bit
tl'l k'axaal

open and close (the action of open and closing)
ts'aa'uldang

open door
dang Gaasdll

open house
  • naa Gaasdll
  • naa xiila

open house (past tense)
naagaay Gaasdll 

open i.e. a play, movie or concert
Gaad ts'adsdll 

open in to (place where you land or go into)
Gaas

open something
kil Gaasdll 

open something by using your hand
tllxahli

open up anything
k'ak'u

open your mouth
xayhlang hla giik'uu

opening between rocks (crack)
kl'aadan ah  

opens and closes
Gaajaawuu

operation on a person
  • k'idGwa
  • k'idk'uu 

operculum of a turban snail
gwahlgiidang 

operculum shell
gwahlgiidang 

opponent
ga nangs

opposite
  • xanhlG
  • xanhlGid

opposite (doing the opposite)
aaydii 

opposite (act the opposite)
ilsda dlljuu

opposite (doing opposite of what told)
ilsda

opposite side
  • iinaxuusda
  • t'isdaxan
  • t'iisdaxan

opposite sides from one another
gudhlGahlda sdawuu

or
  • dawGaxan 
  • doaxan 
  • wa.doaxan

or else
  • dooGa
  • suu Gaa'uu

orange
sGid xyang

orphan
  • hlk'iingiida
  • hlk'inxiida

orphan (becoming an orphan)
hlk'iingiid

osprey (pandion haliaetus)
stads k'un

other one
  • aahlniis
  • sGwaana

other one (the other one)
aahlniis

other side
  • aadsxuusda
  • 'waa'guusda

other side of
'waaxuusda

other way
  • aadsgwii
  • ilsda

others
  • iihl.lii
  • iihlgid
  • iihlii
  • iihllaay
  • tl'aaw

otter (land otter slide)
  • kuuxuunang
  • kuuxuunang.ngaay

otter (land otter that can transform himself)
sdllguu

otter slide
kuuxuunang

ouch
aanaaniiyaa

our
  • iitl'aa
  • id

our crest
iid gyaaGa giyaagingaay

ours
  • aang.Ga
  • id gyaaGa

ours  - it is ours
id gyaaGaaw iijii

out
  • jii 'a xwii
  • kaadxwii

out i.e. light or fire out
k'il

out (coming out)
dllts'iidxaa

out did someone
kaandal

out do
kaandahl

out do someone
kandal

out of
  • Giisda
  • Giisdaaxan
  • Gisda

out of (tluuwaay guuwiisda hla isda – take it out of the boat.)
guuwiisda

out of the house – right now at once
naa Giisdaxan

out on the point i.e. exposed
sGas

out there
  • k'aada
  • k'aadas
  • huu k'aada

out there (something – in reference to the beach)
k'aadsii

out there (towards the beach)
k'adxaayd

out to sea
k'aadgii siiwaay

outdoor education
  • kyah gina sk'aadGa
  • kyah xaayd gina sk'aadGa
  • kii xaayd gina sk'aadGa

outfit (whole slicker outfit)
k'aas gii'isk'uu

outhouse
kaaxul naay

outside
  • kiixa
  • kiixaayd
  • kyaasii
  • kyah
  • kyah gii
  • kyah gii ah
  • kyah gwa
  • kyahgii
  • kyaagii
  • kyahlgwa
  • kyah
  • kyaajii
  • jiiyaaxuusda

outside (from the outside)
kyah sda

outside (on the outside)
kyah xuusda

outside / out there
  • k'aadxaayd
  • kaadxid

outside  i.e. way out in the ocean
k'aadsii

oval leaved blueberry (vaccinium ovalifolium)
hldaan

oval-leaved blueberry – berry (vaccinium ovalifolium)
hldan Gaadaga

oval-leaved blueberry – bush (vaccinium ovalifolium)
hldan hlk'aay.yii

oven (put something in oven)
giits'isGa

over (to go over something i.e. like a bridge)
k'iiwaat'as

over anything
gina kun giixan

over anything i.e. a person gets sick over anything
gina kun gii xang

over flow
kwahtl'lts'ii

over hang
skyuujuuts'as

over here
haahlgwa

over that
t'aaGaa'uu

over that way
  • 'waadsxwii Gaagidaay
  • 'waatsxwii
  • 'waaxwii

over there
  • 'aats'xwaa
  • gwaais
  • huu
  • 'waadsgwa
  • 'waadsgwad
  • 'waadsxuu
  • 'waadsxaa
  • 'waagwa
  • 'wahgwa
  • 'waagwaa
  • 'waagwii
  • 'waan
  • 'waaxuusda
  • 'waaxwa
  • 'wah gwii
  • 'wahgwa
  • waaxan

over there (coming from over there)
'waadsxuusda

over there (going over there)
'waadsxii

over there (no pinch in front of the w)
waadluGang

over there / move over
'wahgwii  waa

overcast
yaanguusdii

overslept
  • k'aaganGad
  • k'aask'uuts'ii

owl (horned owl – bubo virginianus)
gudguniis

owl (northern saw whet owl – aegolius acadicus) in the day time you call the saw whet owl – st'aw
st'aw

owl (northern saw-whet owl) in the night time you call the saw whet sgaas sgaas)
  • sk'aas sk'aas
  • sgaas sgas

owl (snowy owl)
sahkunhlaay

owl (unidentified owl)
sduugal

owl hooting
huudk'adang

own
daaGa

own (to own)
daaGayah

own (will own)
daaGasas

owned (after i owned it for awhile)
daaGa gyalgii sda

ownership of a place i.e. ones own plot of land
Gansaaw

owning
daa 'ahGas

oyster catcher (bird)
sgaada.nga