Sunday, January 5, 2014

P: English - S.Haida

pacific cod (grey cod)
staaydaay

pacific ocean – the open sea
  • tang.Gwan
  • tang.guunaay 

pacific ocean (a great big body of salt water)
tang.Gwaay

pacific saskatoon berry (amelanchier alnifolia)
Gaan xaawla 

pacific saskatoon bush (amelanchier alnifolia)
Gaan xaawla hlk'aay.yii 

pacific silverweed – plant (potentilla anserine)
ts'iiaal xil 

pacific silverweed – root (potentilla anserine)
ts'iiaal

pack (to pack someone)
  • dllad
’la gwa da dllad?
Are you going to pack him/her?

pack lunch
  • tawhlk'ii
  • tawhlk'ii.yay 

pack on back
  • unging
  • uunging 

pack on ones back
Galk'uuging

pack sack (small)
Gaalgiyanguu

pack someone along
  • GalGaad
  • GalGad

pack under arm
sk'uud dl'xiid 

packing
t'aa ts'iigang 

packing on ones shoulder
  • sguuging
  • sguuxiid 

packing on your back
'uunxiid 

packing something big
Galk'aaygyah

packing something in your arms
dllgingdal

packing something on your back
'uunging 

packing something small
isgingdal

packing with arms
ts'isging

packing with armsgoing along
ts'isgingdal

packing/carrying things away
k'ayhlGalang 

paddle
  • aal
  • aalaay

paddle a canoe
giinang

paddling in the stern
t'aanGad

paddling songs a word used for paddling songs.
jaats'adgya'ad

pail
kid sk'aajuu

pail (berry picking pail)
Gaana

pail (talk about it)
GaanaGaay

pain (burning pain)
  • Guuxagang
  • Guuxagangs

pain
saalang ants'ildang
  • saalang diigwang – always in pain
  • saalang kunjuGalang – bent over in pain
  • saalang sGaayhll – crying in pain
  • saalang Gadgii – falling in water in pain
  • saalang Guudsgiida – falling on your bum in pain
  • saalang daawsgiid – falling on your side in pain
  • saalang Gaadxyang – fish jumping in pain
  • saalang hlgaamsda – hollering in pain
  • saalang hlaanGuudii – looking ugly in pain
  • saalang taaydii – lying down in pain
  • saalang dllGuudii – lying in pain
  • saalang GaaGuudii – lying on your back in pain
  • saalang daawGuudii – lying on your side in pain
  • saalang xangxiida – male crotch in pain
  • saalang aangkildang – nodding your head in pain
  • saalang Gad – running away in pain
  • saalang aang.xiida – shaking head in pain
  • saalang k'aw'uu – sitting down in pain
  • saalang t'aamGuudii – slim person lying in pain
  • saalang k'aadii – suffering fall asleep
  • saalang kunsgid – suffering fall forward
  • saalang daamsid – suffering in passing air
  • saalang kaa – walk in pain
  • saalang kayd – walking away in pain
  • saalang giixiida – whole body shaking in pain
  • saalang t'aaxiida - stamping your feet in pain

pain (dull pain that never goes away)
ts'aht'aas 

pain (gaining pain i.e. a person)
k'aasgid 

pain (rolling around)
saalang

pain easing up or off
sGaasgid 

paint
  • k'uudlin
  • k'uudlln 

paint – face paint – vermilion
  • maas
  • mas
  • maada 

paint (face you paint)
xang.ang hll maasda 

paint brush
k'uudlaanuu 

paint face (i.e. animal or a crest)
  • giigingda
  • giiging.Gad

paint face (to make yourself pretty or beautiful)
gingGad

painted
  • k'uudllna
  • k'uudlln.nah

painting
  • k'uudlaan
  • k'uudlaanwaay
  • k'uudlaana
  • k'uudlaanuu

painting
  • k'uudlin
  • k'uudln 

pajama bottom
k'aa kun

pajama top
k'aa xwaat'isguu

pale person
Gaalang.nga

palm
stl'l kaaGan 

pan (frying pan)
  • GaaGalang
  • GaaGalang.uu
  • GaaGal.lang

panties
k'un kaahlii 

panting (short of breath)
Gaagan kaaxiida

pants
  • k'un
  • k'un.aay

pants (female with no pants on)
chaawGuunang

pants (male with no pants on)
ts'isGuunang

pants (no pants on)
k'unGuunang

pants (no pants)
  • chisGuunan
  • k'uunGuunan
  • k'uunGuunang

pants (slicker pants)
  • k'aas k'un
  • k'aas k'unaay

pants (taking pants off)
k'uunsda

pants (without pants)
k'yahlGuunanag

pants, cut pants too short
k'uunaay ts'ii kuudtl

pants, dirty pants
k'uunaaysk'iila

paper
kuugin
  • kuugin guu k'aalang - paper (writing paper)
  • kuugin chiijuu - paper bag
  • kuugin sk'aatl'xuu - paper cup
  • kuugin naay - paper house
  • kuugin kaayhla - paper plate
  • kuugin giisaaw - paper towel

paradise
aanas

parent
yaaGang

parent (one parent)
  • yaaGa
  • yaaGang

parents
yaaGalang

parked car or wagon
hlGaaG dii

part of
t'iijii

parted or divorced
  • jiiGadaang
  • jiidaang

particle (small particles)
siidalaa

partition (partition in a long house made of fur or cloth
'lala

partition (wall partition)
laal.lagii

partition in a long house i.e. a curtain
laala

partition within a longhouse
  • laay
  • lal
  • lalaay

pass
dii gud xan

pass (go pass one another)
guudsGaawdagii

pass away
  • sing.gwaa'ad
  • sing.gwaaGad

pass by
gudxaanuu

pass by in front of a person
gudxang.guud

pass gas (poke a person and pass gas)
stllsiidan

pass it
haala

pass something i.e. a plate
Gaasdll

pass something thin i.e. wood, paper to someone
tl'llsdll

passage
Gaa'adsii

passage (inside passage of water)
diidaxwaxyangs

passage (inside passage)
  • didxwahxyans
  • didxwaaxyangs

passed away
kaaydan

passed the time
  • waasda sk'aats'aay.ya
  • waasda sk'aats'ang

passed the time (way passed the time)
  • waasda sk'aamts'aay.ya
  • waasda yaats'aay.ya gan

passenger ship
ts'aan kluu

passing around
daagiid

passing gas
  • kuusid
  • laam kuusid
  • tl'apsid

passing gas (big blast)
gawsid

passing gas (big drawn out)
kl'aamsid

passing gas (cough and fart)
k'uusang k'aasid

passing gas (eat too much pass gas)
k'uusid

passing gas (fart caused by stretching)
t'aasid

passing gas (high pitch)
  • k'aasid
  • k'aasidaay

passing gas (high pitched fart)
jid k'aasaadang

passing gas (like air coming out of a pinched ballon)
  • t'amsid
  • t'amsidang – used in a setence

passing gas (loud rapid fire, like a machine gun)
kl'uusid

passing gas (pinch and make a big fart)
tl'll daamsid

passing gas (puke and fart)
tllgang k'aasid

passing gas (pull and pass gas)
  • dang k'aasid
  • dang kuusid
  • dang sid

passing gas (regular one)
kuusid

passing gas (short burst)
kl'aapsid

passing gas (short little one)
ts'apsid

passing gas (sleeping and farting)
k'aa tl'uusidang

passing gas (small little one)
dapsid

passing gas (sneeze and pass gas)
kunjuu k'aasid

passing gas (sounds like a bomb)
daamsid

passing gas (sounds like an engine, done while walking)
kuudaga

passing gas (sounds wet and cut short)
k'waadsid

passing gas (when you take a step)
t'aasid

pat down with hand
tlldaldaang

patch (a spot)
k'adt'iijii

patch work / quilt ( make a blanket from square patchs)
tl'l GaaGungdal

patch work i.e. blanket
tl'GaaGundal

path
k'yuu

path (a narrow path)
t'aahllGang

pathway (a narrow pathway up the beach)
sk'aadal

patient
  • guudang.ngaay jing
  • guudang.ngaay jings

patriarch – grandfather of clan – oldest member
____clan____ chinGa

pay (going out to pay a bill)
  • sGawin
  • sGaw dii

pay (to pay $ or goods)
sGaw

pay (to pay)
gya sGaw

pay (when you hurt someone you have to pay them)
'waahll

pay attention
k'aaynang

pay back
xaang.gyang

pay bay
kaasing gwaay suu

pay opposite clan
gyaa isdll

pay people for service rendered
gyaa isdll

pay someone
sGaw

pay up (asking for pay)
sGawgiinang

payment (apology payment)
singkihlgii gya sGaw

payment of what you took  i.e berries or seafood to the chief who owns the land (chiefs share)
  • t'aanGada
  • t'aang.Gad

pea crab (fabia spp.,pinnotheres spp.)
giidGay

peace
  • hltaanawa
  • hltaanuwa

peace (going to make peace with someone)
llGada

peace (making peace with someone)
  • llGada
  • llGadii

peace of mind
  • guudang hltaanawa
  • guudang.ngaay glaaygids

peace on earth
  • tllgaay guu glaay.ii
  • tllgaay waadluuxan guu hla glaay.ii

peaceful
daanGaaGuu

peaceful and nice
daanGaaGuuga

peak of a mountain
  • tlldaGaaw sk'aajuu.awaay guu
  • tlldaGaaw sk'aajawaay

peanut
k'ang.ii

peanut butter
daada k'ang.ii

pear
  • k'ay sk'yawas
  • k'ay sk'yaaw.was

peas – garden peas and beans
  • xuuya kluu /
  • xuuya tluu /
  • xuuya kluuGa
  • xuuya tluuGa

pebble
hlGaaxid

pebbles
  • hlGaa skaats'xuulda
  • hlGaa sk'aats'ixuldang
  • hlGaa k'amdala

peck (chicken peck)
skas

pecked out
skaasxaala

pecking
skayjing dii

pecking
skas

pecking (bird)
skasguda

pecking (in a song i.e. haida king song)
sdaksinda

peddling
t'aa skaaxuunangdal

peel ( i.e. a orange etc)
tll sk'anguuhlda

peel (peel herring eggs off kelp)
  • tllgu'uu
  • tllgu'juwa

peel (to peel)
sk'ang.guhlgii

peel inlet
stads k'un sGawGa

peeling (i.e.like skin off your finger)
guudang gaahll

peeling off (lots of large slabs i.e. like bark)
stl'uuxuunang

peeling off (more than one long slab)
stl'aamxuunang

peeling off (one large slab peel off)
stl'uutl'l

peeling off (one skinny slab peel off)
stl'aamtl'l

peeling off (wide pieces peel off)
gaawxuunang

peeling off  (i.e. paint)
gaaxuunang

peeling with a knife always
  • k'id sk'ang.uhl gii
  • k'id sk'ang.uhldii

peeling with teeth
k'uusk'ang.uhl

peeling with teeth always
k'uusk'ang.uhl gii

peeling with yuor fingers
stl'lsk'ang.uhl

peelings are flying ( i.e. when peeling vegetables)
k'al k'id skiida

peeping (stealing a look)
king k'uuhlda

peeping out
kiixaadxaaga

peering around (moving your head up & down)
  • aant'uuxung
  • aant'aaxung

pelagic goose barnacle (lepas anatifera)
chaaGan tl'lk'iiwaay

pen
gyaa k'aalang.uu

pen / pencil / felt pen 
gyaa k'aalangwaay

penguin (literal – walking killer whale)
sGaana kaaGwangs

penis
chiijii

penis (end of penis)
k'andiis

penis (penis of a small boy)
giigii

penis (pulling skin back)
k'anhll Gahl

penis (stiff/stick)
sk'aats'ii

people
sdaaxihlgwaay

people – people of all nations
xaaydas gud iila Gid 'waadluxan

people (4 people in a boat)
ts'aa.a sdansing

people (a bunch of people doing something)
gang xaw

people (a bunch of people running)
gang xyangdal

people (a bunch of people standing)
ganjuu gyang

people (a bunch of people swimming)
xunging

people (a bunch of people)
xundlln

people (a group of people doing things)
gangxaaw

people (a group of people standing together)
xuunjuugiixang

people (a group of people standing together)
xuunjuugyang

people (a large group of people standing together)
tl'uujuugyang

people (a whole bunch of people that are making noise)
huugan dyas

people (bunch of people standing together)
kladhljuugyang

people (different people)
xaayda k'alGad

people (far away people – people who do not speak haida )
tlljin xaaydaGaay

people (group of people in a boat or on a car or in the water)
gang.ging

people (group of people moving along)
sdamging.dal

people (group of people sitting or walking straight)
sdaaldala

people (group of people)
sgamgingdal

people (how a group of people behaves)
gangxuwaay

people (hydaburg dialect)
xaagii

people (large bunch of people traveling together in a vessel)
jaagingdal

people (long long time ago people –ancient)
  • tllsda Gaagwii xaaydaGaay
  • tllsda Gaagwii xaaydaGa

people (long time ago people)
tllsda xaaydaGaay

people (lots of people)
sk'uull

people (lots of people came in)
sk'uul.lats'ii

people (lots of people came)
  • sk'uullts'ii
  • sk'uullxa
  • sk'uultl'xa
  • tl'lints'idxa

people (lots of people on a boat or a car)
jaaging

people (lots of people singing)
sk'uull k'aajuu

people (lots of people standing around)
sk'uull giixang

people (lots of people talking)
sk'uull kihlguull

people (lots of people)
  • sk'uula
  • sk'uull

people (many people)
tll'd naawda

people (massett)
xaaydii

people (only old people)
k'aay.ya sGun sgamgingdal

people (other people)
iihlgidsii

people (real lots of people)
sk'uull Gudsdll

people (some people/ rest of people)
iihlGaayts'ii

people (those people)
huu Gaang.nga

people (those people)
'waa Gaang.nga

people gathering
gudGaiijang

people going
tl'indal

people half rock (seen in ancient times / people half rock seen sitting by the door – the rock becoming half rock)
hlGaa t'iijii hlGaa gaayala

people landing on beach
  • isGuu
  • isGuuga

people like haida's
gaang.ah xaaydaGa

people living together
gud 'ad naaxang

people lots
sk'uull

people milling around
gud Gii xwaajuuGalang

people milling around
  • hlt'amjuGulang
  • hlt'amjuGalang

people of the land
xaaydas xaaydaay

people pass each other
guuGuuxan

people who look after the growing bushes
(all things growing in the forest)
xaayda hlk'iiyan k'aws kyang.gaay 'laa

people who look after trees
xaayda kaayd kaayts'id xaaydaGaay

pepper
paaba

peppermint (lit.-leaves smell good)
xil sguunxuula

peregrine falcon (falco peregrinus pealei)
hlk'yah

perfection
yahGid

performing house
gina guu ahljuu naay

perhaps/maybe
ahlging

period of grace (i.e. when a chief dies)
siing.a

perk up
k'alts'ii

person – tall person lying down
taay slaamGuudii

person ( 1. a person turns into a bird or an animal 2. hermit – a person who lives alone out in the bush)
sGang.Gwa Gihl

person ( becoming full grown person)
dll kuna gihl

person (a small person)
k'uujuu

person (big wide person)
kinjuuwaay

person (first person)
nang kaadljuus

person (homely person standing there)
tl'anjuu gyang

person (little one looking at me)
kyak'uujagid

person (one or more person come in, one or more person go out)
gud kaa GanhlGalang

person (one person)
llGaayGa

person (short fat person)
kwadxiiyang gwang

person (some other person)
nang k'alGad

person (strong person)
k'yalts'ii

person (that person)
ahlniis

person (whole or healthy person)
dlaang

person (young person/teenager)
  • glaaylaa
  • dlaaylas

person going out into the water
dllgiisGa

person important (you think you are someone important)
k'aal.la ga

person turning over another person
dadllGuhlGa

person who looks after the land
tl'lgaay nang kyaadts'iis

person  (a person or a boat face down in the water)
gaay guuging

petrogylph
  • hlGaa guu k'id
  • hlGaa guu k'iidaga

petroleum (oil and gas)
taaw

petticoat
kwahgiijiigya

pharmacy
xil naay

phone
  • gina Giid sdll xiigan
  • gina Giid kihlgulas
  • gina Gii kihlgulas

phone (vhf referred to as a mickey mouse phone)
kaagan.naay

phosphorescence (bio phosphorescence found in the water)
k'amaalagung

pick
  • k'ii
  • kaa
  • kaa gan

pick apples – fall activity
  • k'ay gyiu hll kaa
Taanuud gyinuu hll k'ay gyiu hll kaa.
Fall when apples i picked.

pick at something a little bit at a time in a hurry
kud kaak'a

pick berries – summer activity
skaadang

pick berries used in a sentence
k'id

pick up
  • kuunt'axid
  • tl'xid

pick up (going to pick up)
taanGa iin

pick up a flat object with a stick
kidtl'xid

pick up already
Gaaxiidan

pick up anything flat
Gaaxid

pick up i.e. a boat or blanket
giixid

pick up small dry pieces of firewood on the beach
king t'awsda

pick up something with a stick
kidsk'axid

picked
  • k'iigan
  • kaa gan

picked up
kinst'aaGa

picked up
kuunt'axiidaanga

picking
k'iigang

picking
kaa dii

picking and eating berries right into your mouth
xihladang

picking berries
  • skaadang
  • skaadangda.yaay

picking berries with stem
hlGwa k'uusda

picking huckle berries by brushing them off the branch
skudGwii

picking on
kuuga k'aall

picking on each other
gud gii kihljuu

picking on somebody
tlaajuu

picking on somebody with hands
tlljuu

picking on someone
kihljuu

picking roots
giyaadii kaa

picking something out of water
kingsdang

picking through things
stl'indagang

picking up something thin and flat
tl'xiid

picnic – summer activity
  • taa'waanii
hll taa'waanii gan.  (i picnic-ed.)
k'inGad gyinu hll taa'waanii gan.
summer when i picnic-ed.

picture
  • niijang
  • niijing

pictures – going around taking pictures
niijing dii gwang

pieces
k'uuGaay

pieces (broken pieces i.e. glass)
  • k'uuGii
  • k'uuGwii

pierced (ears pierced) past tense
gyu kidxala

pierced (ears pierced) present tense
gyu kidxal

pig
  • kwaasaaw
  • kwaasuu (massett)

pigeon (band tailed pigeon – tolmie & dawson 1884 – comparrative vocabularies of the indian tribes of bc)
kulsdii

pigeon guillemont (young)
Guudhllgaay

pigeon guillemot (cepphus columba)
sgaaxudaawa

pigeon guillemot
  • sgaaGadawa
  • jaad xaws

pigeon guillemot
sgaaxadawaa

pigeon guillemot young
Guudhllgaay

piggy back
aaluu

piggy back
Gaalxiid

piggy back (gwaanjuu jaad)
  • unxiid
  • unxiidan

piggy back (to carry a baby)
aaluu

pigs feet
  • niihl kwaasaaw
Niihl kwaasaaw giyuu dii sdaahll ga.
I want pigs feet.

pilchard
saaw

pile (long)
t'aapjuu

pile of something
hlGaayjuu'uu

pile sea perch
k'ay k'ul kaydts'id

piled in
sk'uutl'xaa

piled up scattered around (lots)
kuljuudii

piling / stacking
iihll

pillar rock
  • hlGaa sgiijuuwas
  • hlGaagyaaGangs

pillow
  • ts'iihll
  • ts'iihlaay

pillow (small pillow)
ts'ii hll k'ad.dala

pilot house
  • sgindaaw naay
  • sginda naay

pinch
tl'lxiidang

pinch the wrong place
tl'lsguuda

pinched
  • tl'lxid
  • tl'lxiidan

pinchers of a crab
stl'aaul

pinching
tl'lt'axung

pinching with finger
tl'lt'uu

pinching with finger and bursting (bubbles)
tl'l dahl

pine bark – used in some medicines
ts'ahl k'al

pink
sGid aawdal

pipe
guljang'uu

pipe
  • k'uujangwaay
  • k'uujanguu

pipe
xayhlan.Gaayuu daauu

pipe (slate pipe)
sk'aajaawhll

pitch (pink pitch from old spruce trees used as poultice for sores and boils)
  • k'aas
  • k'aajaay

pitch (red)
k'aas sluuts'a gid

pitch (spruce pitch)
k'aas

pitch pink that you can chew
k'aas stluts'iiGadang

pitching fish
kid dangt'al

pitiful
k'aanga

pity
k'aahljuu

pizza
saabalii tl'apdala ga taa

place
  • tllga
  • daanaay
  • 'laana

place to land
Ga

place (a place to fish / fishing place)
  • nang giiwa
  • giiwa
  • giinaay

place (a place where you live)
naaxang.ngaay

place (a stopping or camping place)
daanaay

place (a stopping place- people had small places where they could stop in case the wind comes up / you could go to that place for shelter or to wait out bad weather)
iijiidaan

place (in place of)
siilaay Ga

place (stopping place on a boat)
gaaysla daanaay

place (that place)
  • guusdasii
  • gaguu

place above
sah 'laana

place that you are living
gud ad naawang

place to fish
xaw daanaay

place where you live
  • tllt'aGan
Huu tllt'aGan da náa.ga
That is where you are living.

places to stop
iijii daan

plan (to plan something out)
kilGuhlGa

plane
  • xidgwangs
  • gina xidgwangs

plane – a big plane flying out of sight
xidgawGii

plank /net / beam of light used to walk on water (watson pryce's story of a man who threw something on the water in order to walk to an island in skidegate inlet)
Gaada

planks (longhouse planks , and boats planks)
tl'aahlda

plant ( ? unidentified plant species )
literal – land otter leaf
sdllguu xilGa

plant ( ? unidentified plant species )
literal – killer whale leaf
sGaana xilGa

plant (unknown plant name)
  • giiniid
  • giiniids

plant (unknown plant name)
kuuxahl

planting
  • taaw k'iidaan
  • taawk'ii

planting small things
ink'ii

plants that grow in the woods
  • adiidsii Ga xil iinasdll
  • diidsii

plastic
plasticgaay

plastic (lit. ice soft)
kalga hltaanawa

plate
  • kaayhll
  • kaayhla
  • kaayhlagaay
  • kaayhllgaay

plate (a shallow plate)
kaayhla Gapjuu

plate (feast plate)
k'amal kaayhla

plate on top of a table
Gaahlin

plate put down
GaaGaw

platform or a stage
Gaahlin

platters (serving platters / pottery)
k'amalaang.uu

play
naang
  • naang k'aall - play (don't know how to play)
  • naang gii gan - play already
  • naang gii - play always
  • naang gii gang - play always
  • naang yahguga - play centre
  • naang gan - play did
  • naang hla - play do
  • naang ga - play go
  • naanga daan - play ground
  • naang.anaay - play house
  • naang t'aajing - play trying to
  • naang daanaay - playground
  • nang.gwang - playing (i.e. kids playing)

play the piano/organ
stl'l kii.ngang

playing out the rope
k'aadhlaagid

pleading for something in vain
suuguudang

please wait awhile
k'waay hla Giid

plentiful
iinang

plentiful (getting plentiful)
sk'uulaa Gihl

plenty
daaGanda

plenty
  • iinang
ising hla dii gii k'waan isda.
plenty more. (give me plenty more again)

pliers
  • ts'iijiigihldaawu
  • ts'iijiigihldawaay

plover
  • k'a'll sgaadang.nga
  • GawGaada

pluck feathers
gaada

plugged
k'aasgid
  • k'aasgiidang - plugged (got plugged)
  • k'aasgid gii gang - plugged already
  • k'aasgid gii - plugged always/already
  • k'aasgid dii - plugged getting

plugged solid
k'aaGadang

plump
  • chadhljuu
  • chaadhljuu
  • Giipjuu
  • Giipdalas

plump (person)
chadhljuu

plump (pleasantly plump person)
hlk'wahlGwii

plywood board
Gaajuu

pocket
  • daaGuwaay
  • daaGuwaay ga
  • daaGwaay
  • daaGawung

pod of whales
kun tl'ldaal

point
  • kun
  • kunjaaw
  • kunjuuwaay

point (anything a point is hitting)
'waaGa kunt'as

point (island at point)
kuna k'aaygid

point (skinny point sticking out)
t'awts'ii k un

point (something coming to a point)
sk áajuu

point aganist something
kunt'as

point hitting something
kunt'as

point of land (a wet point of land)
kun t'iis

point of land dries up at low tide
chiiGa sGaaGaaw

point of land driy at low tide and is covered high tide
t'iijah

point with finger
stll'juu

point with your finger
stlljuudii

point, around a point of land
  • kunxaduu
  • kunxid

pointed up
skilga

pointing (always pointing)
stl'ljuu gii

points (of land)
kunjuwaay

poison
k'uuhlin

poison seafood (poison from any seafood)
k'yang.ga

poisoned
k'uuhlaana

poke
  • kid
  • kiitl'l
  • stlltl'l

poke a abalone, chiton off rocks
kidguutl'l

poke a hole
  • kidk'apxal
  • kidxal
  • kidxil

poke a hole with your finger
sdll kapxal

poke a small hole
kidt'amxahl

poke a wide strip off
kidtl'uutl'l

poke and miss
kidsguda

poke and miss something
kidsguda

poke fish with a stick (going to poke the fish now)
kidsk'ihlxidii

poke fish with a stick (going to poke the fish)
kidsk'ihl Gas ga

poke fish with a stick (poking stick through fish now)
kidsk'ihl dii

poke fish with a stick (when the fish is dry enough,poke a stick through the fish so the fish will dry better)
kidsk'ihl

poke fish with a stick (you all go poke the fish)
kidsk'iihl guu

poke fish with a stick (you go poke a stick through the fish)
kidsk'ihl hla

poke hole in something
kid.daamxahl

poke or dip with finger
stl'tl'

poke out
kiitlxaa

poke something and take it away
kidsk'aaxid

poke something skinny off
kidt'amtl'l

poke stick
kiid kaay siiuu

poke stick for fish and clams
kiid kyaasiiuu

poked out – i.e. crank shaft poked out
yaahllkaagan

poked out with fingers
stl'l Gaadll

poker stick for a wood stove or a camp fire
  • kids Gaalaang
  • kids Gaalaang.uu

poking (missed when poking with a spear)
kiidsguuda

poking around
  • kidgudang
  • kiit'axung

poking around finally
sdllt'axung kaawdii

poking fun at (or in man talk something else as well !!)
'laaGiikiits'iigang

poking moss between cracks
kiits'ixang

poking something open
k'id Gaasdll

poking stick into ground
giisk'ii

poking the wrong place, when you mean to poke something and you miss it i.e. your nose
stllsguuda

poking things in the ground
giisk'ihl

poking with a needle or something sharp
kiidang

poking/scraping growth off the bottom of the boat with a stick
kid.dang

polar bear (underwater bear)
chaaGan xuuajii

pole
sk'aaGuu

poles together to make a bed
k'unGu.nan

policeman
  • k'aayts'id llGaayGa
  • k'aayts'id llGaayGalang – more than one police

polishing (make it shine)
tllxaahlGa

polite (take something to be polite)
xang.Gas Ga hll kaa

pollen & sap from trees
sk'al

poncho
kan taaygya

pondweed (potamogeton epihydrus)
  • Gandll xilGa
  • Gandll xiilaay

pool (a small pool of water / puddle)
gaaysk'akgiilang

pool (fresh water pool)
suu

pool (play pool on a pool table)
skidskaasangdal

pool (playing pool)
kiid skaaxadang

pool (tidal pool)
suu

pool of water / a pool of water in a river
gil

pools (little pools of water)
sgaagiilang

poor
  • ts'aaxaay.ya
  • ts'aa'axaay.ya

poor
kuujiiwaay

poor (expression said if you see somebody trying to do something, can't do it and your heart goes out to them. used if someone is struggling with something and you'rehelpless to help them and you put your hand under their chin. also feeling sorry for someone i.e. if you caught no fish someone would say this to you)
  • k'aang.aasgiida
  • k'aang.aasgiidaga
  • k'aang.aasgiidagaay
  • k'aang.aasgiidaay

poor thing
aa.ngasgiidaay

poor thing
aldaal

poor thing
k'aang.a

poor thing
  • kuudaal
  • k'uudals

pop
gina xawla nyalgas

pop corn lit. blasting seeds
maahlGa k'wang

population
- increase population (female) – land otter story
Giisdagasdaa

porcupine
awda

pork
kwaasaaw kiiGa

pork (less pork)
kwaasaaw skuujii gaw

pork chops
kwaasaaw ging.guda

porpoise (dall porpoise)
k'aang

porpoise (harbour)
skul

porpoise (when talking about it)
skuulaay

possessions (taking possessions away)
tllxiid

possible
  • haawla
  • hawla

possible (not possible)
  • hllnga
  • hllngaay

post (corner post of a longhouse)
k'uluu k'uts'iGaang'u

post (interior house post)
naaxwa gyaaGang.ngaay

post office
gyaa k'alang xanjuuda naay

posts (longhouse flat upright posts on the front side of a longhouse beside the totem pole)
GaajuuGwaang.uu

posts left behind in the ground i.e. fence or house posts
k'uuGaay k'uxaw

pot (cooking in the pot)
ts'is Galang

pot (cooking pot)
ts'is Galang'u

pot (oval boiling pot for fish or water)
kl'uuGalaang.uu

pot (put the pot on)
ts'isGasga

potato (solanum tuberosum)
sgaawsid

potato (sticking out potato that is green)
  • k'aa'anjuuwa
  • k'aa'anjuu

potato (sweet potato)
sgaawsid xaawla

potato chips
sgaawsid k'aaga

potato eyes (used in planting potatoes)
sGaawsid xang.ii

potatoes (mashed potatoes)
  • sgaawsid kiidala
  • sgaawsid kiidahl

potlatch
  • 'waahlGahl
  • 'waahlGalaay

potlatch – give at a potlatch
  • gyaa isdll
  • gyaa isda

potlatch – going to a potlatch
  • 'laa gii nang Ga
  • 'laa gii naan

potlatch (guest at a potlatch)
chinGaang

pouch
kank'uugya

pounce (to pounce on)
Gudhlkuusgid

pour (to pour)
  • gyasdll
  • gyaasdll

pour all over
giixadGu

pour too much
gyaa sguuts'ii

poured out
kwa Gaaydang

pouring
gyaasdll

pouring (really pouring out)
kwaahlgiijuus

pouring i.e. pouring boilng water on dry fish skins/let it dry/then toast it/makes it tender
giixadGwang

pouring out
kwahjahlda

pouring out (water)
  • kwaahlgiijuu
  • giixadGuu

pouting
skaak'iiGa

power (invisible power)
k'ulGa

powered boat
xaadt'aaxuungah

practice / practise
  • is.sk'aadGa /
  • sk'aadGa dii

prairie - lit – land flat and wide
'laana gawGuudii

praise
  • kilxiisda
  • kinsalang

praise (words of praise-say to someone who did a great thing)
hadchaayid

praising
kinsalang

prawns
Guuda gii Gayd

pray (he/she prays)
sing.Ga 'la suu ga.

pray (prayers)
sing.Ga suu

pray (to pray)
sing Gahl Gan suu

pray for everyone.
tl' l 'waadluxan sing.Ga hla suu.

pray for yourself.
sing Gahl Gan hla suu.

prayed for (past tense)
sing.Ga saaw

precious
  • giida
  • guuga
  • kuuya

precious (made precious)
tl'll kuuya

precious one (erma lawrence)
hlk'in

precious one/a person who names the chiefs on the land-looks after the village/cry baby
  • nang giida gaajuus
  • giida gaajuus

pregnant
  • daahlgid
  • daahlgiidal

pregnant
  • k'isgiiyaah
  • k'iisgiiyah
  • k'iisging

pregnant 
k'isk'iiya Gil

pregnant (egg forming / when a lady begins starts to throw up)
kaagiisdll

pregnant (when you first get pregnant)
  • kaagiisdll
  • kaagiisdllyaah

premonition (bad warning)
hling.Gang

premonition (good warning)
skal 'laa gang

prepare
tllGuhlGa

prepared (get everything prepared ahead of time)
tll hlGaat'iijii

present tense
  • Gang ga
gam dii st'ii Gang ga. 
(no i sick not am.)

present tense (added to a feeling, action – at end of a sentence.)
ga

preserve (preserving fruits in water – berries or crab apples)
chaalGasdll

pressing down
daadl'dang

pretty
haanaw

pretty (real pretty women)
han.niisgwa

pretty up / fix up
ging.guhlGa

prickley
k'ii

prince
gid

princess
gid

print (fine)
k'am ts'alang

print (large)
hlgaamts'alang

print (small print)
k'amts'uulang

private parts (persons body parts)
tllguusii

professor
  • ga kihlgula Gaayas
  • ga kil Gan yahguudang.as

promise (empty promise)
kilgwaay

promise / swear an oath
yahkaa 'uhl isda

promises (empty promises)
  • kihlGwii
  • kihlgwii

promises (empty promises)
kilGwii

propeller
  • xaat'axwang.uu
  • xaat'axang.uu

propeller (talking about it)
xaat'axang.wii

propeller backing the boat up
xaat'axung

property
tlldagaaw

prostitute
k'ing.ga jaad

proud
  • guudang.ngaay 'yuwan
  • kwaagid
  • guudang.ngaay 'yuwang
  • guudang.ngaay 'yuwang ga

proud (think highly of you)
  • sah dang.ad dii guudang
  • saa dang.ad dii guudang

proud of
sah 'laa ad gudangah

provocation (without provocation)
k'aahlatajaa'uu

pubic hair (long pubic hair)
Gaawajing

pubic hair  (few pubic hair – Gangxid language)
  • sGandaaw.wungaay
  • sGandaaw.wung.uu

pubic hair, female
chaaw Gaaw

pubic hair, male
ts'iijii Gaaw

puddle
  • suu k'ad.dala
  • suu xaadala

puffballs (lycoperdon perlatum)
k'aaw ts'ii k'uus

puffin (horned puffin)
was

pull
dang
  • dang k'aaGasga – going to pull a tree down
  • dang t'aajing – try to pull down
  • dang k'aahlng.a – you can pull down
  • dang gawadgii - pull & disappear
  • dang chiidal - pull a bag along
  • dang chiisda - pull a bag out
  • dang ts'iixid - pull a bag up
  • dang giidal - pull a boat
  • dang giidalGung - pull a boat all over the place
  • dang giidalsGa - pull a boat out
  • dang ts'isdal - pull a box or wagon
  • dang hlGaaysdal - pull a bundle along
  • dang hlGaadal - pull a car/trailor/wagon
  • dang damsgid - pull a heavy person down
  • dang kaahlwang - pull a line out out of a spool or a part
  • dang sGaaGwii - pull a line/cable/string of lights down
  • dang xadtll - pull a little bag or something small
  • dang gyaapst'a - pull a little one
  • dang hltaadging - pull a long boat (or tow a long log)
  • dang sGaadal - pull a long line
  • dang dllGadll - pull a person aboard
  • dang kunsgid - pull a person forward
  • dang hlk'aagaw - pull a skinny person down
  • dang k'aat'adll - pull aboard
  • dang Gwang - pull and break something
  • dang t'apad - pull and broke i.e. the line
  • dang sGaayhll - pull and cry
  • dang gyaasdll - pull and dump something
  • dang st'ah - pull and fill up i.e. like fish in to a boat
  • dang haayluu - pull and finish
  • dang galjiigihlda - pull and hurt self
  • dang sguuda - pull and miss
  • dang k'aamahl - pull and rip
  • dang hlgiik'iidang - pull and rocking the log
  • dang chints'isGa - pull and slide out
  • dang chints'iigil - pull and slide up
  • dang chints'iigihl - pull and slide up
  • dang sguuhll - pull and slip
  • dang gaaysdll - pull and stop
  • dang daa.ngal - pull and sweat
  • dang k'aak'uu - pull apart
  • dang.nanang - pull apart
  • dang xisda - pull apart/unravel
  • dang giidalGuu - pull boat everyone
  • dang giidal - pull boat on shore
  • dang giidalGwa - pull boat out of a shed
  • dang xundal - pull down a big of something i.e a tree
  • dang jiidahlda - pull down a building
  • dang taaydahlda - pull down a building
  • dang Gaasgid - pull down a person backwards
  • dang daawsgid - pull down a person on their side
  • dang tl'xuunang - pull down all of them
  • dang k'aa - pull down i.e. a tree or a pole
  • dang tl'lGwii - pull down one (something flat)
  • dang k'apsgid - pull down person on front
  • dang hlansgid - pull down ugly like
  • dang awjiigid - pull gently
  • dang kaahll - pull him/her up
  • dang taayGwii - pull house down

pull against i.e. a like a fish pulling against a line
t'isda

pull against something
Gal guudang

pull down forward
Gal k'apsgid

pull and fart
Gal kuusid

pull hair
hlk'in xid
  • hlk'in sgaayhl - pull hair (cry)
  • hlk'in guuGad - pull hair (dragging along)
  • hlk'in dlldal - pull hair (moving along)
  • hlk'in k'apsgid - pull hair (pull down face forward)
  • hlk'in saalang - pull hair (pull hair and suffer)
  • hlk'in gyaaxaa - pull hair (pull up by hair)
  • hlk'in daawsgid - pull hair (pulling down one side)
  • hlk'in sgaayhlkyaagang - pull hair (rubbing knuckles on someones head)
  • hlk'in kaagiiyang - pull hair (walking)
  • hlk'in hlgaamsda - pull hair (yell)
  • hlk'in Gaasgid / guusgid - pull hair from behind and pull down on your back

pull hard
dants'ii

pull him aboard
hlk'in dllGaaldl

pull in i.e. crab traps
GalGad

pull it down
k'aat'at'al

pull it down  i.e. pants
xiid gii isda

pull keep pulling
dang k'adang

pull lots of things down
dang xunGwii

pull off
dang Gaat'ahl

pull off
dansda

pull off (xiidang gwang – pull off inner spruce bark)
xiidang

pull off a long strip – more than one
dang sGaamxuunang

pull off a long strip - just one
dang sGaamtl'l

pull off all your cloths
dang guunang.gihl

pull off line (clothes)
dang Gwii

pull on
dang Gad ts'ii

pull on
dang Giits'ii

pull on
dangdllsdll

pull on anything over your head and it slips
dang.Guuhll

pull on i.e. your cloths
dangsk'ihl

pull on something
danjiigid

pull on something i.e. shoes or socks
dang sk'ii gang

pull one thing down
dang isGwii

pull open
dang Gaasdll

pull out
dansda

pull out box
dang ts'iisda

pull out of
dang dllst'aa

pull out something
chapst'a

pull over & spill
dang guusgiid

pull person or animal down
dang dllGwii

pull quick
dansgid

pull quickly, yank out
dang k'aat'a

pull self on bum (babies) or sliding on your bum
Guudal

pull someone away
dang kaayd

pull someone down
dang kunsgid

pull someone under water
dang chah

pull someone up to a standing position
dang gyaahll

pull someone who is walking along
dangkaadiiga

pull something and hit the water
Gal ts'ap

pull something and it spreads all over
dang k'walGada

pull something and make a big bang ex. a gun trigger or a christmas cracker
dang k'aadal

pull something big out
dang hlgiisda

pull something big out of place
dang hlgiisda

pull something down i.e. a blanket or a flag
dang giiGwii

pull something down i.e. a tree
dang k'aagan

pull something down i.e. pants,house or a window blind
dang jiiGwii

pull something flat
dang Guudal

pull something huge along
dang hlgiidal

pull something into view
dang kyang.Ga Gil

pull something long out
dang hltadst'a

pull something on it's side
dang daawsgid

pull something out of something
dang giidalsda

pull something out of something ex. out of mud or a house
dang GaadGwa

pull something out small
dang xaast'a

pull something out suddenly
dang Gaatl'lxa

pull something slowly
dang aawdal

pull something slowly
dang dlldal

pull something under water
Gal ts'ap'ad gii

pull something up
danhll

pull something up high
dang giidalhll

pull straight
dang hiiga

pull strong
Gal ts'ii

pull tight
dang k'aagid

pull tight
dang k'aagid

pull together the ties of a bag
dang juutll

pull up
dang dllxiid

pull up
dangxiid

pull up (more than one)
dang giihl

pull up a big bag
dang chaamtl'l

pull up bow of boat
dang kunts'iigil

pull up carefully
dang guuda

pull up sail or a flag
dang xiiyaaw

pull up someone and their head pops up
dang ants'ihlxa

pull up  i.e. totem pole
dang gyaaxaa

pull wrong
dangsguuda

pull your legs in.
k'waay hla sdang 'uhl

pull your stink bum across the chair.
sgun guudt'axid

pulled and suffering
Gal saalang

pulled off i.e. bark from a tree
dangxuunang

pulled onto a persons bum
Gal Gudsgid

pulling
daangxaagid

pulling
dangxiid

pulling
dangxuunang

pulling - more than one
dangxuunang

pulling – testing by pulling i.e. a rope
dang guudang

pulling a bag on board
dang chiiGaadll

pulling a boat up
dang giidal

pulling a person along
dang hlGada

pulling a person and sliding along
dang shaaxyangdal

pulling a rope
sgaadaal

pulling a wagon
dang hlGadal

pulling a small boat; person on back; wooden board
dang Gaadll

pulling around
k'aayhlGiidaa

pulling away
daangxaaid

pulling hair
hlk'inxiid

pulling leaves off with hand in one sweeping motion
tluuhll

pulling lids off jars etc.
dang Gaaguujang

pulling lots of fish
dang sk'iiga

pulling lots of things down
dang xundaGung

pulling on (slot machine)
dant'a xung

pulling something big i.e. a log
dang hlgiiGwii

pulling something i.e. candy
dang giidang

pulling something out i.e. of a hole
dang hlk'uusda

pulling spruce roots through a split stick to peel off the outer bark
dang kl'aaphlaasii

pulling things out
dang sda

pulling up
dangk'aat'agil

pulling up i.e. halibut line
dangxiid

pulse
Gaay hildang

pulse (wrist pulse)
stlaay Gal hildang

punch
skuuda (one punch)
  • skud yahda – dead on punch
  • skud k'waa Guu – excrement out of a person
  • skud kuusid – fart out of a person
  • skud daamsgid – knock a fat man down
  • skud hlkaasgid – knock a skinny man down
  • skud kuunang.gil – knocked crazy
  • skud kinda – make person yell
  • skud k'ud'ullgan – person dead
  • skud k'waadsgid – person flops down
  • skud k'aamal – person gets cut
  • skud kamjuuguuhlda – person goes spinning
  • skud 'ansgid – person in the head against something
  • skud siiga – person knocked out
  • skud Gaasgid – person lands flat on back
  • skud Gudsgid – person lands on bum
  • skud k'apsgid – person lands on face/flat on front
  • skud kunsgid – person lands on nose/fall forward
  • skud daawsgid – person lands on side
  • skud Gaadgii – person overboard
  • skud Gaaydan – person ran away
  • skud danhll – person starts swelling
  • skud saalang – person suffers
  • skud hlGaahlGada – punch & bruise
  • skud kaayd – punched person left
  • skud Gaaydan – start bleeding
  • skud klaats'iiga – strong punch
  • skud k'ang.giing.ang – until person cries
  • skud chiigan – urine out of person

punches (two punches)
sk'aas sding

punching
skuudang

punch-land on back
skud Gaasgiidan

puppet (lit. acting around)
iits'aGung.Gaahlda

puppy
xaa gidGa

pure
k'aadllga

purple
  • sGid hlaay waaGii hlGaahl
  • k'yahlxyang

purple shore crab (hemigrapusu nudus)
ts'aa'am

purse
  • dang k'uujuuwaay
  • dang k'uugiigaay

purse (shoulder purse)
skaal k'uugiinaay

pus
  • kiija
  • kiis
  • kiijii

pus (for example after you cut yourself)
sk'al

pus (getting to be pus)
kiisGa

pus (with pus)
kiijaa

pus eyes when they are sore
xang.ii sk'aala

pus in eye
xang.ii naaGa

push
  • daa sgid
  • daajuu
  • daaskiid

push
daa
  • daa k'aat'a - push (falls away)
  • daa Gaasgid - push (person down on back)
  • daa daawsgid - push (person falls sideways)
  • daa Gudsgid - push (person lands on bum)
  • daa k'apsgid - push (person lands on feet)
  • daa kunsgid - push (person lands on nose)
  • daagaysdll - push (push something to a stop)
  • daa xuundawang - push a bunch of things
  • daa xuunhll - push a bunch of things
  • daa gaay - push and drift away

push boat do now or put in oven do now
giits'isGa hla

push boat out want to or want to put in oven
giits'isGa guuda

push boat out will do it or will put in oven
giits'isGa Gas ga

push down
daa k'unhl

push forth and back
daak'uuts'iiGang

push hard either in labor or constipation
GinGiidang

push in to the water
daa Gaadgii

push open
daa Gaasdll

push out with ones chest
kan sk'asdaGwa

push rowing
sdaa gang hll giinang

push someone down forward
daak'apsgid

push something against something
  • daa kunsgid
  • daa kunt'as
  • waaGa k'aaysgid
  • daa k'aaysgid

pushed aside (shove out)
Gidxidstl'l

pushed in
naah gwii

pushed under four times
daa jaapstuuwaay sdansing

pushing
daaxuunang

pushing (pushing oars backwards – rowing)
  • daat'aaxung
  • sdagangdat'aaxun

pushing a boat along with a spear
kiid giidaal

pushing a boat out now or put in oven now
giits'isGa dii ga

pushing against something
kuunjigid

pushing along (on wheels)
daasahxyangdal

pushing boat out
giits'isGa

pushing forward
kunt'axid

pushing things around
daaGuhlGa

pushing things around already/always
daaGuhlGa gii gang

pushing things around always
daaGuhlGa gii

pushing things around going to
daaGuhlGa xidii

pushing things around now
daaGuhlGa dii

pushing things around try
daaGuhlGa t'aajing

pushing things around will
daaGuhlGa Gas ga

pushing up onto the beach – poling along with a pole/spear/paddle/stick
kidgiiGawuu

pussy willow
  • kaagan hlk'aayii
  • daws hlk'aayii

put
isda

put away
  • daasgid
  • daasgiidang

put away
tlinsguhl

put away (like put away the pasrt of a story that was told)
gwaanda

put down
k'aats'idGa

put down / hold down
dang gii Gaaw

put it down
waasii hla xidaa isda

put it down (a pot or box)
ts'isGaw

put it down (anything)
'isGaaw

put on
chiihlguhl

put on
  • chiit'as
  • chiit'is – wearing

put on a hat (you pull it on)
dang guuhll

put out
tll k'il

put out light, fire or flame
k'ihlda

put out something (i.e. light or fire)
k'il ga

put out/ kicked out
sGaana sk'aasdllya

put the toys away
naang hllngaay hla anGa tllnsGuhl

put thing's down on display
iiGuuwas

put together
gudGaayiisda

put your hands in
xaahll

puttering
kuudaga

puttering along (boat or car)
xaal kuudagadal

putting down a basket/rock/bag etc.
chiiGaaw

putting down a round object i.e. marble
skaaGaaw

putting into a jar/ basket/ box etc.
juuga

putting money together/a fleet of boats coming to shore together
tl'lsgid

putting objects into containers
juuga