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
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
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
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
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
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
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
- 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
(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
