gyu jing
raccoon
- gwiiguu
- hlk'inxa daws
race, racing
t'aagudang
racing each other
gud t'aagudang
rack (flat rack of drying clams)
tllskuu
rack (herring rack)
k'iit'aaw
rack for drying fish i.e. halibut or salmon
hlGaajuu
rack for drying food in the sun
- kidhlGaaxiiaaw
- kidhlGaajiiaaw
radio
gina kihlgulas
radish (garden radish)
kaada 'uu k'uuhlii
rafters (longhouse front suport rafters)
tl'lgiidhlaay
rag (dirty old rag)
sk'yaal ts'aalga
raggy
xuuga
rags (old things i.e. clothes)
ts'aalGa
raid
kaayduu
rain
daalaas
rain – sparsely small drops falling (crying on the way)
kaa sgaayhll
rain (expression said when an osyter catcher makes lots of noise, then it will rain)
sgaad guuGa
rain (fine rain coming down)
- daala xamGwas
- daala xamGuu
rain (going to rain) – when the black oyster catcher is making a lot of noise
sgad guuGa
rain (it is not raining)
xilga
rain (it is raining so hard the water gets calm)
daala guuging
rain (misty) tanu
- sGiis
- sGiisjah
rain (misty) ts'aahl
sGiis guuGaaw
rain (one drop of rain less)
daalaay skaas sGwaana gaaguu
rain (rain calms the sea)
daala guuging
rain (rain drops here and there – just starting to rain)
daal hlk'iiyapdawung
rain (rains too much and everything is damp)
daala xansGid
rain (saying said when it is going to rain)
sgaada.nga sgapguuwaga.
rain (starting to rain hard)
jidGaaw
rain (starting to rain)
sk'ihlGaaw
rain (the rain)
daalaaw
rain cleans
- daal skuundll
- daal skunxa
rain drops here and there
daallhlk'yapdawung
rain hard
guuGu Gudsdll
rain hard and noisey
jidgamdaga
rain is easing off
daalii / daalaay skaas sgwang.a gaaguu
rain shower that goes by
hlk'aal
rain squall coming (darkens the sky)
- xaas kaa
- xaas kaas
rain water
chiixii xaaw
rain water
daal xaaw
rainbow
- taawla
- tawla
raining
sk'ihlGu
raining
- daala
- daall
- daalaay – used in a sentence
raining
guuGu
raining (falling)
guuGaaw
raining harder
'waagii ll daal skaasgida
rainy islands – one sitting aboard a canoe
ts'aans
rake (for grass)
k'an hlk'aay tl'aawuu
raking oolichan
k'iiGadas.sii
rang
xiigan
rank (big name woman of high rank)
luu gaaydidas
rape
sk'aawuhlda
raspberries
sk'awGan
raspberry (domestic)
yaats' xaaydaGaay sk'awGaanGa
raspy voice
hlGayxang
rat
kaagan
rat (plural – more than one)
kaagan 'yudala
rat (singular)
kaagan 'yuujuu
rat can't get over the log
kaagan sdaalxaadyaas
ratfish
kaaun
rattle
- giixiidaawuu
- giixiidawaay
rattle (raven's rattle)
xuuya giixiidawaay
raven (corvus corax)
- xuuya
- xuuyei
- yáahl
raven berry
xuuya Gaan
raven legend – (raven travelling)
- xuuya kaagang.ngas
- xuuya kaaGung.ngas
raven legend – raven put his mother into this ....? unknown meaning. maybe a storage box.
- k'aaysgud
- k'aaysk'ud
raven story (legend)
k'aay gang
raven's berry - black twinberry (lonicera involucrata)
xuuya GaanGa
raven's berry bush (lonicera involucrata) - black twinberry bush
xuuya GaanGa hlk'aay.yii
raven's river
xuuya Gandlaay
raw
k'aana
raw (eating raw)
k'andii
razor clam (siliqua patula)
k'aamahl
reach (to reach into)
xaats'ii
reach in (coat sleeve)
xiihll
reach in (ground)
xiihllts'ii
read
- liida
- kuugin king
reading
kuugin king dii
ready
- Giihlgii
Are you ready?
ready (get ready)
haay haay haay
ready (take a long time to get ready)
k'waast'axa gang
ready set go!
haaysda !
ready to get on
kaadll xidii
real (i.e. real boss)
jiihlii
real (very real)
yan jiihlii
realize
k'aahlkiixa
really
- daanx̱an
- danxan
- daanxanuu
- danxanuu
- danguhlxan
- hlgapjuu
- yanjaahlii
- yanjaahliixan
- yanjiihliixan
- danguhlG̱an - skedans
- daanG̱uhlgang
really hot (pronounce this fast) – weather condition
taak'iina Gudsll
reason (for no reason)
k'aahlataaja'a
rebound i.e. in basketball
sihlgyan
rebound i.e. basketball talk
sihlgyang gina skaajuus
receive or win lots
- Gwiitl'l
- jiitl'l
receiver point – good chest point
kan 'laas kun
recently
- hiit'aaGan
- hiitGan
- hiitGan gwii - (when used in a sentence)
recently
hit'a Gan
recognize
sk'aad
recognize (did not recognize)
- k'aala
- k'aalas
record player
tllk'ajaa'u
red
- sGid
- sGida
red crossbill (loxia curvirostra)
& hermit thrush (hylocichala guttata nanus)
& pine grosbeak
- swiilawiid
- swilawiid
red (under rock) sea cucumber
st'an
red cod fish
sGan
red columbine (aquilegia formosa)
daal sGil Ga
red huckleberry – berry (vaccinium parvifolium)
- sGiidllGuu
- sGidllGuu
red huckleberry – bush (vaccinium parvifolium)
- sGiidllGuu hlk'aayii
- sGidllGuu hlk'aay.yaay
red king crab (paralithodes camtschatica)
huuga
red laver (porphyra abbottae)
sGyuu
red necked grebe – (podiceps grisegena)
daw sguuts'ii
red rock fish (taste of an aged red rock fish)
sgapxuuga
red sea anemone (urticina spp.)
xangnga sGiidang
red snapper / red rock fish
sGan
red throated loon (gavia stellata)
xaasdllgaay
red tide (eggs floating)
- chiitawgaygiidas
- chiitawgaaygiidas
red turban snail (astraea gibberosa)
gwaahlgiidang k'al
red-breasted merganser, female (mergus serrator)
tl'lhlk'yah
common merganser, male (mergus merganser)
k'aaxu Gaadaga
reef
saahlwaay
reef / rocks / islets
kaadll
reefs
saahling.aay
reflection
- xaanga jing
- xaanga jii
refresh
k'alts'ii
refrigerator (make or keep it cold)
tll k'awda
regalia
- gyaagiigaay
- gyaaging.ngaay
regarding
Giiday
regarding
Giidii
regret - live with no regret.
gam guudang.ngaay st'ii dang.ad xaaynang.nga Gang.
reincarnation
- xanjiiya
- xanjii
rejects/seconds
xiichiisdll
rejuvanate
k'alts'ii
related
- aaxana
relatives
hltaaxwii
relax
tl'a
relax
tl'athll
relax
xaay.yin
relax (i.e. to relax muscles or when hanging a deer)
xaay tl'a
relaxing
saana
relief of mind
guudaGaasdllGuu
relieved
guudaGaasdll Guu
relieved (mind is at ease)
- guudang.ngaay 'waa Ga sk'aasgiidan
- guudang.ngaay 'waa Ga sk'aasgiidan
relieved (myself i am relieved.)
- Giisda gan Gaagan sda
reluclant (one person)
- guuda ilging
- guuda iljuu
- guuda ilgiiyang
reluctant
guuda illgyang
reluctantly
- guuda ilgyang
- skaaldii
- guuda aaygwang
rely
kwaagid
remembered
k'aay Gid
reminisce
k'aaynanang
render by dripping
xaal kwa'gyaa
render fat from bear
k'ayluugii
rendering (fat)
xalGwii
rendering fat
xal Gwiida
rendering fat from a seal
xuud k'aayxilaga
replace what you use
sihlGa sdiihl
reprimand (a mild reprimand)
aawya
repulsive
- eeee / iiii
- iisda
resident
naa.uu
residents
naaxang
respect
- iina
gam Gan iina Gang – don't disrespect
respect
siinga
respect
- yahguudang /
- yahguudangs /
- yahguudang.ngaay /
- sahguudang
respect (no respect)
kil nanga
respect (term of respect)
- kilslaay
- kilsdlaay
respect (term of respect)
k'uljaad
respect for (don't talk about or make fun of it)
- Ganiinas
- Gaiinas
respect for yourself
gingangadgid
respectful act
yahguudang dlljuu
respectful one
lljaaw
responsibility (literal – you on it chest)
'laa guu ga kanhlln
rest
- saajaawada
- saajuuda
restaurant
ga taa naay
resting bird in the rest with chest / whole body / grace jones
kanhlln
resting place
saana daan
restless
- k'uuxuuguda
- k'uuxuugudGa
- k'uuxuugudGa
- k'uuxuugudGang
- k'uuxagudGa
- k'uuxagudGa
- naaxagang
restless (not comfortable)
naaxagudGa
result was (alaska or massett)
duuGa
return
- sdiihl
- sdiihlxa
return (to come back)
sdiihltl'lxa
returning
- sdiihlga
reverse
Guuda gyang.ah sdaaGad
reverse (boat/car being put in reverse – clutch)
Guudagyang xaa Gid
revolver (hand gun)
- jiiguu k'uujaaw.uu
- jiiguu k'uujuu
rhinoceros auklet (cerorhinca monocerata)
hlagwaats'ii
rhubarb
- tl'aaw k'uds
- tl'aa k'uds
ribbon
Gaaba
ribbon (red ribbon)
Gaaba sGid
ribbon (white ribbon)
Gaaba Gaada
ribs
- xyuu
- xyuu.ii
- xyuuwii
- xyuuGaay
- xyuuwaay (used in a sentence)
rice (chocolate lily)
- inhling
- inhlin
rice (the way the old people used to call rice, because they couldn’t pronounce the "r")
lice
rich
iidxaaydaGa
rich (will be a rich woman)
iidhlgaajida Gyalsga
rich person
- iidhlxaaydaGa
- iidtl'lxaaydaGa
- iidxaaydaGa
ride on i.e a car or truck
ts'aanhlindaal
riding along in a boat, car, plane beside a passenger
ts'aang.ging
riding around
xal kaaGwang
right (did it right)
tll yaahda
right (direction)
- sGuulaxuusda
- sGuulaxuusdaawuu
right (make right)
tll yahda
right / truth
yahkaa
right after
gaayguusda
right away
- naayiisgang
- naaysgangxan
right away / at once
- naaGiisdaxan
- naayGiisdaxan
right away / immediately
nangsgangxan
right here
- aan gwa
- aanxan
right now!
huuyaadxan
right side
- sGuulagii
- sGuulu xuusda
right thing (tell you to do the right thing)
kil dllGa
rights (massett)
yakayaa
rights / right
yahk'ii
rights and freedoms
gina yahk'ii
riverhead
Gandlaay kaasGa
ring (a ringing noise)
xiigil
ring (on your finger – used in a sentence)
stl'giigaay
ring (on your finger)
stl'gya
ring hanging
sgaaxyang
ring hanging (large)
sgaamxyang
ringing / screaming sound
hlkildaasdll
ringing noise
- daaldaaga
- jaldaga
rings (tree rings)
maats'alang
rings hanging
sgaamGadxii
rings of a tree
maats'alang.aay
rings on top of a spruce hat
daajing skilga
rinse mouth
kuudlln
rinse sea urchin before eating
xaawsadang
rinsing sea urchin in creek before eating
xuudsadang
rip off
dantl'l
rip off i.e. a piece of paper
dantl'l
ripe
- Gaalangslaas
- gaalangsdll
- Gaalinsdll
ripe (berries not ripe yet)
k'aank'ii
ripe (not ripe)
k'anda
ripe (over ripe/only for crab apple)
chaalGasdll
ripping
- dan.nanang
- dants'ii
- danxihlgwaay
ripping i.e. paper
dangnanang
river (deep hole in river)
giil
river (foot of river – where fresh water meets the salt water)
Gandlaay t'aay
river cleans
daal skuunxa
river mouth – last end of a river going into the salt water
Gandlaay t'aay
river running
- Gandll kwah gyang
- Gandll kwahgings
river running
Gandll kwahgyang
river running down
kwaahlgida
river/ creek used with the name
- Gandlaay
- Gandll
rivers inlet
wilk'iino
road
k'yuu
road (the road)
k'iiwaay
roaring along (car)
xaal damdagadal
roaring along noisily
xaal ts'indagadal
roast over fire
Gaajiiyaaw
roasting smoked fish wired onto a “y” shaped stick
kiid Gaajuu
robe
gyaa.ad
robe (red cedar robe)
ts'uu gyaa.ad
robin (american robin – turdus migratorius caurinus)
sk'aaxiiyaaw
robust
k'yalts'ii
rock (a bunch of rocks spread around)
hlGaakuljuu
rock (a large body of rock)
t'iis
rock (any big rock)
kuuGa
rock (big boulder)
kuuGa
rock (can be a bird habitat)
hlGaa
rock (outcrop rock)
t'iis hlGaa
rock (red hot rocks)
hlGaaGuudang
rock (round rock)
ts'iila staama
rock hard (quartz)
hlGaa k'aats'ii
rock pinacle
- hlGaa tl'ljiiwa
- hlGaa tl'ljiiwas
rock run creek
iljuu stl'lts'ii
rock sitting there
- k'aayGwas
- k'aayGuu
rock slide
xuntl'l t'aala
rocking back and forth (a boat)
da gaay daaw gii dang
rocking back and forth i.e. on a rocking chair
k'aaxaasGalang
rocking chair
Gud k'aaGwang.uu
rocking chair
Gud k'aaxaasGalang.uu
rocking chair
Gud skaananuu
rocks (a line of rocks going out)
- sk'aaGuuhlGa
- sk'aaGuuhlGas
rocks (pile of rocks)
hlGaakuljuu
rocks (pile of rocks)
- hlGaainGuu
- hlGaainGawaay
- hlGaainGwa – piling rocks
rocks (small rocks)
hlGaak'ayts'iixuuldaay
rocks (take rocks a way from something)
hlGaagiida
rocky mountain maple (acer glabrum)
sin
rocky place with a thin covering of something on top of it
k'aajudtl'lxa
rod (fishing rod)
- xaw sk'aang.uu
- xaw sk'aangwaay
roll
sk'aaxuunang
roll i.e. a person can roll
sk'aaxuunangs
roll over or turn over
unhlGada
rolling
- daahlkumxuunang
- sk'aaxuunans
rolling (big things rolling)
hlgamjuugalang
rolling (kids rolling down a hill)
kaamjuuGalang
rolling (long object rolling around)
sGaaxyangdal
rolling a large log
dang hlgiijuuGalang
rolling a log
dang chamjuuguulang
rolling a log out
dang chamjuuguulang sGa
rolling along
chamGaxuunang
rolling along (i.e. marbles)
skaajuuGalang
rolling along (things)
ts'iisxyangdal
rolling along in the water i.e. an empty bottle
- gaay daw.walagungdal
- gaayskaajuuGuulang
rolling around
- chamjaGulang
- chamjuuGalang
- chamjuuGalang
- ts'amjuugaalang
- sk'aaxuunangs
rolling back and forth on the beach
gaay daawk'adang
rolling down
kaamjuuGalang
rolling i.e. a boat rolling alone
gaaydawxasGalang
rolling i.e. on a boat side to side
daawxasGalang
rolling i.e. person or log
chaamjuuGalang
rolling large piece
k'aayxuunang
rolling or spinning i.e. a log or when you can't sleep
chamjuuGalang
rolling something
daa hlgaamdal
romance (attracted to/people)
sdaalang
romance (talking about true romance)
jiiGa xiilan.da
romancing someone
giid sdaalang
roof
- naa uuna
- naay uuna
roof (on top of the roof)
naay unguu
roof falling in
guutl'lts'ii
room
- daan
- daanaay
room (in reference to room here)
t'iiwaa
room (space)
t'iiwa
roomy (lots of empty space)
t'aala
rooster
sGaw iihllnga
root
k'uul
root (up rooted tree)
k'aaxuu
root that geese eat/people eat with t'aaw and sugar/picked on grassy spots
tsiiaal
roots
- hllnga
- hllngaay - talking about
rope
kwaay
rope (red cedar rope)
ts'uu k'al kwaay
rope (rope made from long thin cedar branches)
sgiis sgil
rope (twisted top of a small cedar tree made into rope i.e. used to catch 'waasGu)
sgiis sgil tluuxiisGahlda
rope at v in bow of a boat ( the super natural spear pulled the boat from here)
k'iid sgiit'uu
rope used for everything
kwaay
rose (red cedar rose)
ts'uu hlaawersGa
rose (yellow cedar rose)
sGaahlan hlaawersGa
rose bush (common wild rose)
k'ung hlk'aayii
rotating (wind up the throw)
xinjuuGalang
rotten (getting rotten or everything wearing out- metal or wood)
gunGasdll
rotten (getting stink rotten)
- xaaxagil
- xaaxagihl
rotten (not for food)
gunGasdll
rotten (something rotten/already rotten)
xaaxaga
rotten material i.e. cloth or basket
s'aaga
rotten wood
sgansgwan
rotten wood
staanii
rotting i.e a nail could do this
guunGasdll
rough water
Gaay.uuwa
round (anything really round)
gamjuu
round
- k'aaysuulang
- skaajuu
- skamjuu
- hlkamjuu
- hlgamjuu
- hlgamdala
round - turning something around
k'aaysgilang
round (anything round i.e. a log or something long and round)
hlgiijuu
round (anything round and big)
ts'iijuu
round (anything round)
- sgaajuu
- k'aayjuu
round (hoop)
sgaasulang
round (little round things)
skaadala
round (push anything round into something)
daa skaahllts'ii
round (something big rolling)
sgamjuuGalang
round (something round laying there)
skaaGuudii
round (something small rolling)
skamjuuGalang
round (something with a round top and flat on one side)
guujuu
round and soft i.e. even a big tall fat person
stanjuu
round leaved sundew (drosera rotundifolia) lit. – many hearts
taaiinang k'uuga
round object
hlgamjuu
round object going around
k'aaydalang
round objects hanging
- sgaaxiiyuu
- sgaaxiyang
round parts sticking out or off something
skaaxawaay
round thing on head (i.e. round hat)
kamts'is
round with a flat bottom
- guujuu
- gwaahljuu
row ashore
- kluu kaayil
- tluu kaayil
row by row (lots of things in a row)
tladgid
row more than one row
Gaagiidxang
rowing
giinang
rub your behind on something – person or animal
Gudhll
rubbed
hlaa.ya
rubber
hlgwaay.yuu
rubber band
- hlgwaay.ga
- hlgwaay.ya
- hlgwaay.yay
rubber boots with laces (black with red trim)
taan st'aay
rubbing
daa k'aaynang
rubbing (rubbing your bum on someone or something)
Gudnanang
rubbing (wearing away by rubbing)
naan
rubbing bum to pass by
gudhl
rubbing hands on something more than once
xaananang
rubbing hands on something once
xaahll
rubbing knuckles on someones head
ts'ii k'aayna.nang
rubbing on barnacles
gud kaaynanang
rubbing together (purpose is to soften)
daak'uunxuunang
rubbing your hands over something
tllnanang
ruby-crowned kinglet (regulua calendula)
& golden crowned kinglet
kwahgu ts'aanawaa
rude remarks (making rude remarks)
kihlju
rug (cedar woven rug)
sgyaa'hl
rug floor mat
st'ang giisaawuu
rug or mat
t'aa gii Gaaw
ruler
k'wiidaawuu
rumbling
jaada gasdll
run
- Gaad
run
Gaaydan
run (a bunch of people running)
xawhlGal
run (one that is caught doing something wrong ran away)
kaaGaad
run (tell to run)
giinGaayd
run away
GaadGuu hla
run away/rush out
xaawsda
run down i.e. a person runs down a hill
- Gaat'as
- Gaat'ahl
run everyone
GaadGuu
run out (more than one person)
GaadGwa Guu
run out (person)
GaadGwa
run scared
hlGuu Gaad
run to get something
daawGad
running
xaawada
running (a bunch of people running)
xunxyangdal
running (a person running raggedly along)
Gaad jahlxyangdal
running (more than one person running along)
gangxyangdal
running (more than one person running)
xaawsda
running (one person running)
dl'xyangdal
running (running/bellowing in fear)
hlGuu hlgaamjandal
running almost falling forward
kuu'Gad
running and coming in first
Gaad chaayid
running around
xaawhlgaahl
running away (a group of people)
xaawhlGahl
running club (lycopodium clavatum)
k'aad dlljigawaay
running in the air
kaaxyangdal
running in water and splashing along
ts'amt'axung
running nose
kun kwaagida
running scared
kaagan Gaad
running slow (chugging)
kuudxandal
running smooth i.e. a motor
sindagaay
running with hands stretched out in effort
kaawtaadangdal
rushing (not rushing)
guuda Gaagu
russian people - (chinaay used to call them this because the haida used to guide them around)
luushin xaaydaGa
rust
xuuduunaaGa
rusting
gunGasdll
rustling
xuundaga
rusty
xuudu naagaa
