Sunday, January 5, 2014

R: English - S.Haida

rabbit (long ears)
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'aalG

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 guuG

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
guuG

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)

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 GaanG

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
Dang gwa Gihlgii ?
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
Dii Gan ll aaxana ga. He is closely related to me.

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
Gan hla iina – have respect
gam Gan iina Gang – don't disrespect

respect
siinga

respect
  • yahguudang /
  • yahguudangs /
  • yahguudang.ngaay /
  • sahguudang
yahguudang gyiu dii sdahll. i want respect.

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
t'aanu gwii hll sdiihl dii ga. returning home to tanu (going back).

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
taan sda uu hll kaagan Gaad. i run away from a bear.

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