Sunday, January 5, 2014

S: English - S.Haida

sac seaweed (halosaccion glanduliforme)
t'aa sk'at'uuga 

sack
k'aa'uuda 

sack (gunny sack) also can be woven out of cedar.
  • k'aawda
  • k'aawdawaay 

sack hanging to bottom
xiida chiixii'u 

sad
guudand.aay taad 

sad for loss of someone and something of value
'la sihlGa dii guudang.

sad – i am sad (sick).
dii guudang.ngaay st'ii

sad mind
guudang.ngaay t'aayadii 

safe
  • kaagan
  • kaagan dii – getting safe
  • kaagan gii gan – already safe
  • kaagan gang – was safe
  • kaagan xidii – going to be safe
  • kaagan Gas ga – will be safe
  • kaaganda – safe it 

safe (we are safe)
id kaagan 

safe entry
kaaganints'ii

safe place (take off to a safe place)
kaaganxid 

safe/safely
  • kaagantl'xaa 
  • GaayGwalxan id

safely (barely made it safely)
  • kaagan
  • GaayGwalxan tl' l

safely (they barely made it safely)
  • kaagan
  • kaw taadang

said
  • saawagan
  • suudaay.ya gan
  • suu

said exactly right
  • kihl jahlii
  • kihl yahda jaahlsii

said it
  • suu gan
  • suugan

said it different
aada suuda

said something he couldn't answer
kiihljaahlii

said something wrong
  • suudagudGang
  • suugudGang

said the right thing (truth)
kihl yahdah

sail
  • giixiiyaaw
  • giixiiyaaw.waay
  • giixiiyaaw.way
  • giixyangwaay
  • xud kaa

sail (talking about the sail)
giixiiya

sailboat
  • tluu xuud kaaGungs
  • tluu xuud kaas

sailing
xud kaadiiga

sailing – a boat sailing along on its side
xud daawxyangdal

sailing along
xud kaaging

salal (picking berries with the short stem clusters)
hlk'waak'uusda

salal berry (gaultheria shallon pursh)
  • sk'idGan
  • sk'idGaan
  • sk'iid
  • taan GaanGa

salal berry (pick whole cluster of salal berries)
hlk'waakuusda

salal berry bush
sk'idGan hlk'aay.yii

salal plant or leaf (gaultheria shallon pursh)
sk'idGan xil

saliva
  • hl'aana
  • hlt'aana

saliva running
hlt'aana kwaagid

salmon – any old white salmon in a stream
ts'iing.aa

salmon – dog salmon – nickname from mr. raven
ga taa k'aay

salmon – female salmon spawned out
sk'aak'uu

salmon (an unidentified variety of salmon with a big head and a long thin body)
tsiin tluwaa

salmon (coho)
  • táay.yii
  • táay.yiigaay

salmon (common – massett)
  • sGwaagan
  • sGwaagang
  • swaaGan

salmon (dog salmon)
sk'aagii

salmon (dry dog salmon along side each other)
daagaaysdll

salmon (dry dog salmon head apart hanging down)
daa kaajiiaaw

salmon (female salmon)
chaaga

salmon (last run of coho in november – literal meaning – needle fish in belly of coho)
  • Gayda daahlging
  • Gayda daahlgyang
in skidegate inlet found between alliford bay and south bay & the sandspit bar) also seen in slatechuck creek in early december.

salmon (male salmon)
hlaay.ya

salmon (person going up the river to hlk'yaawjaw (hook) chum salmon)
taadaaw ga

salmon (pink salmon)
  • ts'iit'an
  • ts'iit'aan

salmon (prepared dog salmon head cartilage/bring down to low tide/cover with kelp that pops/cover with rocks/leave awhile/then rinse in fresh water and eat)
k'iing k'ii

salmon (red spring salmon)
taaGun Gaw sGid

salmon (school of chum salmon)
chiina k'aayging

salmon (school of pink salmon moving)
hlGaahlkundal

salmon (school of pink salmon or herring /looks black and not moving)
hlGaahl k'aayging

salmon (sockeye salmon)
taaxid

salmon (sockeye-copper bay/church creek/guudal)
  • taaxid
  • taaxaayd

salmon (spring)
taaGun

salmon (three year old coho – jan.- feb.)
  • ts'ing k'iiga
  • ts'ing k'iida

salmon (white spring salmon)
taaGun Gaw Gaada

salmon and trout fry
maaluu

salmon berry – berry (rubus spectabilis)
sk'aawGan

salmon berry – bush (rubus spectabilis)
sk'aaw

salmon berry – flower (rubus spectabilis)
sGidGanxal

salmon berry – sprouts (rubus spectabilis)
ts'iixal

salmon berry (when first salmon berries get ripe it is time to get ready to go to the west coast to catch spring salmon – usually in may)
sk'aawGan Gaalang skaasda

salmon berry bush (thick)
sk'aalang sk'aawGan giiaajaa

salmon berry bushes
skawii

salmon berry shoots
ts'iixal

salmon berry shoots – springtime activity
ts'iixal gyiu hll halxa

salmon egg (take eggs out of the membranes)
st'llskxaaw

salmon eggs (salted and smoked and set aside to ferment)
gaassa

salmon eggs left in the water – turns to red and pink
Gwaay.yaay

salmon release eggs
kyahxiida

salmon trap
giilii

salmon trap (a deep fish hole in the river)
giilaay

salmon trap (talk about)
giiliiGaaw

salmon wiggle to let out their eggs
skahldaga

salt
taa.nga

salt (eating without salt)
k'undajing

salt (not salty)
  • kunxuu
  • kunxwa

salt grass (triglochin maritimum)
k'an hlgamGanda

salt water
  • Gandlaay taa.nga
  • Gandll taa.nga

salt water
  • taang.aay
  • taang.ngaay
taa.ngaay k'aadllga gan
salt water clear

salted
  • taang.Gaada
  • taang.Gaadiiya
  • taang.Gaadiiya

salted fish
chiina taang.Gaadaya

salting
taang.Gada

same
  • dluu
  • gaa.ngang
  • sk'anxahl

same amount
guudluu

same as
  • gaa.ngang
  • gaang.ang

same as each other
gud gaa.ngang

same as everybody else/equal
xaayda k'alaadgangang xaanuud Giida

same time
guudluu

same time/same length
  • guudluu
  • guudluuxan

small and round
kamjuu

sand
  • taas
  • taajaay (used in a sentence)

sand (soft sand)
taajii s'aaga

sand bar
  • kil
  • k'iila

sand dollar (dendraster excentricus)
  • k'uulu GaaGang.gii
  • Gaagang

sandals
xaay st'aas.sk'aagyah

sandbox
  • taas Guuda
  • taas Guudaay

sandhill
taas k'aayju'u

sandhill crane (grus canadensis)
diila

sandlance (beach spawner)
Gayda

sandpaper
sk'in

sandpiper
ts'ii k'alt'axung

sandpiper (spotted sandpiper)
k'yaang k'aask'aang

sandpiper (unidentified sandpiper)
t'aaxiida

sandpiper noise bouncing along the beach
skyahl k'iidang

sandspit bar
k'il kun

sandy – getting sandy
  • taajaaGihl
  • taajaaGil
  • taasGaadii

sandy – i.e. on a beach
taajii

sandy – i.e. sand on anything
taajaadii

sank
chah gan

sank (referring to a boat)
chah k'aayGiidan

sap of a tree
gin

sardines
chiina k'ad.dala

satisfied (not satisfied) (legend)
hlt'iigang

saturday
sing tllGunuhl sunday xaa'an

saturday (small)
sunday xaa'an

saturday evening
gaaliii gaaw

sauce (thick sauce)
  • k'yahts'ii
  • k'iiyapts'iixa
  • k'yapts'ii

saucer
saucergaay

save
kaagan

save – i am saving it.
aangaa hla k'aayda.

save (i.e. person or language)
kaaganda

save (something you put away for another time – not food)
sdaawda

save (something you put away for another time)
k'aayda

save it (put things away)
saahlinda

saved
  • kaagan daay.ya
  • kaagan xaa

saved from doing it
kaagan dllsda

saving the haida language
xaayda kil kaaganda

savoring your food
k'uu k'aayda

savour (save until the last)
k'uuk'aayda

savour food
k'uu k'aayda

saw (cross cut saw)
  • xiiguuwaay
  • xiigawaay

saw (handsaw)
xiiwaay

saw (saw down a tree)
xindal

saw (sharp saw)
xiiguuwaay k'ii

saw (tool to cut with)
xii guu

saw bill – female
tl'lhlky'aa

saw bill (male)
kaaxu Gadagas

saw-bill, female (bird)
tl'lhlk'yaa

saw-bill, male (bird)
k'aaxu Gadaga

sawing action (tool to cut with action)
  • xii
  • xii dii - cutting (sawing) right now
  • xii Gas ga - going to cut (saw)

say
  • suuda
  • suu

say – what did you say?
gasing.uu da [saawwang / saawwa] ?

say (they say)
  • 'laa wansuuga
  • 'wansuu
  • 'wansuuga

say (you say it.)
  • daaw suuda.
  • daaw suuga.

say it different
aada suu dii

say it right
kihl yahda.

say something (try to say something)
suu guudang

say something the wrong way
kilt'apGwiisGa

say something to make someone mad
kilst'iixaa gil

say something to someone and make ashamed
kilxaalt'as

say something wrong
  • kil aayguuxan
  • kilt'apGwiisGa
  • suudagudGang
  • suugudGang

say something wrong to a person
suuda gudGang

say the wrong thing
kihlsguuda

say the wrong time
kil ts'ap

say what's going on
gina aahljus tl'suuda

say you do something and don't do it
kil king

saying bad words
suuda gudGang

saying for kids that are eating too much.
agan da k'uusiidasa

saying something to hurt his/her feelings
kilst'ii

saying the wrong thing
suu aayguu

scab
k'aasiila

scab
stl'juu

scabby fort
  • t'awts'is snaala
  • t'awts'ii snaala

scabby skin
k'al snaallas

scabby/scab
snaall

scallop (giant purple hinged rock scallop, crassadoma gigantea)
hlk'wii

scallop (weathervane scallop, patinopecten caurinus)
gaabuu

scallop (white muscle meat – giant purple hinged rock scallop, crassadoma gigantea)
hlk'wii xang.ngiii

scar
k'aasiila

scarce
Gaaxiida

scare
  • xaahll
  • kun xaahll - scare (bump)
  • dang xaahll - scare (by pulling)
  • daa xaahll - scare (by pushing)
  • is xaahll - scare (startled)
  • stl'l xaahll - scare (with finger)
  • tll xaahll - scare (with hand)
  • kil xaahll - scare (with voice)

scared
  • xanhlgid
  • hlGuu hlgaamsda
  • hlGwaaga

scared (got scared)
hlGwaaxagil

scared (literal meaning:  inside flips /scared or heart flips)
dii kaahlii Gaasda

scared
  • hlGuugii
  • hlGuuGuuga - scared (always scared)
  • hlGuugiixan - scared (a group of people standing scared)
  • hlGuu xaawsda - scared (a group of people running scared)
  • hlGuu t'aaxiida - scared (stamping feet quickly on the spot)
  • hlGuu gamuhlda - scared (to scared to talk)
  • hlGuu k'uduhlsgii - scared almost scared to death
  • hlGuu sGaayhll - scared crying
  • hlGuu hlgaamgiinang - scared crying loud
  • hlGuu kl'amjuu'uu - scared looking with a long face
  • hlGuu chiigan - scared pee pants
  • hlGuu Gaayd - scared running
  • hlGuu skiiGada - scared scatter
  • hlGuu hlGaaxiida - scared shaking
  • hlGuu iiyaadxiida - scared shaking fat person
  • hlGuu k'waaGud - scared shit pants
  • hlGuu yaaxiida - scared skinny person
  • hlGuu st'aaxiida - scared stamping feet
  • hlGuu chuuts'aGihl - scared stiff
  • hlgaa'uhlda - scared stiff
  • hlGuu ts'inxiida - scared teeth chattering
  • hlGuu k'uuduhl - scared to death
  • hlGuu kunGaxunang - scared tumbling around
  • hlGuu hlaanxyangdal - scared ugly running

scared when someone talks to (not expecting someone to talk to you)
kil xaahll

scarf
xihlgii.giigyah

scarf/apron
kantaaygya

scary (a saying used in fear)
  • ham.mayuu
  • hamiiyah

scary thing
haamayuu

scattered
  • kuuljuu
  • kuuljil
  • kuuljuudii
  • xaaxuusda

scattered above the ground
xaaydlaa

scattered all over
kuuljuu

scattered around
kaahlt'ama

scattering
xaaguujang

school of fish (black – more than one)
k'aaygiilang

scissors
ts'ii 'idwaay

scorch
ng.aay

scored fish – small criss crossed cuts into the flesh of fish to help it dry
hlkaagiidxan

scoter (common scoter)
xud sk'aaxaaw

scoter (surf scoter – melanitta pespicallata)
sGil

scoter (white winged scoter – melanitta)
  • sGil kuuna.nga
  • sgaadii sGil

scouler's willow (salix scouleriana)
chaanang

scrape
GaahlGa

scrape (scrape something with a wide blade)
Gaahll

scrape off i.e. spruce pitch with a knife from the bark
GaahlGa

scrape out anything
Gaasda

scrape skin off – shaving whiskers off
gudang gaahll

scraped
  • GaahlGahl
  • GaahlGadas

scraping sap off spruce bark (mix with sugar and taaw)
GaahlGa

scrapped right by – i.e. two boats scrape as they pass by each other
  • GadGaahll
  • gud gudGaahll

scrapping
GaahlGa

scraps
  • ts'alGa
  • ts'alGaay

scratch
  • xaatl'l
  • xilda

scratch (like a cut on your arm)
sGaats'ihl

scratch (person/animal/object – verb)
xihlda

scratch (verb – a bear style scratch)
xaats'il

scratcher (back scratcher)
sgwang xiihlda'u

scratching
xihlda

scrawny
hlkadjuu

screw driver
GwiihlGalaay

scrounging
sing.Ga

scrounging around
st'llnda Gaang

scrub board / washing clothes
daa kunanang

scrubbing (wash bottom of boat with a brush)
hlk'uunang

sculpin
k'aal

sea (out towards the sea)
Gaayuuwaay k'aadgii

sea (the open sea / water)
Gaayuu

sea (way out to sea)
Gaayuuwaay k'adgii

sea and sky together – they look the same –horizon
lit. stuck together
  • Gud Gan ts'ahl k'apsgid
  • Gud Gan k'aasgid
  • Gud gii ts'ahlsgiidan

sea anemone (anenomia)
  • s'iip
  • ts'iip

sea cucumber
Gaynuu

sea cucumber (parastichopus californicus)
Giinuu

sea dog (bella bella name for this sea monster)
gidguunox

sea gull
  • sk'in
  • sk'iina – plural

sea gull egg – the first seagull egg
  • t aadGa sk'aaGaaw
  • taad sk'aaGaaw

sea gull eggs (pre-embryonic eggs)
sk'aala

sea lettuce (ulva lactuca)
  • gup
  • sGiinaaw

sea lice (deep water amphipod)
daaga

sea lion
kay

sea lion (big and flabby sea lion)
tl'aadjuu

sea lion bite and throw backk'uuxusda

sea lion feet
kay st'aay

sea lion front flipper lit. sea lion arm
kay xyaay

sea lion gut line (used for line on a bow i.e. bow & arrow)
slan

sea monster (half wolf and half killer whale-can live on land or sea)
  • 'waasGo
  • 'waasGu

sea otter
kuu

sea otter skin
  • naak'ii
  • naak'ii k'aayjuu – it is sometimes called this.

sea otter stretcher
kuukiit'awaay

sea star (leather star)
sk'aa'am

sea star (purple) (pisaster ochreceus)
sk'aa'am

sea urchin eggs from a large giant urchin
styuu k'aaykiida

sea wolf
'waasGu

sea worthy
Gaats'a

seafood (fat seafood)
ts'iiyaa

seafood (rich and fat)
ts'iiyaa ga

seafood dries up
chiixuu chiiGasdll gang

seafood in the tide zone
chiixuu

seagull – first seagull eggs – mid may
taada sk'aaGaaw

seagull (black-legged kittiwake, mew gull)
  • tang.Gwaan sk'iinaay
  • tang.Gan sk'iinaay
  • sk'in Gaatl'ldang

seagull (glaucous gull, western gull, herring gull, california gull)
sk'in

seagull (young seagull)
Gaalaay

seagull eggs
sk'in kaaw

seal
xuud

seal (when a seal comes up in the same place & when a sal goes below water for awhile)
sk'aahlda

seal coming up at the same place all the time
sk'ahlda

seal gut line
xaay.yii

seal head poking out (alaskan dialect)
huud kaajii xuuts'utlang

seal laying on bottom
sGaahl k'ii

seal rookery
xuud taay daanaay

seal sleeping on the bottom and come up for air
sk'aahldii

sealion rookery
kay taay daanaay

seal's-tongue liverwort (conocephalum conicum)
xuud t'aa.ngaalGa

searching – looking but can't find / searching in vain
daay.yinggsgii

seas
siigii

seas (big seas)
Gaay.yuuwaay tlaats'iiga gan

seashells
skaay

seasick – literal – sea vomit
  • Gaay.yuu tlagang
  • Gaay.yuu tllgang

seasick – literal dive hit all of a sudden
  • Gaaxid GaadGuu
  • gaxitegadsgo

seasick (always seasick – literal – sea empty)
Gaay.yuu k'aal

seasick (nose burn)
kunga k'in

seaward (from shore)
k'aayjusGas

seaweed
  • sGyuu
  • sGiiwaay

seaweed (general)
gaay taay dang.Gwaal

seaweed (inner seaweed – earlier in season is sweeter)
  • didxwa sGyuu
  • diidxwa sGyuuwaay

seaweed (outer seaweed – later season not as good)
k'aat'xwa sGyuu

seaweed closer in on rocks
diidxwa sGiiwaay

seaweed far out on the rocks
k'aadaxwa sGiiwaay

seaweed picking
sGyuudang

seaweed that we don't eat/is about to go bad
gap

seaweed way out
  • k'adxwa sGyuuwaay
  • diidxwa sGyuuwaay

second day of the month
kuu.ngaay Gaal sding

secret (keeping a secret quiet)
k'ulgingda

secret (keeping a secret to myself)
gwaahlan Gidhlin

secret (keeping a secret)
  • k'ulginda
  • k'ulging

secret (keeping it a secret)
Giid sGal

secretly keeping an eye on someone
Guudang.ngada

see
  • kiing
  • king

see (easy to see)
  • kyang.xull
  • kyangxula
  • kyangxul

see a person for the last time/to see someone off
king sk'idGa

see it
king ga

see through easy i.e. charlie brown christmas tree
hlk'aaxyang

see while moving along
kyang.Gadal

seed (more like a seed from a flower, ie grasses)
maahlGa

seed, stone out of fruit i.e. an apple, orange or plum
  • k'ang.ii
  • k'ang.iid

seeing (miss seeing somebody)
Gaadsguuda

seeing something good to eat and can't get it
dii dagwi Ga'ad skii ga

seeking
k'anguudang

seems to be
siiliyaas

seen (to be seen)
kyaang.ga

seen already
king gii gang

seen always
king gang

seen it
king gan

seesawing
t'aa kun k'iilang

seiner boat
aaxada sgaamgaw tluuwaay

seldom / not often
haayxan

self
  • agan
  • agang

self (him & her)
GiisdaGang

self (out of self)
Giist'aagang

self (refer to self)
aahlang

selfish
  • sGaaGahlGala
  • sGaaGala

sell (to sell)
  • gyaadah
  • 'waadxa

selling
'waadxaa

send
xanjuu

sending
xanjuuda

sense
  • k'ang.uhlGa
  • k'ang.uhlda

sense everything around you
k'aahlin

sense something
  • k'anguhldang
  • k'ang.ula – in a sentence

sense i.e you feel someones emotion / feelings
Gaandang

senses (sharp senses)
  • siinak'ii
  • siing.nga k'ii

sensing someone around
k'aahl kiixa

sent
  • xanjuuda
  • xanjuuda.yaay

sent (to send)
xanjuuda

sentence
gina k'aalang

september
k'iik'iidas

september – cedar bark weaving month
ts'uu k'al wiiGuuxaay kuu.ngaay

september – chum salmon month
– dog salmon moon
sk'aagii kung

septum – boaz 1894 – classification of the languages of the north pacific coast
t'anxii

serve (i will serve you.)
dang gii hla daagid.

serve or something you give away
daagid

serve you right
sdaagwada

serve yourself.
ging.gang hla daagihl.

serving guests
daaying

serving or passing out things i.e. food
daagil

serving too much food
kid Gyaadsdll

set the table (make the table – more than one person)
tllGuhlGaGuu

set the table (make the table – one person)
tllGuhlGa

sew
  • tl'l
  • gyaak'ii

sew in i.e. pants or shirt
tl'Guunts'ii

sewing
  • gyaatl'l
  • tl'l dii

sewing (sewing temporarily)
siiGanxa tl'l

sewing room
gyaa tl'll naay

sex
iinang

sex !! ??
kiiyuusdaxan

sex (can have sex)
iihllnga

sex (having sex)
nangxisGalang

sex (he/she is old enough to have sex.)
yan ll ii hllnga Gihl.

sex (over sexed – raven's story)
jiiGiioo

shade
hlkiixud

shade (any place that the sun does not shine – a shady area)
hlkiixuda

shadow
  • xaana jing
  • xaanajii
  • xaang.a jii
  • xaanajing

shadow (more than one shadow)
hlkiixuu

shadow following a person around
dllt'asdiigwang

shady
  • hlkiixuuda
  • hlkiixuuda Gihl
  • hlkiixwii- getting shady
  • hlkiixuu

shake (more than one shake)
hildang

shake (one shake)
hihlda

shake (start to shake)
giixiidasdll

shake always
giixiida gii gang

shake hands (lit. go get hand)
  • slaay daaw
  • stlaay daaw

shake something in hand
giixiida

shake something out  i.e blanket
  • giixiida
  • giixiidas
  • giixiidawaay

shake trying
giixiida t'aajing

shakey heavy person
matxiida

shakey skinny person
k'yadxiida

shaking
  • giixiida
  • hlgaaxiida
  • hlgaaxiida
  • hlk'unxiida
  • hltapxiida
  • kyahxiida

shaking cold
kwii hlk'unxiida

shaking drunk
laam hlk'unxiida

shaking floppy
hlt'adxiida

shaking like jelly
iiyadxiida

shaking scared
hlGuu hlk'unxiida

shaking something all over (scattering by shaking)
giiskiiga

shall
xidii

shallow
  • Gapjuu
  • chiiGa
  • chiixuu'ah
  • chiiGasii - use in a sentence

shallow water
  • chiiGa
  • chiiyah

shallow water (reef or under water pinnacles in ocean)
hlGaa chiiya k'aay xaawdhlxas

shame
Giidaxa

shame (no shame)
xangk'aala

shared (getting a share of whatever is being shared – chief's share)
t'aang Gad da

sharing
gudgiigid

shark (large shark)
k'aaxada awGa

shark (six gill mud shark)
  • stlin na nang gyuugings
  • stlin nang nang gyuugings
  • stlin nang gyuugings

sharp
  • k'ii
  • k'iis

sharp fruited dune sedge (carex macrocephala)
k'an

sharp mind
guudang.ngaay k'ii

sharp point arrows
ts'iitalang

sharpen
  • tl'lk'ii
  • tl'lk'iiwaay

sharpening stone
tl'lk'iiuu

shattered
k'aamhl

shattered
  • xuusdaa
  • xuusdayaa

shave head like a seal
ts'iihlgamuhlda

shavings
hlaawxaaw

shawl
kantaygy'ad

she/he
  • 'la
k'aadang la la tyaaydii da. she let him go to bed with her.

she/he
'la'uu

she/he
  • ll
gam ll gaay Gang. - she/he did not swim away.
haayangxan ll dl'xyang gwang. - she/he is running around for nothing.
danxan uu ll haana ga. - she/he is very pretty.

she/he (but you don't want to say who)
st'aagu

she/he (used with a verb – action)
  • 'la
danxan uu ll kyanGa 'la ga. - she/he looks very good.
agan 'la dang haamgiid. - she/he toothless smile.

shearwater petrel (commonily known as the whale bird)
saa.nga

sheep
laamaduu

sheepish
  • tl'amsGid
  • laamaduuwaay

sheer material
xaay.ya

shell (abalone shell)
GalGahlyan k'aal

shell (clam shell empty)
k'yuu k'aal

shell fish (small)
skaay k'ad.dala

shift (past tense)
k'unts'aaya gan

shift to one side
k'uuts'ii

shifted (already shifted)
k'unts'igan

shifting
  • k'untsid dii
  • Gaats'iiGun

shifting things around
daaguhlga

shine
  • dlaan
  • xaahl

shine or sparkling
xaahlGangulang

shiners
Gaada

shiny
  • xaal
  • xaahl

shiny metal running through rock
xaahl sGaananang

ship stern
  • tluu st'aang ga
  • st'aangii

shirt
  • xwaat'isguu
  • xwaahlt'isguu
  • xwaahlt'isgwaay
  • xwaat'isgwaay

shirt (dirty shirt)
xwaat'iisgwaay sk'iila

shirt (t-shirt)
xaay xwaat'isguu

shit
amma

shit / pooh
naaGa

shit (a long one)
kyad Gud

shit (baby shit)
Gaaxaa naaGa

shitty
naaxadan

shitty thing
  • naaGahldal
dang uu naaGahldal. – expression said to someone when you you are extremely upset with him/her.

shivering (cold shivering)
xwii hlk'unxiida

shivering (nervous shivering)
hlk'unllgaay

shivering cold
xwii k'yadxiida

shoal – almost dried up
chiiGas.sgii

shock
k'untl'l

shoe (one shoe)
sdaask'aagaay

shoe lace
  • sdaask'aagii st'aa.'jii
  • sdaask'aagaay

shoe toes curl up while drying
hlgaltl'l

shoe(s)
  • sdaask'aagii
  • sdaask'aagiigaay
  • st'aask'aagyah
  • sdaask'aagyah – used in a sentence

shoes (high heel shoes)
st'aas k'aagya k'uusii kyaldala

shoes (take off shoes)
st'aast'a

shoes and coats in the cubby
sdaask'aagaay ad chiits'iigwaay hla tllnsGuhl.

shoot (to shoot)
  • jidGa
  • jidGad

shoot (you shoot)
ts'ii hla

shoot / shot
ts'ii

shoot a basketball
kaat'ahla

shoot and miss
Gaadlang

shoot lots
jidGwii

shooting
jiit'axung

shooting (a target or a deer)
  • jidyahda
  • jidyahda.yaay

shooting (kid shooting with a bow and arrow)
jiijuu

shooting (like when shooting a gun)
k'aat'uuga

shooting (missed target)
jidsguuda

shooting (sound of a shooting a gun)
jid k'aadahl

shooting a hole in something
  • jidxil
  • jidkapxal
  • jidxal

shooting at one another/war
gud gii jiijuu

shooting more than one
ts'inhlGwang

shooting star (dodecatheon jeffreyi)
  • daal sGilGa
  • daal xilGa

shooting with water
jidkid

shopping (buy)
gyaa dah

shopping basket
dang ts'isging

shopping cart
daa ts'isdal

shore (a little ways off shore)
t'aaxwa

shore (close to shore)
tl'lgaa sk'uunxa

shore (on the shore)
klaagii

shore bird (american golden plover, snipe, but may include western sandpiper,surf bird, rudder turnstone, black turnstone, spotted sandpiper, lesser yellowlegs,
rock sandpiper, sharp tailed sandpiper, least sandpiper)
ts'iik'alt'axung

shore line to end of haida gwaii
'waadsxwii Gaagiidaay

shoreline
  • Gaagiidaay
  • sk'uutlaay
  • sk'waay
  • tlaay

shoreline (meet someone at shoreline)
tlaaydaaw

short
  • Giyahpju
  • hlkuudjuu
  • kaajuu
  • k'uuan
  • k'iyaap juu
  • k'uu'an

short & fat
k'iiyahljuu

short (a person)
hudjuu

short (being there short)
hamGuudii

short (mans organ) (short and round)
skanjuu

short (people)
kudala

short (short and small)
k'udjuu

short (short and thin person)
hlGadjuu

short (short dress or short person)
k'uuwan

short (too short)
  • dapjuu Giida
  • k'uuan Gad
  • k'uuan Giida

short / rounded
haamjuu

short and dumpy
k'uujuu

short and fat
Giiyaahljuu

short person
ts'uuwii k'uuan

short person/animal running
Gaadhaammxyangdal

short story
  • su xaadtl'aas ga
  • xahxuusda

short tempered
xaad gaaxyang k'uuts'uu

short, fat, and wide
gaawjuu

shorts
  • k'un k'uu.an
  • Gaadangk'un

shot (missing your shot all the time)
sk'ahlGudGa

shot and fall flat
jiidkupskiid

shot and flopped on front
jiid k'aapskid

shot into water
xaaphlgii

shoulder
skal

shoulder – carrying things on your shoulder
skahlgingdal

shoulder – pushing things with your shoulder
  • skahlgingdal
  • skahlgingdal dii – now
  • skahlgingdal hla – do
  • skahlgingdal ga – now
  • skahlgingdal gan – was
  • skahlgingdal Gas ga – will
  • skahlgingdal t'aajing – trying
  • skahlgingdal gii – always
  • skahlgingdal gii gang

shoulder – shrug your shoulders
skants'ildang

shoulder (broad shoulder)
daanxan ll skants'il.la

shouting
  • hlgaamjaang
  • hlgaamsda
  • hlgaamdaga

shouting at once
taakaay.yusGasdlan

shove in
giits'ii

shove something out or in
giits'isGa

shoved in
giits'iiyaaga

shovel
Gaasdluu.uu

shovel
Gaasdlwaay

shovelling
  • Gaasdlldyang
  • GaahlGa

show off
tl'adhljuu

showing
kyang.ga gil

showing around
Gaal kingda

showing off
gyaa k'uuing.aay

showing off
siiawsdiilljuu

showing off
siiawsdad dlljuu

showing off
siijaawsda

shrew
  • jiigwul awGa
  • jiigwal awGa

shrimp
dak

shrimp or prawns (definition: going backwards, pandalus spp.)
  • Guuda gii Gaayd
  • GudGa gii Gaayd
  • GudGat gii Gaayd

shrink
k'unt'axid

shrinking
  • gudGa k'unt'axid
  • gudGa k'unt'axids

shrinking
gudGaiijang

shriveled up
hlgaxaaw

shrubs growing
hlkyan k'aaws

shucking clams
k'id kl'aaysda

shunk cabbage shoot
k'uuda

shut up
kihl gwal

shut up
kil k'uud'uhlda

shut up!
kl'aana k'uud'uhlda

shy
  • agan kaada
  • xalt'is

shy away from something wet or cold
k'aahlts'ing gii

siberian miners lettuce (montia sibirica)
steamed and put away in greases for the winter
  • hlk'uuxaay
  • tl'aang k'uus xil
  • hlk'un xil

sick (after being sick for awhile you want to eat everything)
ts'insda

sick (heavy sick feeling)
ts'aht'aas

sick (new sickness)
st'ii Gaawdla

sick (said when a person is sick , “sickness is with him/her all the time”)
king k'aayguu

sick (slightly sick)
st'ii k'yalt'is

sick (strange sickness)
st'ii aak'iixa

sick leave
st'ii saajaawada

sick, sad, bad
st'ii

sickly
  • dang gwa st'ii?
  • dii uu guudang.ngaay st'ii ga.
  • st'ang.xaayaa

sickness (powerful sickness)
st'ii klaats'iiga

side (anything lying on its side)
daawGaaw

side (dried up on its side i.e a boat)
chiiGadaawGaaw

side (from the side i.e. body, boat, house)
daagwul guusda

side (my side)
diiguusda

side (on this side)
hahlguusii

side (sitting on his or her side or supporting a team)
'laaguusda

side (that side)
guusda

side (the other side)
'waahguusda

side (this side)
  • haahlguusda
  • hahlguusda

side by side (lots of things side by side)
tladgid

side of anything
gyaaw

side of body

side of something
  • gyaaw
  • gyaawhlin

side (other side)
wahguusda

sideplate
dii taawGan kaayhla

sideways

sideways (going sideways)
daawaahl giiyin

sideways (slightly sideways)
tl'aayjuu

sigh
kaaGan in sguust'a

sigh (a very deep sigh – sometimes means a warning of bad news)
kaaganiinxiiyadGadang

sigh of relief
guuda Gaasdll

sighing
kaagan iinaah xiiyaa t'a

sight (can't see the object in front of you)
kiiyah kaayt'is

sight (going around a point and getting out of sight – like hiding yourself)
taahl.lawii

sign (real deep sign and you are about of crying)
kaagan Giisda xyaak'ang

sign of (any sign of ----- person)
k'aahllGang

silk
salga

simmer
kadaaldaa

since then
asiisdaaw

since they left
ts'iiGaa gya

sinew
xaay

sing
  • k'aajuu
  • k'aajuus

sing (why don't you sing)
xants'alangda

sing short
k'aajuu k'axuusda

sing softly
  • xaansGaalang
  • xaangts'iiang

singe
ng.aay

singe (use a hot iron or fire to singe hair off)
ng. aayda

singer – a good singer
kil xaawla

singer expert
  • k'aajuu llGaayGa
  • llGaayGalang – plural

singing (bullshit singing)
sGaalang k'uuGad

singing in the same tone as someone else
kil k'aajuu

singing one song carry into another song right away/change to another song without missing a beat
aadsgwii

singing softly to myself
xaansGaalang

single (bachelor)
dl'llxyang

sink
chaah

sink (bathroom sink – lit. face wash / clean)
  • xang dlaanwaay
  • xang dlaan

sink (kitchen sink – lit. plate wash / clean))
  • kaayhla dlaanwaay
  • kaayhla dlaan

sink hole in the sand
taajii s'aaga xiilaay

sink to bottom
chahGayd

sinker (round rock sinker)
ts'iihl

sinker/weight (ie. rocks used for fishing)
ts'iihlii

sinking
chahdii

sinking (boat sinking)
chahk'aayGiida

sip (little sip)
xuud sk'yal tl'l

siphons (cockles siphons – eyes looking out)
xang k'aaxal

sister
  • jajaay
  • jaajaay

sister (man talk)
jaasang

sister older (man talk about)
jaasGa k'waay.yas

sister older (man talk to)
jajaay

sister older (woman talk about)
k'waay Ga

sister older (woman talk to)
'waay.yaay

sister youngest (man talk about)
jaasGa dawGanas

sister youngest (man talk to)
  • jajaay
  • jaajaay

sister youngest (woman talk about)
dawGanGa

sister youngest (woman talk to)
dawnaay

sister-in-law (female 'sisters-in-law')
jii.naGalang

sister-in-law (man talk about)
hllnaGu

sister-in-law (man talk to)
hllnaas

sister-in-law (woman & man talk about)
hllnaGalang

sister-in-law (woman talk about)
hllnaGu

sister-in-law (woman talk to)
hllnaas

sisters (older sisters – woman & man talk about)
jaasGalang k'waay.yas

sit
  • k'aw
  • k'aw'u
  • k'awuu

sit – can not sit peacefully for any length of time
  • hiidagan
  • hiidgan
  • hiit'aGan

sit (come to sit down)
k'aawtl'lxa

sit (getting stuck when sitting down)
ts'ahlGudsgid

sit (sit beside)
k'awtl'lxa

sit down and miss chair / sit in wrong place
Guudsguuda

sit down fast on your bum
k'aw gudsgid

sit down into water i.e. bathtub or ocean
k'awgii

sit here.
aan hla k'aw

sit in the wrong spot
k'awgudGang

sit on i.e. a chicken starting to sit on an egg
kansgid

sit on (a bird sitting on an egg)
kant'as

sit up straight
  • k'awt'apts'uuwa
  • k'aw chuju'u
  • k'aw ts'aljuwaa
  • sdalju'u
  • t'apju'u

sit with us
k'awtl'lxa

sitka alder (alnus viridis)
k'aahl'a

sitka mountain ash
xaa k'aay.ya

sitka spruce sapling
kayd hlGwaay

sitting
  • kinjuu
  • k'awuu
  • k'awxang

sitting – going along sitting on a car, boat or canoe
ts'angdal

sitting (2 people sitting down)
k'awxans

sitting (a woman sitting with legs apart)
k'awsda

sitting (big person sitting)
k'aw 'yujuu'u

sitting (big thing sitting there)
ts'inhlln

sitting (fat person sitting)
k'aw damjuu'uu

sitting (has to be something holding water i.e. a pot)
ts'iihlln

sitting (more than one person)
k'uuxaawuuxang

sitting (moving around while sitting)
guuts'aGung

sitting (moving when sitting)
guuts'i gang

sitting (nicely)
k'uujuu.uu

sitting anywhere
k'aw k'uujuu.uu

sitting around (more than one person)
k'aw xang

sitting around (one person)
  • k'aw gwan gan (used only in a sentence)
daala gyinuu naaxyaad hll k'aw gwan gan. raining when house i sit around.

sitting by the fire
jingu

sitting down (getting used to sitting down)
Gudxuula Gihldii ga

sitting down going along
k'awadal

sitting down homely
  • samjuuwaa
  • samjuu.uu

sitting flat
GuudGu

sitting flat
  • Gud k'aaGwas
haal Gud k'aaGaw ga Come and sit flat (on the floor)

sitting in the sun 
saa.na k'aawuu

sitting on a boat, car or canoe
ts'angdii

sitting on a canoe
ts'aanhlang

sitting on top
k'aayhlin

sitting pretty (important person)
gaajii aawa

sitting room (living room)
k'aw'u naay

sitting sloppy
  • kwahlju'uu
  • xwadjuu'u

sitting straight up
  • chaaljuu.uu
  • t'apjuu.uu

sitting there
Guut'as'was

sitting there
  • k'aayhlin
  • k'aayhlina

sitting there – i.e. table and chair / most objects
hlGaaGuudii

sitting there (a bag)
chiiGuudii

sitting there (something i.e. island, rock, boat)
k'aayGudii

sitting up on something i.e. a plate
Gaahlnaas

size
  • aasdluu
  • dlaaxada

size – about this size
tll dlaaxada

size (a good size)
glaay'laa

size up
kiixaa

size up something i.e. a person
k yaGuhlGa

size i.e of a  bag
ts'aaga

skate (a fish)
ts'idGa

skate eggs
k'alts'ida kaw

skeletonk'aadxan

sketching (drawing)
kid k'aalang

Skidegate
  • sGiidagids
name came from chitton (sGiida)the name of the land became sGiidagids changed from hlGaagilda
non-Haida could not say sGiidagids hence they said Skidegate. also sGiida is the word for red stone

skids to pull a canoe up on the beach (called t'ak'ungxid when in the canoe)
  • daaya'uu
  • daay.yuu

skiff tipped over
Gaadgaabdiis

skim milk powder
skim tl'inuu powder

skin
  • k'alang
  • k'al.lang

skin
k'al

skin (dried fish skin)
k'uuskaay k'yaaw

skin (elk and moose skin used as blankets and traded from the mainland)
chisguu

skinned back
xandas

skinned it
tl'lst'aaya

skinning an animal
tl'lsda

skinning halibut from the tail up
hlguunchiisda

skinny
  • ts'iiGa
  • hlkaajuu
  • hlkajuu
  • kyaljuu
  • t'amjuu
  • ts'iiGa
  • ts'iiGaa
  • yaljuu
  • yaasdll

skinny (anything skinny)
t'aawt'is

skinny / lean i.e. seafood or a person
ts'iiGaa

skinny body (whole)
  • hlkaasdll
  • hlkadjuu

skinny person
sdajuuwaay

skinny thing (can be used when you quarrel with someone or mad at them)
yaadal

skipping
Gaad kaadajing

skipping flat rocks over water
tl'abalaylii

skirt
  • kwaagiijiigyaa
  • kwaagiijiigyaagaay

skirt
  • kwaayaagiigyaa
  • kwaaygiigyaa
  • kwaayjiigyaa

skull
kas skuujii

skunk cabbage
sgan sgwan

skunk cabbage – flower (lysichitum americanum)
hlgun chiijii

skunk cabbage (lysichitum americanum)
hlgun

skunked (not even a bullhead bit my line.)
gam hl'aama xaan dii k'uuskid Gang ga.

sky
sah tllgaay

sky (horizon)
  • kuuya kaaGan
  • sing kaaGan

sky (red sky in the morning that goes away quickly – storm is coming)
sGid Gaa'uhlda

sky (red sky which disappears quickly. a warning for south east wind)
sGidxaa'ahlda

sky (red sky)
  • sGid k'aaxiiyaaw
  • sGid k'aaxiiyaaw

sky (shiny sky)
  • xaahl k'aamxiiyaaw
  • xaahl sk'aamxiiyaaw

sky (way up in the sky)
  • siixayd
  • siixaa

sky (when skies are grey)
xaasguusdllGuu

sky (when the sky stay's red for a short period in the morning)
sGid k'aaxuusda

sky (whole sky is red)
sGid k'aamxiiyaaw

sky (whole sky)
kuuya kaagan.ngaay

sky becoming red
sGida gihl dii

slab (big slabs or chips of something)
  • kl'uuxuunang
  • stl'uuxuunang

slam a door open
kayd Gaasgid

slam down a person
kayd dllsgid

slam down and spill out / slam down i.e. a cake, cover or bucket but not a string or ball
kayd guusgid

slam down things
kayd dllt'agan

slam dunk i.e. basketball talk
daa skaahllts'ii

slang word (– meaning uncertain)
'laakiilang

slant
  • kl'apgiilang
  • tl'apgiilang
  • tl'aayjuu
  • tl'ganaa
  • tl'gaanaa

slanted
  • tl'aayGuudii
  • tl'aayts'ii

slanted (a boat sitting slanted in water)
tl'aayging

slap
  • tl'aasda
  • tl'aasgid
  • tl'aasgiidan

slap on face
  • kl'aasgid
  • tl'aasgid

slap someone over broad
tl'ah Gaadgii

slapping
tl'aajang

slatechuck
tllgaduu

slave
  • xaldang a
  • xaldangs
  • xaldang
  • xaldang.aay
  • algwa

sledding
t'aaGaaw gud ts'aandal dii

sleep
  • k'aa
k'aa gyiu dii sdahll.
sleep i want.

sleep
k'aa kunts'ii

sleep – everyone
k'aasdll

sleep (always sleeping)
k'aa dii gii

sleep (can not go back to sleep)
skints'iigil

sleep (can't sleep)
kang gwaauu gihl

sleep (go to sleep)
k'aa dii hla

sleep (going to sleep more than one person)
k'aasdll

sleep (going to sleep one person)
k'aadii

sleep (going to sleep)
k'aa dii dii ga

sleep (gone to sleep)
k'aa dii gan

sleep (scare you in your sleep)
  • sinxasdll
  • sinxaahll

sleep (short nap)
kang xaxusda

sleep (slept so much eyes are puffy)
k'aadanghllyah

sleep along time
k'aaxiidans

sleep and missed everyone
k'aa gaaw

sleep flop backwards
k'aa k'aaxasda

sleep in
  • k'aa GanGad
  • k'aaGanGid

sleep over (spending the night)
  • Galda
  • Gaalda
  • Gaaldas

sleep underwater then come up for air
  • sk'aahlda
  • sk'ahlda

sleep walking
k'aa kaaGung

sleep walking (present tense?)
k'aa kaagiGang

sleep well (good night).
k'aa'laa hla

sleep; slept
  • k'aadii
guuk'usuu sinGaa dluu da isdyang? what did you do in the winter?
sinGaa gyinuu hll k'aadii gan. winter when i sleep (past tense)

sleeping
  • k'aa chuuts'aGihl
  • k'aadiiyas

sleeping (a group of people sleeping)
k'aaxang

sleeping (sitting up sleeping)
k'aa k'awgwang

sleeping bag
  • gina chiijuu Ga taydyas
  • gina chiijuu Ga tl'l k'aas

sleeping on back
k'aa GaaGudii

sleeping on side
  • k'aa daaw Gudii
  • k'aa daaw Gudyas –in a sentence

sleeping on the bottom (only in reference to a seal)
  • sk'aahlt'a
  • sk'aahlda

sleeping seal
sk'aasGahl

sleepy
  • kaang.a
  • kaang.ah
  • kaa.nga
  • kaanga
  • kaangxul
  • kaangxula
  • kang xuula
  • kangxula
Dang gwa kaanga? Are you sleepy?

sleepy eat
k'uu kangahl.hll

sleepy head
  • kangxwalda
  • kangxula

sleepy heat
xaal kangahl.hll

sleepy looking (sloppy)
kaang.a

slender
skidjuu

slept in
k'aaGang Gid sguuhll

slept too long
k'aaxansgiida

slicing off something that is fat
hltaalang

slick (female – flirty)
chawxida

slick going along
siijuudal

slick/classy
  • siijuu
  • siijaaw.waa gan - past tense

slide
  • chinhll
  • hlt'aphll

slide (push and slide)
daa chinhll

slide (step and slide)
t'aa chinhll

slide a boat up on the beach
  • chints'iigihll
  • kunts'iigihll
  • kunts'iigil

slide a little way
chints'ii

slide a little way (used in a sentence)
chints'ildang

slide down i.e. hat slides down over your eyes
chaphll

slide down into a chair
kaayGudsgid

sliding
chinxyang

sliding (people or animals moving together)
  • kl'indal
  • tl'indal

sliding along
chinxyangdal

sliding back & forth
chints'iiGung

sliding on your bum
Gudxyangdal

slightly
  • k'yalt'is
  • k'aang.ll

slim
kyaljuu

slim
yaljuu

slim & dainty
sgylljuu

slim (a person nice and slim)
slapjuu

slim person i.e someone with a straight figure
sdtl'juu

slime
  • hlk'uut'uu
  • hlk'uut'uuwaay
  • hlk'uut'aw
  • hlk'uut'uuwah

sling (string with leather pouch for stones)
ts'aawwang.uu

sling i.e. like throwing a rock
chaawang.uu

slip
hlt'apGaahll

slip
hlt'aphll

slip (hands slip on a round object)
tllgamnanang

slip (petti coat)
kwaay jiigii

slip (pulling on anything and you slip)
dang.guuhll

slip (slip out of your hand)
tllguuhll

slip / petticoat
hlk'idgya kaahlii

slip and almost fall forward
kuuaaGaayd

slip and fall forward on a boat
kuuaaGaad

slip and land on nose
hlt'apkunsgid

slip and land on side
hlt'apdaawsgid

slip and land on your back
hlt'apGaasgid

slip on feet
t'aa kunhl

slip with your cane
kidguuhll

slipped
hltapsaahll

slipped (foot slipped)
t'aaguuhll

slipped down
hltapGaahllt'ahl

slipped mind
  • guudang.ngaay hltapsaahll
  • guudang.ngaay hltapchinhll

slippers
  • st'aahlk'unk'ya
  • st'aahlk'unk'ii

slippery
hlt'aawaasgiina

slippery (anything slippery)
tl'luusgiina

slipping
gamnanang

slipping around
  • hlt'apnanang
  • hltapsaan.nanang

slipping around  i.e. on ice or kelp
hlt'apsaanaanang

slit throat
guudang.ngaay ll dang t'apit

sliver
stl'juu

sliver (pulling a sliver of a piece of wood)
  • stl'tl'
  • sdl'tl'

sliver i.e. a sliver of cake
sdtl'juu

sliver off a board
k'aad kaadll.ley guusda

slope (flat slope)
tl'lxing

sloppy like person
st'aajuu

sloppy person
  • xwadhljuu
  • xwadjuu

sloppy i.e shirt or dress
xuuljuu

slow (moving slow)
st'aallga.

slow (moving slowly)
  • amhlGaal
  • amhlGahl

slow (slow poke person – call his to a person whoe is moving slow))
amsaGaay

slow down working
damxana dlljuu

slow down something with a motor
damxana xaal kaa

slow down talking
damxana kihlgull

slow down walking
damxana gandal

slow i.e. person or boat
aawdal

slow moving
  • amhlGahl
  • dlaajaa

slowing oozing out
kwah sa'hldaga

slowly
guustl'asxan

slowly and carefully
guustl'as

slug
  • st'aalaay
  • st'aall

slurp
xuud hliip xang

slurp something down
hlapGadts'ii

slurping
xuud hlap t'aang

sly
aawjuu

small
  • dapjuu
  • isjuu
  • k'aa.'an
  • k'adjuu
  • k'amdala
  • k'udalaa
  • kuudjuu
  • k'uujuu
  • nadjuu
  • sadjuu
  • xaadalaa
  • xaaga
  • xaajuu
  • xadjuu
  • k'uuxuu

small (more than one)
  • k'aamdala
  • k'atdala

small (one small one)
kaa sGwaansing

small (one)
  • k'amjuu
  • k'atjuu

small (something small)
sk'at'is

small (too small)
  • k'aa 'an Gad
  • k'aanGiida
  • xaa'an Gad

small
xaa'an

small amount
  • xaat'as
  • xat'as

small flowered bulrush (scirpus microcarpus)
xuuya sGawGa

small hole
xad.dal

small person (i.e. baby)
k'uudaal

small pox
snaal st'iiga

smaller (something big that gets smaller)
ts'aamdal

smart
  • k'ad.dinga
  • k'ad.dingas
  • k'aadang.ngas

smart (very smart)
k'aadang.ah awGa

smart crazy
  • k'aadang.ah
  • kuunang.ah
  • k'adanga kuunanga

smart getting
  • k'adang Gasdll
  • k'adang Gihl

smarten up
k'aadllga Gihl

smashed up
xaalxuusda

smeared with berries
aaja

smell
  • sguuna
  • sgun

smell – sense of smell
siinaa

smell (a small wiff of something)
sintll

smell (all of a sudden a stink smell)
k'aal Gada

smell (bad smell underarm)
kaa sguuna

smell (bad smell)
sgun k'aalGada

smell (caught a whiff)
sgunxiid

smell (good sense of smell)
siinak'ii

smell (nice smelling like perfume)
  • sgunxull
  • sgunxu'll

smell (old smell)
k'aay sguuna

smell (sharp sense of smell)
siina k'ii

smell (smell like smoke & fish)
sgaa.ahl sguuna

smell (testing the smell)
singuudang

smell (with nose)
sgunguudang

smell going into anything i.e. clothes
chints'ii sinst'a

smell like pee
chin sguuna

smell/smelly
chinjuu

smelling
  • sint'as
  • sinxuula

smelling (always smelling)
sinxuulang

smelling (good at smelling around)
sgunGaaya

smelling (got a whiff)
sinxid

smelling around
sgunt'axung

smelling something walking
Gamxuulang

smelly
  • Gamxuuhlda
  • chinxuulang
  • sgunk'algada

smile
dang.gid

smile – the smiling one
an.nangdang.giids

smile – try to smile under duress
xangxiisGalang

smile – trying to smile in embarrasment
angdang.giids t'aajing

smile (a line smile)
dangtl'llgid

smile (always smiling)
jiisGids

smile (cheeks almost smile)
ts'iida k'aamahl

smile (cheeks are cracking smile)
k'ants'iida k'aamahl dal dii ga

smile (crack a smile)
dang.gid k'aamahl

smile (half a smile)
dangamgid

smile (slight smile)
dang s'amgid

smile (wrinkled face smile)
jiisGid

smile and turn away
dang.gid guuxuusda

smile big
dang jiisGid

smile face twitching
dang tl'ants'ildang

smile ugly
dang hlangid

smile with no teeth
dang gamgid

smile  big
dang jiigid

smiling
  • 'undanggid
  • xang.ang dang.giids

smiling (smiling so hard cheeks nearly crack)
k'ants'ida k'aam.mahlsgii

smiling (start smiling)
ts'ii k'uunang giis Gasdll

smiling all the time
jiisGid

smiling crooked
  • tl'ansGid
  • tl'lansGid

smiling so hard – feel like cheeks will crack
ts'iida k'aamaahl t'aajing

smoke
k'uujang

smoke (big puffs of smoke)
k'waahlgujang

smoke (blowing out smoke)
k'ud k'waahlgujang

smoke blowing around / twisting around
Gaayuwaay xudhljuuGulang

smoke hole (like a pipe)
Gaay.yuudaanaay

smoke hole /sky light
  • giinada
  • giinad
  • giinadaay
  • giiniid
  • giiney

smoke hole within a longhouse
giinad

smoke house
  • taana naay
taana naay Gaaw hll isgas.
smoke house go i do.

smoke house
Gaay.yuuda naay

smoke house (curing meat and fish)
xildaanaay

smoke smell
Gaay'uu sii'yan sguunaa

smoked (red flesh smoked fish)
sGid xidaya

smoked fish
  • Gaay.yudaya
  • xildaya

smoked fish – half smoked fish – all kinds of fish
sGidxyaldas

smoked fish (1/2 smoked fish-cured)
sGidxyal

smoked fish (mild smoked cure)
  • kuuxahl
  • kuuxahlda

smoked fish house
taana

smoked fish or meat
Gaay.yusGwanGadaya

smokehouse
taana naay

smokey i.e. the inside of the house
Gaay.yuga

smooth running i.e. motor
sindaga

snack
xaat'ang

snag (floating snag)
  • ts'imus
  • ts'amus

snag (old dead tree that are white like old white branches)
sk'aagul

snail
  • hlaama
  • st'al.la
  • st'al.ll

snail house
st'aall naay

snake
siiga

snare
sink'ii

snare (birds snare pull tight around a birds neck)
jiida

snare (grizzly bear snare)
xuuajii sink'ii

snarls (dog snarls)
k'aaygang

snatch the top off anything
xaatl'l

sneak away
sGal kayd

sneak in
sGal kaats'ii

sneaking along
  • sGal dlldaal
  • sGal kaagiiyang

sneaking and hiding around
Giits'agan sGaldal

sneaking around when hunting deer or women or men
Guul.langdii

sneaking off
t'aadl.dal

sneaky
Giits'aGang sGal

sneeze
kunjuu

sneeze (i sneeze.)
hll kunjuu.

sneeze (nick name for bear/expression said after you sneeze – nickname fore black bear)
haliixyass

sneeze for ever
kunjuusGwaan.ang

sniff
sint'axid

sniff around
siint'axung

sniffing
  • sint'as
  • sintl'l
  • sint'a

snipe
ayaahiiyaa

snipper (a good shot)
skaa.ll

snitch it off
xaatl'l

snooze (little snooze)
  • siin k'udtl'l
  • sin kutl'l

snore
k'aaxuugang

snore
sin

snore
sink'aaxagang

snore (floppy snore – lips flapping away)
sinxwaada

snoring (flop sideways)
sink'aaxasda

snorting
kunxagang

snot
hlkunhlt'an

snot
  • kunxaw
  • snahl

snow (drifting fine snow - dry snow north west wind brings it)
xuundal

snow (fine drifting snow)
xuunGaaw

snow (fine snow)
  • t'aaGaw k'amdawung
  • t'aaGaw k'amdawang
  • t'aaGaw k'amdaGung

snow (half frozen snow)
t'aaGaw k'aa.ngal kalga

snow (in a sentence)
t'aaGaaw.waay

snow (wet snow)
  • s'ahlGaw
  • s'ahlGuu
  • s'aahlinGaw

snow berry bush (their sticks are used for drying clams on)
k'uuwiid

snow drift (snow blowing around)
t'aaGaw xud taaygiidahl

snow melting
t'aaGaw sGawdii

snow on the ground
t'aaGawa ga

snow taw sugar
taw daay.yasda

snow turning to icicles
kwagiits'iilawa

snow turning to rain
t'aaGaw daala gihldii

snowflowers (moneses uniflora)
xil GuuGa

snowing
t'aaGaaw

snowman
t'aaGaaw iihllnga

snowy owl (nyctea scandiaca)
sahkunhlaay

snub
k'aauhlda

so & so
'la 'laana

soak (soak berries, fish) not bark or clothes
chiida

soak (soak in fresh water)
Ganda

soak anything
tl'lda

soak in
jiits'ii

soaked
  • chassgidaasdll
  • chiidagan

soaked (dirt soaked in i.e. rag or shirt)
sk'yaal jiits'ii

soaked (something with dirt soaked in)
gina Gii sk'yaal jiits'ii

soaking
  • Gandaayaay
  • chiidagii

soaking (i.e. act of soaking some dried fish or berries)
  • tl'lgiida
  • tl'lgiidas

soaking (bread or crackers)
chiit'uugii

soaking dry food
chiida

soaking fish
tl'lgii

soaking wet
t'iihlGa

soap
stlaanang.uu

soap berries (to have soap berries on your person)
aajaa

soap berry (shepherdia _anadensis)
'as

sobbing
kungiing.ang

sobbing softly
gungiing.ang

sober
  • k'aadlga
  • k'aadlgihl

sobering up
k'aadanga

soccer
  • sdaa skaaxadang
  • sdaa skaaxuunang
  • sdaa skaaxuunangwaay
  • sdaa skaaxuung.uu
  • st'aa skaaxadang
  • st'aa skaaxuunang
  • st'aa skaaxuunangwaay
  • st'aa kaaxuung.uu

socks
  • sdaagings
  • sdaagins
  • st'aahlk'unk'ii
sdaagings Gii hla ang.Ga t’aahll - put on your socks.
sdaagingsgaay Giisda hla ang.Ga t’aasda - take off your socks.

sofa (lit. chair long)
GudhlGaaGaang.uu jing

soft
  • hlt'at k'ula
  • hlk'apk'ula
  • xwadk'uula

soft (anything)
hltaanawa

soft (anything soft)
s'aaga

soft (it is soft)
s' aagas

soft and dry
  • hlk'udjuu
  • hlk'uuk'ul

soft and spongy
hlk'uuk'ula

soil
  • k'uuyaay
  • k'wii gang.ang

soil / earth
k'wii

soldering
xaalts'aatl'lda

soldier
soljins

sole (lemon sole)
sGan t'aal

sole (of foot)
staaykaaGan

sole of foot
st'aa kan

some
iihlii

some of
idsii

some of them
  • ihlGiits'ii
  • iihlii

some of us
iidt'iijii

some of us/rest of us
iid ihlGidsii

someday
tllsdluxan

someone
tlaa'asing

someone (that one)
st'aaguu

someone said
  • sdagii suu'u
  • 'wan suu gan

somersault
kung.gaxuunang

something
gina

something (a little bit of something stuck to something)
k'adaas

something (something different)
aada asing

something different instead
  • Gaay Guhl kl'aaw
  • Gaay Guhl tl'aaw

something else
  • gina aada
  • gina k'aalGad
  • ilsda

something i did
  • ginahll
giina hll guda gan.
something i heard.

something strange
k'aalaas

something super natural
gina sGaana Gwa

something you can't have
daagwii Gad

sometime
  • gaadxan
  • ga'adxan
  • hllnuudxan
  • tllxan

sometime (in future)
Gid kaawdii

sometime ago
  • Ga'adxanuu
  • 'waadaahlGa

sometime in the future
  • hllnuuxan
  • tllxanuu
  • tllxan

sometimes
  • gasing Gids gyin
  • gyaa k'id Ga

sometime
Giida kaawdii

somewhere
gaguu

somewhere (going somewhere)
tllxan

son (man talk about)
gidGa iihllngas

son (my son)
gidGang

son (woman and man talk)
gidGalang iihllng ts'idas

son (woman talk about)
gidGaa iihllngas

son in law (woman talk about)
kunaaGaa

son in law (woman talk to)
kunaagaay

son of the god of the winds house
sing 'aagan kiidas naay

song
  • sGaalang
  • sGaalang.ngaay
  • sGaalang.Ga
  • sGaalang.nga

song (bull shit song)
sGaalang k'uuGad

song (family song – i.e. each family had their own paddling songs)
kaayjuu

song
kaaGan

song sparrow
k'uuts'iixuu

son-in-law (man talk about)
kuunaaGaa

son-in-law (man talk to)
kuunaaGaay

sons (woman & man talk about)
gidGalang iihllng.ts'iidas

soon (pretty soon)
hawdiiyuu

sooty shearwater (puffinus griseus)
saa.nga

sorry (feel sorry for everyone)
kuu xaaw

sorry (feel sorry for someone)
  • alljuu
  • k'aahl sindii guudang

sorry (feeling sorry for what you lost)
sihlGa guudang

sorry (i feel sorry always)
sihlGa dii guudang gii

sorry (i feel sorry for it)
sihlGa dii guudang dii

sorry (i feel sorry)
  • sihlGa dii guudang
  • sihlGa dii guudang gan

sorry, or
siing kihlging

sorry, or
  • st'ii gaa
  • st'ii ga

souhteast wind
  • siing kihlging
  • xiiwa

sound
sk'aadahl

sound (high pitched sound)
t'amsid

sound (not a sound)
  • gam sk'aadahl
  • t'amsidGang

sounding (measure depth of water)
k'adguudang

sounds bad
gyu Ga daaGang.nga

sounds good
gyu Ga 'laa

sounds like a big drum
daamxaangang

soup
jam

soup (fish head soup)
chiina kaajii jam

soup (when cooking jam)
jamdas

soup fin shark
gwiiguuga

sour
k'aayluus

sour (spoiled sour)
k'alGad

sour / sour grass
k'ayluus

south (going down south on the east or west coast)
'waadsxwii Gaagiidaay

south (going down south towards vancouver etc.)
t'aa xwii

south east (blowing from south east)
  • xyuu sda taajuu
  • xyuu sda'uu taajuu

south east (turning se) present tense
xyuu Giida

south east wind
  • xii'unsGaa
  • xyuuGa

south east wind turning (future tense)
xaaywaagilgang

southeast (blowing south east)
  • xyuuguu taajuu
  • xyuu

southern area
t'aa xwii

southwest wind (when on east coast)
xyuuinsGa

space
  • daana
  • daan

space (a small space)
  • sk'at'is
  • sk'at'as

space here
daan iijii

spaghetti
gina italians taa gii

spank
sgiidang

spark (already)
daajah

spark (getting a light from a spark)
daas

spark from fire
daasGa

sparkle
  • k'amalang
  • k'amaluuxa

sparrow hawk (falco sparverius)
  • sgyam sgwaan
  • sgyam sgun

sparrow (song sparrow – melospiza melodia)
k'uuts'iixuu

sparse i.e. thin layer of herring eggs
xiigid

spawn (all seafood spawning)
sk'al

spawn (big spring time seafood spawn)
  • sk'aawkaagiida
  • sk'aawkaagii
  • sk'alkaagiida

spawn (big storm washes back & forth spawn on the beach and ruins the spawn)
sk'aalaay gaaynang sGwaanang gan

spawn (sample spawn)
chiisjuu

spawn (sea water getting milty with spawn)
sk'aala Gil ga

spawn (sea water milty spawn)
sk'al Gaay.ya

spawn (signs of spawn)
  • sGung ga
  • sGung gas

spawn (spawning)
sGung.ga

spawn (when a large spawn is washed ashore and spoils)
gaayging sGwaanang

spawned out spider crab (die off and float to the surface)
sk'al

spawning
chiisjuu

spawning (everything – red tide)
chiitaw

spawning (fish)
chiigan

spawning (when salmon are spawning)
xuulGuu

spawning invertebrates
sk'al

spawning up the river
sguuhll

speader (fishing spreader usually made of cedar limbs used to hold your hooks apart while you are fishing)
ts'aawulga

speak
kihlgula

speak
k'aaynang

speak – don't know how to speak
kilt'ang k'aayt'as

speak (to speak)
kiilaa

speak first (first to speak)
kilkunsda

speak haida! (a command to a group of people to speak haida.)
xaayda kihlgii hla gyaaging Guu

speak jokingly
kihlnaang

speak the truth
yan hla su

speak well
kihljuu la

speak with a drawl
Gaaw'uldang

speak/talk a short time
suu xaaxuusda

speak/talk along time
suu sGwaan.nang

speaker – good speaker
nang kilhlgula Gaaya

speakers (non speakers of the haida language)
tlljin xaaydaGaay

speaker's staff
kihlgii sk'aangwaay

speaking
kihlgulang

speaking (after speaking awhile-taking a long time to get to the point)
suu dii kaawdii

speaking (bad speaking)
kil daaGang.a

speaking (fast way of speaking)
gapdaga

speaking (not saying anything)
t'aamsid

speaking (slow way of speaking)
  • tl'aahlt'uuga
  • tl'aat'uuga

speaking (soft speaking)
kil xaast'aalang

speaking (told to sit quietly & not say anything)
  • kyalGwaal
  • kilGwaal

speaking a little angrily
  • lapdagas
waadsxan ll lapdagas dii.
of course he/she is always speaking angrily

speaking at great length
suu dii gwaang

speaking disrespectfully
kihl naang.'a

speaking easier
kihl chaawaal

speaking fast
lapdaga

speaking softly
gam GaayGwalxan kihlgwala

speaking with the highest respect
yaaguuing

speaking wrong thing
suu aahlging

speaking out of turn
suu gudGang

speaks easily
kihl chaaw'll

spear
  • kiidaa
  • kiidllgaay
  • kiitaaw
  • kiit'uuwaay
  • k'aangii

spear – end of spear takes a long time to wear out – west coast story
naats'ii

spear (a two pronged spear used to gather seafood)
kiit'uu

spear (end of whales spear)
Gaawaay

spear (line attached to a spear that you use to pull in what you have speared. made from twisted seal guts.)
juuk'ii

spear (octopus spear made from a trimmed hemlock sapling -- 5 feet long 1.5 inches through at the thickest point)
kiidanguu

spear (salmon spear – one prong-made from bone-harpoon)
tllda'uu

spear (sea urchin or abalone)
kiit'uu

spear arrow
ts'iit'alang

spear for sea otters and seals (made with a barb on the side)
k'aa

spear head / point
kiit'uu kun

spear point
kuu

spear shaft
k'aagiigwaay

special
  • yahguudang.nga
  • yahguudang

special (person who wants to be treated special)
giida gaajuu

special friend (man talk about)
llGan

special friend (man talk to)
  • llaanaay
  • llaangaay

special friend (woman talk about)
llGan

special friend (woman talk to)
llaanaay

speech (slow speech)
  • kl'aahlt'uga
  • tl'aahlt'uga

speed limit
xaang.ala gud kunjuu

speeding along
  • xaal saaxyangdal
  • xaal xaapxyangdal
  • xiid dllxyangdal

spelling
xaayda kil k'aalang

spend
giiya sGaaw

sperm in male sac
k'aajii

spider
  • yangajing
  • yangiijang

spider crab (pugettia spp.)
huuga

spider web
  • yangajing aaxadaay
  • yangajing aaxad

spilling
xaasdll

spin in one spot
  • hlkiikaasgid
  • hlkiikaasiida

spine (back bone)
ging.guda

spine (bird spine)
ts'uu

spinning
hlkya

spinning
hlkiijuuGalang

spinning (person or object rolling or spinning)
kamjuuGuulang

spinning i.e a boat going around in circles / or hoop (round thing) rolling
sgaajuuGalang

spiny wood fern – rootstock (dryopteris expansa) like potato – looks like sweet spuds
sk'yaaw

spiny wood fern (dryopteris expansa)
ts'aagul

spirit
sGaanagwaay

spirit
k'ulGa

spirit
  • Gaahlandaay
  • Gaahlindaay

spirit (free spirit)
Gaahlandaay dlaang

spirit land
Gaahlandaay tllgaay

spirits (forest people)
hlk'yaans xaaydaGaay

spirits (head of the river woman)
Gandll kasGa jiinaas

spirits (the one in the sea)
tang.gwaan 'laana

spirits (the one who travels in the woods)
didaxwaa nang kaaguns

spirts (underwater spirit people)
chaaGan xaaydaGaay

spit
hltaalang

spit (to spit)
  • hlta
  • hlta gan - spit (did)
  • hlta dii - spit (now)
  • hlta k'uduuhl - spit and die
  • hlta Gaasgid - spit and fell backward
  • hlta kunsgid - spit and fell forward
  • hlta daawsgid - spit and fell on side
  • hlta ng.aaysdll - spit and heal
  • hlta k'aadii - spit and sleep
  • hlta skinxa - spit and wake up

spit it out i.e. like you don't like the taste of something and you spit it out
k'udxxusda

spit medicine
  • hltaGaxil
  • hltadGaxil
  • hltaxaaxil

spit out
hltaxuusda

spit out what you are holding in mouth
ts'idxuusda

spitting around
hlta gwang

splash
  • sk'aasda
  • sk'aast'a
  • tl'aajang

splash (a big splash like a whale)
skiisda gii

splash (big splash in water)
sGuuluu kl'uusdagii

splash (big splash)
Gadsk'asda

splash (foamy splash)
sGuuluu wah tl'uu ging

splash (heavy splash)
Gaad skiisda

splash (things that make splashes in water)
skiiguujang

splash on face (fired gun and water splashed on face)
jiid kl'aasdaa

splashing
  • kl'aagujang
  • tl'aagujang

splashing (kick with your feet splashing)
  • sdaajang
  • sdaaguujang

splashing (water splashing)
k'aad skiiGada

splashing out
kwahjahlda

splashing water
t'aa ts'aam t'axung

splashing water around
Gaa staaxuusda

splashing water i.e. a boat splashing the waves
skiiga

splashing water with an object (to scare fish)
sgid tl'aajang

splashing wave on beach
tl'aat'axung

splatter
kiid sdaaguujang

splattering (when cooking)
xaal ts'ahlgudang

split cedar bark for weaving
giixiida

split fish down the back
kad Gaasdll

split fish  (making ts'iljii)
kaada

split fish (you are making ts'iljii – taa refers to the action of the knife cutting)
taa kaada

split something with your finger nail
stl'lsk'aak'uu

split spruce roots
k'uga

splitting fish
k'id tl'aaysda

spoil (to spoil)
tlldaaGanga

spoiled
  • chaanagii
  • daaGang.gid
  • kalGada

spoiled (food or anything that goes spoiled)
daaGang.gad

spoiled (got spoiled.)
daGangay ii gan. 

spoiled becoming
daaGang Gil dii

spoiling something
tlldaaGang.Gid

spongy
gangk'uula

spooked
  • xanhlgid
  • xanhlk'id
  • xanhlgid

spooked (you feel it in your full body)
jaaxiisda

spoon
slaagwal

spoon (bone spoon)
xaayda slaaguul

spoon (carved bone spoon)
xaayda k'iidagaay slaaguul

spoon (eating or fishing)
  • slaagul
  • sdlaagul

spoon (soap berry spoon)
'as slaaguul

spoon (talking about)
sdlaaguulaay

spoon (two spoonfuls)
t'aaw sding

spoon silver carved
dlaaguul xaahl k'iidaga

spot
k'adt'as

spot (little spot)
dapt'is

spot (small spot)
  • dapt'is
  • dapt'as

spray (fine spray)
skiisda

spray (wind blowing a spray)
xuud skiiga

spray made from a moving boat or a hose nozzle
skiiga

spray out of a box
waasda skiisda

spray/splash
skiixuusda

spread (i.e. a blanket)
giiGaaw

spread (i.e. k'aaw)
k'iisdll

spread out i.e. eagles wings spread out
xiisGid

spreading
  • giiGaaw
  • k'isdllGuu

spreading anything on beach
k'iisda

spreading i.e. butter on toast
kidna.nang

spreading peanut butter or butter on something
  • k'ids'ananang
  • k'ids'ananangwaay

spreading i.e. like k'aaw on the beach
k'isdllGuu

spring
  • k'ing.Gad
  • k'in.Gad
  • k'inGaydan

spring (begining of spring)
k'ing.Gads kunsda

spring (late spring / early spring)
k'ing.Gads Gudsdlas gyin

spring (water spring from ground)
xuuaduus

springbank clover – plant (trifolium wormskioldii)
naa'a hlk'aay.yii

springbank clover – rhizomes (trifolium wormskioldii)
naa'a

spruce – inner part of root
ts'uuii

spruce – outer part of root
duu

spruce – shiny rounded outside strips of the roots
hlk'ugan

spruce (sitka – picea sitchensis))
kayd

spruce black pitch
k'aas xandaaw

spruce branches (sharp)
hlk'am.ak'ii

spruce cones
  • sk'aa.andas sk'yuuwal
  • sk'aa.anda sk'yuuwal
  • sk'aa.anjii sk'yuuwal
  • sk'aa.ant'is sk'yuuwal

spruce inner bark
sGaalaak'uu ts'ii

spruce long thin roots
  • hllnga
  • hllngaay

spruce pink pitch dug out of woodpecker holes
k'aas stluuts'iiGadang

spruce pitch
  • k'aas
  • k'aajii
  • k'aajaay

spruce root line
gin

spruce root split from ?ilted and is dull in texture
ts'uunii

spruce roots bag (big)
skaayxan

spruce roots pulled up and tied in bundles
kad hllng.a hlk'uts'id

squall (rain squall)
xaas kaa

square
kungiida

square object moving along
ts'isdal

squat
Gud k'uujuu

squatting
k'aaw skanjuu'uu

squeal
st'aawxada

squealing
  • sGang.giing.ang
  • sGaangxang

squealing (like a dog)
sk'iinang

squeeze
  • tllxid
  • tllul

squeeze (squeeze hard)
k'apts'ii

squeeze and break
tl'lad

squeeze anything and something flows out from it
t'aadangjiigid

squid
naw k'ad.dala

squirrel
daasGa

squirt
ts'iisda

squirt (more than one squirt i.e. clams)
ts'ing.uhlGadang

squirt (one squirt)
  • kwaat'amsda
  • ts'ing.uhl

squirt of water (a small and skiny amount)
kwaht'amdaga

squirting
kwaat'amgujang

squirting water but not steady
kwahjaahlguujang

stab
kuus

stab (stone ribs story)
k'a baaw

stab more than once
kuus guu ga

stab toe
st'aas kaayjii

stab twice
skuus skuus

stacking / piling
iihll

staggering
Gaadllxunang

stalling
  • guuda Gaagu
  • guudaGaaGuu
  • k'waast'a xagang

stalling (taking your time)
guuda GaaGuu

stamp feet in pain from heat
xaal t'aaxiida

stamping
t'aadaawdang

stamping feet
t'aaxiida

stand behind (more than one person)
sgwaa gii gyaaGans

stand behind (one person)
sgwaa gii gyaaGan

stand on hands
stlaang guu gyaaGang

stand on hands in water
Gandlaay Gii stlaaang guu gyaaGang

stand up
  • gyaaxayaay
  • gyaaxagaay

stand up
  • gyaaxaa
  • gyaaxaadas
  • gyaaxaadiiyas
  • gyaaxadhlasii

stand up (pl.)
giihll

stand up carefully
guusla'as hla gyaaxaa

stand up from self
sdaagang giiyaaxaa

stand up quickly
xaajuu giixa

stand up too fast/get dizzy – person who stands up says this
sda gang giiyaaxa

stand up.
gyaa hla.

standing (fat person standing)
damjuu gyang

standing (large person standing)
'yuujuu gyang

standing around
giixang diigan

standing floppy
  • xuudjuugyang
  • xwadjuugyang

standing i.e. fight stance
hlgaajuugyang

standing on the road (literal –road on standing – col. – standing on the line)
k'iiwaay guu giixang

standing straight up referring to one
t'apjuu

standing there looking in a group
kl'aadjuugyang

standing together (more than one person)
  • giixaan
  • giixang

standing up (one person)
gyaaGang

standing up straight/rigid
hiiGa t'apjuu gyaGang

star
  • k'ayts'aaw
  • k'ayts'uu
  • k'ayts'awaay

star (cluster of stars)
k'aayts'uu k'waahljuu

star (morning star)
siinGaay k'aayts'aaw

star (shinning star)
k'aayts'uu xaay.yas

star (shooting star)
  • k'ayts'awaay hlk'iiGwiigang
  • k'ayts'uu k'waaguu

star (when the big dipper turns over)
k'ayts'awaay k'aayhlGahlda gan

stare
GaadlGang

stare (really stare)
kyaaxuu'llGihl

staring
  • Gaadllgang
  • kyaagiidaalaay
  • kyaagiidahl
  • kyaaxuu'll

staring – a person staring at something wishfully
kya k'uujiigid

staring (to look)
kyaaskiid

starring real hard
hlgapsgid

starry flounder
xaadlln

start
  • Gas.slas
  • haay
  • haay gwa

start (are we starting?)
haay gwa?

start (to start a fire)
tllGuuxagyalsga

start (to start a story or speak)
  • kuunsda
  • tl'l kuunsda

start (to start or first)
  • kunasda
  • kunGasda

start here
  • asiis.sda
  • asiisda

starting i.e. a large group
kunt'axid

startled
xaahl

starvation
k'wii

starve, starving
dll ts'ii

starve (starve to death)
  • gwalangdllts'ii
  • gwalang.giids

starving
dll ts'ii dii

starving (we are starving)
iid gants'iid diiga

stay with
gaat'is

steady sound of engine exhaust
daapdaagadal

steal
  • k'uhldaa
  • k'uuhldaay.yang

steam
skii

steam (steaming food)
siihl

steam bath
skiida

steam bath (sweat lodge)
taawt'aaGaay

steam blowing staright up
xuud hlgiijuu

steam coming out
skiiga

steam yourself
agan skiida

steam/hot compress
- steaming
- steaming a box to bend it
skiida

steel rope
hiiGayats'i kwaay

steelhead
taayiina

steelhead (fish)
taaying.nga

steep
  • chaasdaa
  • sdaala
  • sdaalas
  • sdaalay
  • sdalxa
  • sdalxas

steep (to steep to walk up)
kyahGansgii

steer
sginda

steer – i will steer.
  • hlaaw sgindasga.
  • hll sgindasga.

steer – you all will steer. – future tense
dalang uu sgindasga.

steer – you will steer. – future tense
daaw sgindasga.

steer (don't know how to steer)
sgiinda k'al.ll

steer (know how to steer)
sgiinda Gaay.ya

steer (to steer)
sginda

steer (you all steer – present time – anybody)
sginda guu

steer (you steer – anybody)
sginda hla

steering (now)
sginda dii

steering along
sgindadal

steering wheel/rudder (the steering wheel)
  • sgindawaay
  • sgindauu

steller's jay (cyanocitta stelleri)
  • kl'aay kl'aay
  • tl'aay tl'aay

step (before you go)
t'aats'ang

step (right now)
t'aats'ii

step (to step on something)
t'aadahlda

step / to step
t'aa

step and make a cracking or popping noise
t'aak'aat'uuga

step and miss
t'aaguuhll

step in
  • t'aahll
  • t'aahlasii

step in a hole
yaaphl ts'i

step in front – when someone steps in front of you and you step aside and they step in the same direction as you
kang xaasGada

step into a round hole
yaphllts'ii

step into i.e. pants or mud or water
  • t'aahll
_______ t'aahll = step on

step on somebody lieing down
t'aaGaaGaw

step on someones toe
t'aaGung

step on something
t'aadahldaga

step on something and break it
  • t'aaGung
  • t'aaGwang

step on something and make a hole with your feet
t'aak'apxahl

step over
hlk'aats'ihlda

step wrong
t'aasguda

stepping
  • st'aat'axung
  • t'aat'axung

stepping on and bursting sea weed bubbles with your feet
t'aat'uu

stepping on things
t'aananang

stern
t'aanGad

stern (anything in the stern)
t'aang.nga

stern (back seat of a canoe)
t'aanGasii

stern (board at stern of boat to sit on)
t'aajiigid

stern (person at stern of boat)
  • t'aanGada
  • t'aang.Gad

stern block (the block at stern of a canoe when it is sitting on the ground)
t'aang.nga k'aayhln.ney

stern of a boat
t'aang.Ga

stern of boat
t'aang gii

stern paddle
sgindaa.uu

stew
malagan

stew (beef stew)
moose moose kiiGa sk'aaljuudaya

stew (deer stew)
k'aad kiiGa sk'aaljuudaya

stew meat (literal – meat boiling)
kiiGa xusGuhlda

stewardship of the land
gwaay Ga ga kyahts'as

stick
sk'aang.uu

stick (cedar carved sticks used to wipe your bum)
ts'ang.k'a

stick (cedar stick "rounded cedar stick with a handle to wipe sluxuul; left on the beach; cleans self; reuseable"  masset)
ts'aan k'a

stick (digging stick)
dllGu

stick (herring roe on kelp harvesting stick)
k'aawdang sk'aangwaay

stick (like glue)
ts'asgid

stick (naw stick)
k'iitawaay

stick (placing a stick upright)
daask'aagid

stick (poke stick for a fire)
  • kid Galang.uu
  • kidsGalang.uu

stick (sea urchin harvesting stick)
kiit'aaw

stick (stick to)
ts'aatl'l

stick (trap stick)
k'uuiid sk'aangwaay

stick (used to wipe bum)
ts'aankaa

stick like object flying by
sk'aaxyangdal

stick on (adhesive tape)
ts'ahlsgid

stick on (glue stick on)
ts'ahlk'aasgid

stick poker in fire
  • kidsGalang
  • kidsGalaang.uu

stick to something
ts'a tl'laay

stick to something
ts'aakaasgid

stick waving back and forth
kidsGalaang.nga

sticking (sticking a stamp on an envelope)
ts'aatl'lda

sticking on (glueing)
ts'aahgujang

sticking out (a little bit of somehing sticking out)
k'aajudtl'lxa

sticking out i.e. like the neck of a clam
  • k'yuu skanjudxas
  • skanjudtl'lxa

sticking out (something small)
k'uujuudxa

sticking out (wide)
kl'uujuudxa

sticking out of something (a round object)
hlgamjuu xa

sticking pegs in the ground
giis.sk'ihl

sticking up
k'ayjuusGaas

sticking up (more than one small thing sticking up)
dapxaaw

sticking up (something short sticking up)
dapjuudxaa

sticking up (wide thing sticking up)
tl'uujuu'u

sticking up all over
  • t'aapxaawtl'lxa
  • t'aapxaawdhlxa

stickleback
kuu stlln

sticks (out in the sticks)
tllganhlaan

sticky
  • ts'ahlt'is
  • ts'iila

stiff
  • chuuts'aGihl
  • chuuts'iigihl

stiff (like dried leather)
sgahlts'ii

stiff i.e. wet
sgaaltll

stiff or hard
sgahlts'ii

stiffen up
chuuts'ii

still
  • haawxan
  • huuxan
  • hoxan
  • hoaxan
  • sk'iiyanxan

still (does not keep still)
hiidGan

still (happening)
huuxan

still biting
k'uudt'aaxun

still not here
gawdiiga

still the same
  • haawxan
  • haawxanuu
  • haawuu

stinging needles
Guudangxahl

stinging nettle – nettle fibre (urtica dioica)
ahxada

stinging nettle – plant (urtica dioica)
  • Guudangxal
  • Guudangxahl

stinging nettle – root (urtica dioica)
kun'aan

stingy
  • sGaaGahlGadii
  • xaaga
  • xaagas

stingy (really stingy)
xaahlk'yan

stingy with a person (i.e you don't want them to go)
  • sGa'ahlgada
  • sGa'ahlGala

stingy with something
sGaaGahlga

stink
sguuna

stink (getting stink)
sguunaGihl

stink (leaving stink)
sguun Gaat'axid

stink (smelly)
sgwaanjuu

stink (very stink)
chink'aalGa la

stink all around
sgun k'algada

stink ass
stl'lxuul sguuna

stink currant berry (ribes bracteosum)
GalGun

stink currant plant (ribes bracteosum)
GalGun xil

stink current/used and prepared the same as k'aal
  • Gal Gwan
  • GalGun

stink ear
gyu sguuna

stink eggs
chii sguuna

stink eggs (mashed and smoked)
gaasa

stink feet
st'aay sguuna

stink mouth
xayhlii sguuna

stink nose
kun sguuna

stink rotten
xah

stink rotten – getting stink
  • xah xagihl
  • xah xaga – used in a sentence

stir
  • sk'aasGahl
  • sk'aaGahl

stir gentle
Ganjaaguhlda

stirring / mixing
sk'aaGahlda

stirring a liquid
sk'aahlGalang

stirring a liquid sloppying over i.e. in a bucket
sk'aasGalang

stirring in
GaahlGa

stiu rock
Gaa gun

stockings
  • sdaagings
  • sdaagingsgaay

stockings (massett dialect)
st'aayxiilangdaaw'uu

stole away
kaadll k'uhlda

stomach
  • daahlGa
  • dal
  • k'iijii
  • k'iijang

stomach (big stomach)
kiisdaamxyang

stomach (full round stomach)
sk'isdll daamsdll

stomach (full stomach & leaning back on your chair)
sk'isdll k'aaxasdll

stomach (full stomach pushing out)
sk'isdll ts'aasdll

stomach (full stomach sit straight can't breath)
  • sk'isdll chuuts'iigil
  • sk'isdll chuuts'iiGil

stomach (full stomach)
  • sk'isdll
  • sk'isdll chadsdll
  • sk'isdll k'waasdll

stomach (passing through your stomach)
daahlgud

stomach (rumbling stomach because of hunger)
k'uud xaadaga

stomach (stomach bulging)
  • chiijuu
  • chiijuus

stomach ache
daahlGa st'ii

stomach boney
dalskuujus

stomach full that you are rigid
sk'isdll ts'uuts'agihl

stomach full you can't move
k'uu kl'aatl'l

stone (red stone used in making paint)
sGiida

stone (turn into stone)
agan hlGaa ga Gihl

stone ribs
kaagwaal

stonecrop (sedum divergens)
  • shaad GaanGa
  • t'isgu skaahlln

stones (little round stones you find on beach)
stl'ilii taama

stood
ga gu hll gyaaxa

stood up
gyaaxaa

stop
  • tlaan.na
  • gaysdll
  • klaana
  • tlaan
  • tlaana

stop – don't know when to stop
gud kunjuu

stop (don't do it)
amas

stop (has to be used in a sentence)
st'aagid

stop (i.e when you want people to stop singing)
kaagiiyad

stop (i.e. motor, car, boat)
tll gaaysdll

stop at a place (going along on a boat and stoppping at a place)
isGwadaan

stop dead
Gadst'aasgid

stop dead from running
Gad st'asgiid

stop in one place on a boat or kayak
t'aasgaaying

stop myself (saying or doing something)
Gaax gan ah st'aagid

stop himself / herself - saying or doing something
Gaax gan 'la st'aagid

stop on a boat or car
gaaysdll

stop suddenly
Gadst'aasgid

stop what doing
haawsdluu

stop yourself
guudsgid

stop  i.e. car or boat
gaaysdll

stopping a boat
daagaaysdll

stops
waa Gaagiid

store
'wadxanaay

store (like store things in a cave)
tllnsguul

storm
hlGaahlGwa

storm
hlGaahlGuu

storm (red clouds turn to dark red, turn yellowish in morning and then disappear fast means a southeast storm is coming)
sGidxaa'ahlda

storm (like a hanging curtain in reference to a storm)
tl'llxiiyaaw

storm (rough weather)
GaadGwa

storm (start to storm)
  • sk'aaGad
  • sk'aaGad dii

storm bound
  • xidsgid
  • xiidt'iis
  • xiit'iijii
  • xiit'iis
  • xiidsgii

storm bound – running to a place for protection during a storm
xiidt'aga

storm bound (i'm storm bound)
dii ga xidsgii

storm bound for days
xiidt'as

storm hit (past tense)
sk'aaGaydan

storm hit (present tense)
sk'aaGaydang

stormmed
skaaGiidan

stormy
hlGaahlGuu

stormy (storm hit)
GaadGuu

story (said when someone is telling a funny story)
sa kihlging

story telling
  • giiahlGalang ga
  • giiahlGalangdas

story telling expert
giiahGalang llGaayGa

story time
giiahlGalang Gas ga

story (old, legends) telling expert
k'aygang.nga llGaayGa

storyteller
k'aygang.nga

stove (wood stove)
  • ts'aanu daan
  • ts'aanu daanaay

stove pipe
Gaayuuda'uu

straight
  • hiiGa
  • hlapjuu

straight (going along straight)
gaayhiiGadal

straight (make it straight)
tllhiiGa

straight (something straight)
chuujuu

straight (standing straight up-more than one)
t'apxaaw

straight across
xiiGat'ahl

straight line i.e. a row of houses
sdaagids

straighten up 
  • chaljuu.uu
  • hiigaGihl

straighten up fast
  • talsgyatsdasdl
  • talsgyatsda

straighten your back up fast
sdaalsda

strain yourself
k'ahad

straining liquids
gaaydalda

stranded
  • hlkuusgiid
  • k'aayxa

strange
  • (Gan) k'alaadang.a
  • aak'iiGa
  • aak'iixa
  • aak'iixan
  • huu ll aak'iixaa
  • aadaaxan

strange - there is no land lying vacant
  • aak'ii'xa
gam tllguu tllgaay aak'iixa Gang ga.
there is no land strange.
– swanton – haida texts and myths skidegate dialect 1905 page 86-87

strawberry (wild – fragaria chiloensis)
hilGudaGang

stream – a little stream running
kwaat'amdaga

strength
  • daaguuyah
  • daagwiiyah

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

strength (use all your strength)  past tense
xaayangdan  t'iijang

strength (use all your strength)  present tense
xaayangdangskid

stretch
  • hiixuu
  • hiixuuda
  • t'ang hiiGa
  • t'ang.alagung
  • t'ang.alagung

stretch (i.e. rubber or candy)
hlgwaay

stretch animal skin
kiida

stretch i.e. a stretch of land or road
Gaagiidaay

stretch of land along waterfront
kaaGan

stretch whole body
t'ang hiiGa

stretch your leg
hiixuuga

stretch your legs
hiixuu

stretched out in any direction
Gaagiidxang

stretched up i.e. to the sky
Gaagiidhll

stretcher
kiit'awaay

stretcher used for drying animal skins or fur
  • kiidawaay
  • kiidawuu

strides (long or short)
hlk'aa ts'ildang

strip threads on a bolt
sk'aanhl

stripped
  • gudang ll skanhll
  • gudang skanhll

stripped perch
uusduu

strips (cutting fish strips or bark or seal guts)
k'id sGaananang

strips of cedar bark
ts'uu k'al k'id sGaananang

strolling
staawjaaw ga

strolling
staawjuu

strolling along together
staawjuu jaa'aadang

strong
  • daagwiiyah
  • daaguuyah

  strong
k'yaal ts'ii

strong
tl'aajiiga

strong (getting strong)
daagwiiGasdll

strong (made strong)
tllin daaguuyah gan

strong (make strong)
tll daaguu.yah

strong (muscle like)
k'yalts'ii

strong (person)
  • daa guu yah
  • daa guu yah gaa

strong (ready to go)
k'yalts'ii

strong (refers to a branch)
klaats'iiga

strong (something or lots)
  • klaats'iiga
  • tl'aats'iiga

strong and hard
kyahts'ii

strong i.e .a person
hlgyaljuu

strong looking
hlgiyaljuu

strong man
daagusGaana

strong men
daagwaayts'iias

struggle to come back to self
naaxagil

struggle to get up (a person or animal)
Gaaxihldlas.sis

struggling for yourself
naaxagang

stuck
  • k'aayxa
  • k'aasgiid
  • k'aayxa

stuck i.e. a boat stuck in the mud
ts'ahl k'aaysgid

stuck – food stuck to bottom of a pan
xal k'aasgid

stuck i.e. can not get up a cliff
sdalxa

stuck (a persons body gets stuck)
k'uudllsgid

stuck (getting stuck)
k'aayxa dii

stuck (still stuck)
sdalxaadii

stuck at home or hospital etc.
naa k'aayjuuwa

stuck i.e. stamp on a envelope
ts'aatl'l

stuck i.e. when you can not get somewhere
sdaalxa

stuck on
  • ts'ahlt'is
  • ts'ahlt'as
  • ts'ahlsgid

stuck on something or somewhere or you need something and you don't have it
hlkuusgiid

stuck together
ts'ahlsgiidan

stuck with people
taayGadllt'as

stuck with whatever
kingk'aayGuu

stuck i.e. can't get over a log
  • sdalxa
  • sdalxaadyaas
  • sdalxaadyaa

student
nang gina sk'aadGadas

stuffing i.e. clothes in a suit case or box
daats'iigang

stuffing i.e. fish in cans or a turkey
t'aats'iigang

stuffing or filling jars or cans
t'aats'iigang

stuffing something
Guulang.Gii

stuffing something (ie. a bra)
Guulang.Gid

stumbling along (almost falling down trying to get your balance)
  • naan.aguuGad
  • naan.aguuxyangdal

stumbling along (almost falling down trying to get your balance)
naan.aguuxyang.Gwang

stump (base of a tree after it is cut down)
k'ulwiidk'uujaw

stump with all the roots exposed
jiiwaal

stutter (tongue crazy)
t'aa.ngal k'ud sgaadaagas

sty
xang.ii naaGa

sty (inflamed eyelid)
  • xang.ii k'iija
  • xang.ii naaGa

submarine
  • chaaGan sgaats'ii tluu
  • chaaGanxaa gaay xans

suck hole (brown nosing)
  • gaajagid
  • gaajiigid
  • kil gaajagid (talking)

suck it out
hlk'uuk'ang

suck juice out of spruce pulp
hlk'uuk'aan

suck on a candy
  • ts'id k'aayging
  • ts'idging

sucking hole
kil gaat'as

sucking hole around someone
kil gaat'as

sucking on fish bones
hlk'uuk'ang

sucking the marrow from halibut head bones
  • k'uk'.k'ang
  • k'uugang
  • hlk'uuk'wang

sudden – all of a sudden
  • k'aahlkiixa
  • aang.xaxang
  • aangxaxan
  • ang.gusGiisdaxan
  • k'aahlataajiiGa
  • ang.xaxan

sudden (realize a person is suddenly there)
k'aahlkiixa

suddenly
  • aayt'aaxan
  • aang.guusGiisdaxan
  • aang.guusxan
  • ang xaa xan

suffer (see pain)
saalang

sugar
suuga

suit
sunday gii.insgwaay

suit (does not suit you)
kaada

suit (suit you)
yah kaada

summer
  • k'inGad
  • k'i nGaydan

summer (becoming summer)
k'inGad Gihl

summer (when it is summer)
k'in.Gad dluu

summer becoming
  • k'insiGid
  • k'inhlaGid

sun
jiiGawaay

sun (full ring around the sun means bad weather)
  • jiiGawaay xihlging
  • jiiGawaay xihlgings

sun (stand in sun can see body outline)
xaay.ya

sun (when there is a opening on the west, the wind will come from the west)
ga guusda xiila,guusda'uu taajuu

sun baked lazy
xaal gwawagil

sun dried
  • xal k'aagada
  • xaay k'aagada

sun is starting to shine
xaaya gilga

sun rays
Gaada 'la k'aat'a

sunbathing
xaay.yan dii ga

sunday
  • sing saajawadas
  • an saawjuuda sing.aay

sunflower seastar (pycnopodia helianthoides)
  • naaw k'aanaasGa
  • naaw k'aan.na

sunning yourself
xaay.yang

sunny
  • xaaya
  • xaay.ya

sunset (literal – sun fall)
jiiGawaay k'aayGwii

sunshine
xaay.ya

super natural
sGaana gwaay

super natural – woman at head of a creek
Gandll kasGa jiina

super natural (a powerful being can take any form – animal or human)
sGaana  Gwa

super natural (animal – small animal that crawls around the woods said to be the gills of the halibut; it whistles when it moves and if you find this it will bring you terrific luck)
taats'iing.ga

super natural - changing from a killer whale to human form. it takes about 3 or 4 generations. some still have super natural powers even after the whiteman came.
  • chii'akaatl'lxa
all super natural beings come out of the water. used in reference to where your clan came out of the ocean. i.e. k'uuna sdaa uu hll chii'akaatl'lxa.

super natural (unusual)
sGaanagwa

super natural bear
chaaGan xuuajii

super natural being
  • k'andll xaadGa
  • k'anduu xaadGa
  • hiinas awGa
  • xaas wiigid

super natural being (means the weather is suppose to come through this woman as a child)
sing nang kiidiiya

super natural being (she)
skilnang gyugings

super natural beings
sGaana Gids ids

super natural beings – sheet of rock shuts tight on you – involves super natural beings
kiiyaGaxyang

super natural boss of the super natural village under the ocean
tang.Gwan k'uulaay

super natural carvings
sGaana k'idiids

super natural come out of the ocean
chiiyakadxaaya

super natural come out of the ocean
chiiGaakaatl'lxa

super natural living log – can transform from a log to anything it wants
ts'amGuus

super natural strong man
daaguu sGaana

super natural village under the ocean
k'aada tang.Gwan llnagaay

super natural woman
(woman who drifted ashore at rose spit at day break)
jad guusandlans

super natural women grave house
sah.hlanga naay

super natural  (past tense)
  • chiiyakadhlxaay.ya gan
  • chiiGa'adhlxa gan

super naturnal (beam of light)
Gaada

supernatural
ts'amus

supernatural being
xaasa 'wiigid

supernatural being mountain (in gwaii haanas)
king.gii

supernatural fishing line from tendons off a winter wren
daats'iixay

supernatural floating snag
ts'imus

supernatural raven flew away story
lit. – food flew away
  • daadaGaay xiidaa ganii
  • daadaGaay xiidal ga

supernatural story
literal – two sitting
sding k'awxangs

supper time
  • sing.xyahlgii
  • sing.xyahlgaay

supreme power
sGaana Guunangs kaas

supreme power
uulaalaa

supreme power that walked around with no clothes on naked
sGaana Guunang kaas

supreme powers (all supreme powers)
sGaana kiidads

sure thing
yan.ah

surf (a place where there is no surf)
Gaaysii

surf (big surf running on beach)
luuwah 'yuwan.ga

surf (boat surfing the waves)
kuu'Gad

surf (breaking surf on the beach flattens out as it ebbs)
Gaayxaasdllyaay

surf (riding with the waves, lit. – from behind going)
  • kuuwakaa
  • kuuGakaa

surf smelt
kiina

surf smoothes out
Gaaysii

surfacing by grabbing
xaak'aats'idxa

surfed on waves in a boat (past tense)
kuu'aaGaaydang

surfing and rolling – going with the waves and rolling
kuuwadaaw xasGalang

surfing on waves (present tense)
kuu'aaGad

surgery/operate
k'iidgu

surprise
skuujii gaaw

surprise (like when someone comes to you unexpectedly)
  • k'aaxuuda
  • k'aaxuuda

surprise (when it just happens)
k'aaxudadxa

surprise!
skuugii gaaw

surprised
k'aaxuusda

survived
kaagan.agan

suspenders
kandaagil

suspicious
k'aal.la'aga

swainson's thrush (catharus ustulata) - salmon berry bird. sings to make the berries ripe
wiid

swallow
Guntl'lxuu

swallow – almost swallow
Guuntl'lxuu sgii

swallow – going to swallow
  • Guuntl'lxuu Gas ga
  • Guuntl'lxuu xidii

swallow – might swallow
Guuntl'lxuu gaay.ya'ad

swallow – trying to swallow
Guuntl'lxuu t'aajing

swallow (hard to swallow)
gudats'ii

swallow (to swallow)
  • Guuntl'lxuu
  • Guuntl'lxuuwaay

swallow (violet-green swallow, barn swallow, kit swallow)
kud k'aaluu

swallow anything round
k'aaytllxuu

swallow down big chunks
hlgiit'ang

swallow food fast
hlGapGadts'ii

swallow food fast
xaabGahl xaaGats'ii

swallow it fast (something small)
xaabahlxaaGadts'ii

swallow it wrong
Guntl'lxuu Gud Gang

swallowed
Guuntl'lxuu gan

swallowing
Guuntl'lxuu dii

swamp
k'wii s'aaga

swamp gooseberry (ribes lacustre)
GudGa gii Gaayd

swamp laurel (kalmia microphylla)
xil kaagan

swan (tundra swan – olor columbianus)
tyaahlGun

swarm
hlt'aamjuuGalang

swarm of insects
hlt'amjuGalang

swaying (large objects)
hlgiik'ildang

swearing
halgiilang

sweat
  • daa.ngahl
  • daa.ngal

sweat (embarrassing/nervous when talking)
kil daang.ahl

sweat (when running)
Gad daang.ahl

sweat (when using your hands very hard)
tl'daa.nahl

sweat (when walking)
kaa daa.ngahl

sweater (literal – coat knit)
  • chiit'isguu xaayga
  • chiit'isgwaay gyaaxaay

sweating
daang.all

sweating in the hot sun
xal daa.ngahl

sweating in the hot sun - heat induced dripping
xaal kwagya

sweep
hlk'aawdaal

sweeping (first joint of a eagle/goose wing used to sweep floor i.e. gravel )
xiit'aaw

sweeping it together
hlk'asdll

sweet
  • Gungk'iinang
  • Guuk'iinang
  • xaawliiyaay
  • xaawll

sweet – not sweet
gam xaawla Gang

sweet (as in taste)
Gung k'iinang

sweet (chinook language)
ts'a'maat

sweet (extra sweet)
  • xaamliiyaay
  • xaamliiyay

sweet (extra sweet)
xaawlaay dadgang

sweet (something sweet)
gina xaawla

sweet (tastes good or a sweet looking person)
xaawla

sweet and bitter
xaawla dadga

sweet and small (something sweet and small)
xaawllxaajuuwaay

sweetheart (man talk about)
k'ataayGaa

sweetheart (man talk to)
k'ataayGaa

sweetheart (walking along arm in arm with your sweetheart)
jiiGaldllging

sweetheart (woman talk about)
k'ataayGaa

swell (big swell west coast – heavy seas)
Gaay.yuwaay tl'aats'iiga gan

swell (big swell west coast – heavy seas)
  • Gaay.yuwaay 'yuwandang
  • Gaay.yuwaay 'yuwan ga

swell (big swell)
luu 'ut'axan

swell i.e. a body part
danhll

swelling (starting to swell)
danhll Gihl

swelling/swollen
  • danhll
  • danhllya

swept away
daalxuusda

swerving around in a boat or car
xaal sgaajuulang

swim
dllgiixid

swim
  • tllwul
tllwul hla.
do swim.

swim – trying to keep above the water – dog paddle
  • xaats'amt'axung
  • xaats'amt'axan

swim (fish swim up the stream)
sguuGa

swim (referring to a fish swimming)
gaayxang

swim that way
'wahgwahlagaay

swim the other way
'wahgwii 'la gaay

swim trunks
Gaadangk'un

swimming – lying in water
dllging.ngaay

swimming (floating)
dllging

swimming along
  • dllgingdal
  • dllging daal

swimming along (one person)
dllgingdal

swimming along a bunch of people or birds
ganggingdal

swimming around
  • dllging gwang
  • dllgiigwang

swimming by (fish)
gaaydal

swinging on a swing
  • kaaniiya
  • kaan.niiya

swollen
  • danhll
  • danhliiya
  • xuuts'iiya
  • chassgidaasdl

swollen (already swollen)
danhlgan

sword
chaatl'l

sword
sGaaw jing

sword fern – rootstock (polystichum munitum)
  • snanjang
  • sk'yaaw
  • taan sk'yaaw

sword fern (polystichum munitum)
ts'aagul

sword used in battle / fight
chaatl'l

swore
haalgiilang

sympathy
guudang.ngaay kaahla