S: English - S.Haida

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

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sack
k'aa'uuda 

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sack (gunny sack) also can be woven out of cedar.

• k'aawda
• k'aawdawaay 

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sack hanging to bottom
xiida chiixii'u 

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sad
guudand.aay taad 

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

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

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sad mind
guudang.ngaay t'aayadii 

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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 

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safe (we are safe)
id kaagan 

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safe entry
kaaganints'ii

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safe place (take off to a safe place)
kaaganxid 

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safe/safely

• kaagantl'xaa 
• GaayGwalxan id

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safely (barely made it safely)

• kaagan
• GaayGwalxan tl' l

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safely (they barely made it safely)

• kaagan
• kaw taadang

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said

• saawagan
• suudaay.ya gan
• suu

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said exactly right

• kihl jahlii
• kihl yahda jaahlsii

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said it

• suu gan
• suugan

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said it different
aada suuda

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said something he couldn't answer
kiihljaahlii

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said something wrong

• suudagudGang
• suugudGang

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said the right thing (truth)
kihl yahdah

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sail

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

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sail (talking about the sail)
giixiiya

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sailboat

• tluu xuud kaaGungs
• tluu xuud kaas

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sailing
xud kaadiiga

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sailing – a boat sailing along on its side
xud daawxyangdal

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sailing along
xud kaaging

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

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salal berry (gaultheria shallon pursh)

• sk'idGan
• sk'idGaan
• sk'iid
• taan GaanGa

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

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salal berry bush
sk'idGan hlk'aay.yii

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

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saliva

• hl'aana
• hlt'aana

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saliva running
hlt'aana kwaagid

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

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

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salmon – female salmon spawned out
sk'aak'uu

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

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salmon (coho)

• táay.yii
• táay.yiigaay

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salmon (common – massett)

• sGwaagan
• sGwaagang
• swaaGan

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salmon (dog salmon)
sk'aagii

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salmon (dry dog salmon along side each other)
daagaaysdll

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

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salmon (female salmon)
chaaga

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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.

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salmon (male salmon)
hlaay.ya

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

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salmon (pink salmon)

• ts'iit'an
• ts'iit'aan

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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

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salmon (red spring salmon)
taaGun Gaw sGid

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salmon (school of chum salmon)
chiina k'aayging

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salmon (school of pink salmon moving)
hlGaahlkundal

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

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salmon (sockeye salmon)
taaxid

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salmon (sockeye-copper bay/church creek/guudal)

• taaxid
• taaxaayd

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salmon (spring)
taaGun

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salmon (three year old coho – jan.- feb.)

• ts'ing k'iiga
• ts'ing k'iida

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salmon (white spring salmon)
taaGun Gaw Gaada

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salmon and trout fry
maaluu

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salmon berry – berry (rubus spectabilis)
sk'aawGan

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salmon berry – bush (rubus spectabilis)
sk'aaw

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salmon berry – flower (rubus spectabilis)
sGidGanxal

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salmon berry – sprouts (rubus spectabilis)
ts'iixal

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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

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

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salmon berry bushes
skawii

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salmon berry shoots
ts'iixal

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

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

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

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

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salmon release eggs
kyahxiida

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salmon trap
giilii

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

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salmon trap (talk about)
giiliiGaaw

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salmon wiggle to let out their eggs
skahldaga

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salt
taa.nga

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salt (eating without salt)
k'undajing

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salt (not salty)

• kunxuu
• kunxwa

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salt grass (triglochin maritimum)
k'an hlgamGanda

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salt water

• Gandlaay taa.nga
• Gandll taa.nga

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salt water

• taang.aay
• taang.ngaay

taa.ngaay k'aadllga gan
salt water clear

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salted

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

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salted fish
chiina taang.Gaadaya

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salting
taang.Gada

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same

• dluu
• gaa.ngang
• sk'anxahl

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same amount
guudluu

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same as

• gaa.ngang
• gaang.ang

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same as each other
gud gaa.ngang

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

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same time
guudluu

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same time/same length

• guudluu
• guudluuxan

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small and round
kamjuu

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sand

• taas
• taajaay (used in a sentence)

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sand (soft sand)
taajii s'aaga

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sand bar

• kil
• k'iila

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sand dollar (dendraster excentricus)

• k'uulu GaaGang.gii
• Gaagang

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sandals
xaay st'aas.sk'aagyah

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sandbox

• taas Guuda
• taas Guudaay

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sandhill
taas k'aayju'u

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sandhill crane (grus canadensis)
diila

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sandlance (beach spawner)
Gayda

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sandpaper
sk'in

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sandpiper
ts'ii k'alt'axung

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

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sandpiper (unidentified sandpiper)
t'aaxiida

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sandpiper noise bouncing along the beach
skyahl k'iidang

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sandspit bar
k'il kun

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sandy – getting sandy

• taajaaGihl
• taajaaGil
• taasGaadii

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sandy – i.e. on a beach
taajii

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sandy – i.e. sand on anything
taajaadii

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sank
chah gan

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sank (referring to a boat)
chah k'aayGiidan

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sap of a tree
gin

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sardines
chiina k'ad.dala

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satisfied (not satisfied) (legend)
hlt'iigang

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saturday
sing tllGunuhl sunday xaa'an

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saturday (small)
sunday xaa'an

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saturday evening
gaaliii gaaw

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sauce (thick sauce)

• k'yahts'ii
• k'iiyapts'iixa
• k'yapts'ii

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saucer
saucergaay

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save
kaagan

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

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save (i.e. person or language)
kaaganda

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

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

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save it (put things away)
saahlinda

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saved

• kaagan daay.ya
• kaagan xaa

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saved from doing it
kaagan dllsda

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saving the haida language
xaayda kil kaaganda

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savoring your food
k'uu k'aayda

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

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savour food
k'uu k'aayda

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saw (cross cut saw)

• xiiguuwaay
• xiigawaay

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saw (handsaw)
xiiwaay

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saw (saw down a tree)
xindal

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saw (sharp saw)
xiiguuwaay k'ii

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saw (tool to cut with)
xii guu

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saw bill – female
tl'lhlky'aa

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saw bill (male)
kaaxu Gadagas

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

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

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sawing action (tool to cut with action)

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

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say

• suuda
• suu

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

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say (they say)

• 'laa wansuuga
• 'wansuu
• 'wansuuga

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say (you say it.)

• daaw suuda.
• daaw suuga.

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say it different
aada suu dii

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say it right
kihl yahda.

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say something (try to say something)
suu guudang

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say something the wrong way
kilt'apGwiisGa

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say something to make someone mad
kilst'iixaa gil

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say something to someone and make ashamed
kilxaalt'as

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say something wrong

• kil aayguuxan
• kilt'apGwiisGa
• suudagudGang
• suugudGang

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say something wrong to a person
suuda gudGang

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say the wrong thing
kihlsguuda

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say the wrong time
kil ts'ap

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say what's going on
gina aahljus tl'suuda

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

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saying bad words
suuda gudGang

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

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saying something to hurt his/her feelings
kilst'ii

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saying the wrong thing
suu aayguu

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scab
k'aasiila

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scab
stl'juu

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scabby fort

• t'awts'is snaala
• t'awts'ii snaala

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scabby skin
k'al snaallas

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scabby/scab
snaall

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

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scallop (weathervane scallop, patinopecten caurinus)
gaabuu

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

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scar
k'aasiila

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scarce
Gaaxiida

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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)

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scared

• xanhlgid
• hlGuu hlgaamsda
• hlGwaaga

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scared (got scared)
hlGwaaxagil

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

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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

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

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scarf
xihlgii.giigyah

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scarf/apron
kantaaygya

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scary (a saying used in fear)

• ham.mayuu
• hamiiyah

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scary thing
haamayuu

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scattered

• kuuljuu
• kuuljil
• kuuljuudii
• xaaxuusda

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scattered above the ground
xaaydlaa

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scattered all over
kuuljuu

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scattered around
kaahlt'ama

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scattering
xaaguujang

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

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scissors
ts'ii 'idwaay

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scorch
ng.aay

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

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scoter (common scoter)
xud sk'aaxaaw

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scoter (surf scoter – melanitta pespicallata)
sGil

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scoter (white winged scoter – melanitta)

• sGil kuuna.nga
• sgaadii sGil

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scouler's willow (salix scouleriana)
chaanang

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scrape
GaahlGa

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scrape (scrape something with a wide blade)
Gaahll

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

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scrape out anything
Gaasda

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scrape skin off – shaving whiskers off
gudang gaahll

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scraped

• GaahlGahl
• GaahlGadas

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

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scrapped right by – i.e. two boats scrape as they pass by each other

• GadGaahll
• gud gudGaahll

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scrapping
GaahlGa

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scraps

• ts'alGa
• ts'alGaay

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scratch

• xaatl'l
• xilda

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

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scratch (person/animal/object – verb)
xihlda

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

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scratcher (back scratcher)
sgwang xiihlda'u

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scratching
xihlda

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scrawny
hlkadjuu

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screw driver
GwiihlGalaay

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scrounging
sing.Ga

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scrounging around
st'llnda Gaang

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scrub board / washing clothes
daa kunanang

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

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sculpin
k'aal

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sea (out towards the sea)
Gaayuuwaay k'aadgii

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sea (the open sea / water)
Gaayuu

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sea (way out to sea)
Gaayuuwaay k'adgii

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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

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sea anemone (anenomia)

• s'iip
• ts'iip

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sea cucumber
Gaynuu

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sea cucumber (parastichopus californicus)
Giinuu

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

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sea gull

• sk'in
• sk'iina – plural

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sea gull egg – the first seagull egg

• t aadGa sk'aaGaaw
• taad sk'aaGaaw

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

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sea lettuce (ulva lactuca)

• gup
• sGiinaaw

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sea lice (deep water amphipod)
daaga

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sea lion
kay

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

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sea lion bite and throw backk'uuxusda

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sea lion feet
kay st'aay

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sea lion front flipper lit. sea lion arm
kay xyaay

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

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sea monster (half wolf and half killer whale-can live on land or sea)

• 'waasGo
• 'waasGu

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sea otter
kuu

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sea otter skin

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

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sea otter stretcher
kuukiit'awaay

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sea star (leather star)
sk'aa'am

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

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

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sea wolf
'waasGu

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sea worthy
Gaats'a

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seafood (fat seafood)
ts'iiyaa

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seafood (rich and fat)
ts'iiyaa ga

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seafood dries up
chiixuu chiiGasdll gang

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seafood in the tide zone
chiixuu

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

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seagull (black-legged kittiwake, mew gull)

• tang.Gwaan sk'iinaay
• tang.Gan sk'iinaay
• sk'in Gaatl'ldang

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

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seagull (young seagull)
Gaalaay

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seagull eggs
sk'in kaaw

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seal
xuud

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

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

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seal gut line
xaay.yii

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

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seal laying on bottom
sGaahl k'ii

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seal rookery
xuud taay daanaay

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

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sealion rookery
kay taay daanaay

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

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

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seas
siigii

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

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seashells
skaay

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seasick – literal – sea vomit

• Gaay.yuu tlagang
• Gaay.yuu tllgang

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seasick – literal dive hit all of a sudden

• Gaaxid GaadGuu
• gaxitegadsgo

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

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seasick (nose burn)
kunga k'in

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seaward (from shore)
k'aayjusGas

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seaweed

• sGyuu
• sGiiwaay

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seaweed (general)
gaay taay dang.Gwaal

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seaweed (inner seaweed – earlier in season is sweeter)

• didxwa sGyuu
• diidxwa sGyuuwaay

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

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seaweed closer in on rocks
diidxwa sGiiwaay

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seaweed far out on the rocks
k'aadaxwa sGiiwaay

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seaweed picking
sGyuudang

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

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seaweed way out

• k'adxwa sGyuuwaay
• diidxwa sGyuuwaay

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second day of the month
kuu.ngaay Gaal sding

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secret (keeping a secret quiet)
k'ulgingda

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secret (keeping a secret to myself)
gwaahlan Gidhlin

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secret (keeping a secret)

• k'ulginda
• k'ulging

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secret (keeping it a secret)
Giid sGal

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secretly keeping an eye on someone
Guudang.ngada

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see

• kiing
• king

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see (easy to see)

• kyang.xull
• kyangxula
• kyangxul

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

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see it
king ga

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

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see while moving along
kyang.Gadal

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

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seed, stone out of fruit i.e. an apple, orange or plum

• k'ang.ii
• k'ang.iid

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seeing (miss seeing somebody)
Gaadsguuda

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

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seeking
k'anguudang

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seems to be
siiliyaas

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seen (to be seen)
kyaang.ga

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seen already
king gii gang

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seen always
king gang

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seen it
king gan

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seesawing
t'aa kun k'iilang

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seiner boat
aaxada sgaamgaw tluuwaay

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seldom / not often
haayxan

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self

• agan
• agang

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self (him & her)
GiisdaGang

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self (out of self)
Giist'aagang

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self (refer to self)
aahlang

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selfish

• sGaaGahlGala
• sGaaGala

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sell (to sell)

• gyaadah
• 'waadxa

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selling
'waadxaa

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send
xanjuu

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sending
xanjuuda

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sense

• k'ang.uhlGa
• k'ang.uhlda

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sense everything around you
k'aahlin

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sense something

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

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sense i.e you feel someones emotion / feelings
Gaandang

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senses (sharp senses)

• siinak'ii
• siing.nga k'ii

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sensing someone around
k'aahl kiixa

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sent

• xanjuuda
• xanjuuda.yaay

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sent (to send)
xanjuuda

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sentence
gina k'aalang

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september
k'iik'iidas

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

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

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

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

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serve or something you give away
daagid

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serve you right
sdaagwada

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serve yourself.
ging.gang hla daagihl.

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serving guests
daaying

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serving or passing out things i.e. food
daagil

---

serving too much food
kid Gyaadsdll

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

---

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

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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.

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sex (over sexed – raven's story)
jiiGiioo

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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shoes (take off shoes)
st'aast'a

---

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

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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

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shoulder – shrug your shoulders
skants'ildang

---

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

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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

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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

• daaguul
• daagwuul

---

side of something

• gyaaw
• gyaawhlin

---

side (other side)
wahguusda

---

sideplate
dii taawGan kaayhla

---

sideways

• daawahlgang
• daaw.wahlgang
• daawguhlgang

---

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

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skull
kas skuujii

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skunk cabbage
sgan sgwan

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skunk cabbage – flower (lysichitum americanum)
hlgun chiijii

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skunk cabbage (lysichitum americanum)
hlgun

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

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sky
sah tllgaay

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sky (horizon)

• kuuya kaaGan
• sing kaaGan

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

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

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sky (red sky)

• sGid k'aaxiiyaaw
• sGid k'aaxiiyaaw

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sky (shiny sky)

• xaahl k'aamxiiyaaw
• xaahl sk'aamxiiyaaw

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sky (way up in the sky)

• siixayd
• siixaa

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sky (when skies are grey)
xaasguusdllGuu

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

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sky (whole sky is red)
sGid k'aamxiiyaaw

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sky (whole sky)
kuuya kaagan.ngaay

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sky becoming red
sGida gihl dii

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slab (big slabs or chips of something)

• kl'uuxuunang
• stl'uuxuunang

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slam a door open
kayd Gaasgid

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slam down a person
kayd dllsgid

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

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slam down things
kayd dllt'agan

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

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slang word (– meaning uncertain)
'laakiilang

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slant

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

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slanted

• tl'aayGuudii
• tl'aayts'ii

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

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slap

• tl'aasda
• tl'aasgid
• tl'aasgiidan

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slap on face

• kl'aasgid
• tl'aasgid

---

slap someone over broad
tl'ah Gaadgii

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slapping
tl'aajang

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slatechuck
tllgaduu

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slave

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

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sledding
t'aaGaaw gud ts'aandal dii

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sleep

• k'aa

k'aa gyiu dii sdahll.
sleep i want.

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sleep
k'aa kunts'ii

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sleep – everyone
k'aasdll

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sleep (always sleeping)
k'aa dii gii

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

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sleep (can't sleep)
kang gwaauu gihl

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sleep (go to sleep)
k'aa dii hla

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

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sleep (going to sleep one person)
k'aadii

---

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

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sleep (gone to sleep)
k'aa dii gan

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sleep (scare you in your sleep)

• sinxasdll
• sinxaahll

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sleep (short nap)
kang xaxusda

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

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sleep along time
k'aaxiidans

---

sleep and missed everyone
k'aa gaaw

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sleep flop backwards
k'aa k'aaxasda

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sleep in

• k'aa GanGad
• k'aaGanGid

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sleep over (spending the night)

• Galda
• Gaalda
• Gaaldas

---

sleep underwater then come up for air

• sk'aahlda
• sk'ahlda

---

sleep walking
k'aa kaaGung

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sleep walking (present tense?)
k'aa kaagiGang

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

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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)

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sleeping

• k'aa chuuts'aGihl
• k'aadiiyas

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sleeping (a group of people sleeping)
k'aaxang

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

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sleeping bag

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

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sleeping on back
k'aa GaaGudii

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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

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sleeping seal
sk'aasGahl

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sleepy

• kaang.a
• kaang.ah
• kaa.nga
• kaanga
• kaangxul
• kaangxula
• kang xuula
• kangxula

Dang gwa kaanga? Are you sleepy?

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sleepy eat
k'uu kangahl.hll

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sleepy head

• kangxwalda
• kangxula

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sleepy heat
xaal kangahl.hll

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sleepy looking (sloppy)
kaang.a

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slender
skidjuu

---

slept in
k'aaGang Gid sguuhll

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slept too long
k'aaxansgiida

---

slicing off something that is fat
hltaalang

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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

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slide a little way
chints'ii

---

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

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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

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sliding back & forth
chints'iiGung

---

sliding on your bum
Gudxyangdal

---

slightly

• k'yalt'is
• k'aang.ll

---

slim
kyaljuu

---

slim
yaljuu

---

slim & dainty
sgylljuu

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slim (a person nice and slim)
slapjuu

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

---

slime

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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swallow – trying to swallow
Guuntl'lxuu t'aajing

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swallow (hard to swallow)
gudats'ii

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swallow (to swallow)

• Guuntl'lxuu
• Guuntl'lxuuwaay

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

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swallow anything round
k'aaytllxuu

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swallow down big chunks
hlgiit'ang

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swallow food fast
hlGapGadts'ii

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swallow food fast
xaabGahl xaaGats'ii

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swallow it fast (something small)
xaabahlxaaGadts'ii

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swallow it wrong
Guntl'lxuu Gud Gang

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swallowed
Guuntl'lxuu gan

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swallowing
Guuntl'lxuu dii

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swamp
k'wii s'aaga

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swamp gooseberry (ribes lacustre)
GudGa gii Gaayd

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swamp laurel (kalmia microphylla)
xil kaagan

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swan (tundra swan – olor columbianus)
tyaahlGun

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swarm
hlt'aamjuuGalang

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swarm of insects
hlt'amjuGalang

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swaying (large objects)
hlgiik'ildang

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swearing
halgiilang

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sweat

• daa.ngahl
• daa.ngal

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

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sweat (when running)
Gad daang.ahl

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

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sweat (when walking)
kaa daa.ngahl

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sweater (literal – coat knit)

• chiit'isguu xaayga
• chiit'isgwaay gyaaxaay

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sweating
daang.all

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sweating in the hot sun
xal daa.ngahl

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sweating in the hot sun - heat induced dripping
xaal kwagya

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sweep
hlk'aawdaal

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

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sweeping it together
hlk'asdll

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sweet

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

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sweet – not sweet
gam xaawla Gang

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sweet (as in taste)
Gung k'iinang

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sweet (chinook language)
ts'a'maat

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sweet (extra sweet)

• xaamliiyaay
• xaamliiyay

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sweet (extra sweet)
xaawlaay dadgang

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sweet (something sweet)
gina xaawla

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sweet (tastes good or a sweet looking person)
xaawla

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sweet and bitter
xaawla dadga

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sweet and small (something sweet and small)
xaawllxaajuuwaay

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sweetheart (man talk about)
k'ataayGaa

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sweetheart (man talk to)
k'ataayGaa

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

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sweetheart (woman talk about)
k'ataayGaa

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

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swell (big swell west coast – heavy seas)

• Gaay.yuwaay 'yuwandang
• Gaay.yuwaay 'yuwan ga

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swell (big swell)
luu 'ut'axan

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swell i.e. a body part
danhll

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swelling (starting to swell)
danhll Gihl

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swelling/swollen

• danhll
• danhllya

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swept away
daalxuusda

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swerving around in a boat or car
xaal sgaajuulang

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swim
dllgiixid

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swim

• tllwul

tllwul hla.
do swim.

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swim – trying to keep above the water – dog paddle

• xaats'amt'axung
• xaats'amt'axan

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swim (fish swim up the stream)
sguuGa

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swim (referring to a fish swimming)
gaayxang

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swim that way
'wahgwahlagaay

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swim the other way
'wahgwii 'la gaay

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swim trunks
Gaadangk'un

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swimming – lying in water
dllging.ngaay

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swimming (floating)
dllging

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swimming along

• dllgingdal
• dllging daal

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swimming along (one person)
dllgingdal

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swimming along a bunch of people or birds
ganggingdal

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swimming around

• dllging gwang
• dllgiigwang

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swimming by (fish)
gaaydal

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swinging on a swing

• kaaniiya
• kaan.niiya

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swollen

• danhll
• danhliiya
• xuuts'iiya
• chassgidaasdl

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swollen (already swollen)
danhlgan

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sword
chaatl'l

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sword
sGaaw jing

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sword fern – rootstock (polystichum munitum)

• snanjang
• sk'yaaw
• taan sk'yaaw

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sword fern (polystichum munitum)
ts'aagul

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sword used in battle / fight
chaatl'l

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swore
haalgiilang

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sympathy
guudang.ngaay kaahla

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