Sunday, January 5, 2014

U: English - S. Haida

ugly
  • hl'ansdll
  • hlanjuu
  • hlandaay
  • snahldal xaadGaa xiiyang

ugly (not quite ugly – homely?)
snanjuu

ugly (they are ugly)
hl'an.anaay

ugly
  • giisduu da
hl'ank'iing.dyang ? who are you calling ugly?

ugly (you ugly thing. – said when you are mad at someone)
  • naaGahldaal
  • naaGahljuu

ugly girl
xaadgaa xyang k'uuts'uu

ugly small
xaad Gaaxyang k'uutjuu

unable
  • jiigaayGa
  • jiigaay.ya Ga
  • jiigayGa 
  • jiigiigaa
  • jiigiiGa 
  • jiigyaGa

unable to do something
jiigayGa

unbelievable / not satisfied
hlt'iigang

uncle
  • káaGa
  • kyaaGa
  • kyaaGang
  • kyaaGalang

uncle (man talk about)
  • kaaGa
  • kang

uncle (man talk to)
kaagaay

uncle (woman talk about)
kaaGa

uncle (woman talk to)
kaaGaay

uncles
kaaGaling

uncles (woman & man talk about)
kaaGalang

uncomfortable feeling
  • t'apsildang
  • t'apsuldang

unconscious
ging gang k'aay t'is

uncooked
k'aana

uncoordinated
iijihlgudGa

uncoordinated i.e. when dancing
iits'ihlgudGa

uncooridinated (no rhythm – can't dance)
iits'aa'ahlgudGa

under (anything under)
xidsii

under (down under)
chaagan

underneath
xidguu

understand – do not understand when someone says a word to you
kihldang k'aayt'is

understand (someone says something you can't understand)
kihldang k'aayt'as

underwater (push someones head underwater and they close their eyes)
daajapk'ihlda

underwater village where super naturals live
taang.gwan llnagaay

underwear/underpants
k'un kaahlii

undress
  • gyaaxiisda
  • gyaagiihlda

undress (a man to undress)
chisGuunang

uneasy
t'apsildang

unfinished
t'iiwa

unidentified sculpin (literal meaning – old)
k'aayaay

universe
  • k'wii
  • kuuyaay

universe (the universe salmon come from under the charcoal ocean / sea)
k'wiigaguukunGwas

unlucky
xaas

unlucky
  • xaa
  • xaaGa
  • xaas
ll xaas ga.
she is unlucky.

unnatural
(Gan) k'alaadanga

unravel
k'aahlwang

unravel – pull to unravel
dang k'aahlwang

unripe
k'aana

unripe berries ????
k'ankiida

untidy
  • jahljuu
  • jaajuu
  • kaahlt'ama
  • k'aahlt'ama

untidy (falling untidy)
Gad jaahlgid

untidy (untidy hair)
jahljuu

unwilling (one person)
  • guda ilgiiyang
  • guda ilging
  • guda iljuu

up
  • saa'ad
  • saasda
  • saasii
  • sah
  • sah xwii
  • siixgii

up – something up there
sah ah

up (going up)
sah gwii

up (something big moving up i.e. raising a totem pole)
hlgiidalhll

up and down
kaan.niiya

up and down
kun k'iilang

up from
gyaala

up inlet (go up the inlet)
  • kaahlgwa
  • kaahlgwii
  • kaahlagwii

up on something
Gaahlln

up there
sahgwii

up tight
hlgaluuhlda

up i.e. a person going up a hill
siixii

upset
guudang.ngaay gii 'waadsxagang

upside down
kuuGahl gang

upstream
kwahgyanghll

urchin (edible not so milky inside of urchin)
chiis.sGiida

urchin (green sea urchin, strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)
styuu k'amdala

urchin (purple, strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
  • daws stiiwaay (talking about)
  • styuu xaasa
daws is short for dawxuusda meaning westcoast

urchin (red sea urchin, strongylocentrotus franciscanus)
guuding.ngaay

urinate
  • chiigan
  • chiiyahda dii

urinate (a little bit)
chiiskasda

urinate (a little squirt)
chiiskasda

urinate (a man having a pee)
chiit'amdaga

urinate (all over the place)
chiisyuudaga

urinate (always want to urinate)
xaawxiid

urinate (barely coming out)
xawxii

urinate (first pee of many to come)
jid xihl

urinate (going chiigan many times)
  • jidxil
  • jid xil ga
  • jidkapxal

urinate (in squirts)
jidguuGadang

urinate (little squirt)
chiit'amsda

urinate (long ways)
chiit'aapsda

urinate (must go real bad)
sk'yuuxiida

urinate (need to urinate so bad you are shaking)
sk'yuuxiidasdll dii ga

urinate (one little squirt)
kwaajiisda

urinate (pee a little)
jidsgasda gang

urinate (pee before you leave)
chiigan sk'idGa

urinate (peeing lots)
chiiganGadang

urinate (running for ever)
kwaagid sGwan.nang

urinate (small stream no force)
chiidamdaga

urinate (spray)
chiitluusda

urinate (urinate with terrific force)
chiihlgiidaga

urinate (way over)
chiisgaapsda

urinate in wrong place
jidsguuda

urinate pot
chiigan sk'an

urinate the bed
chiigandii

urine (pee dripping or a tap)
kwaaskaadaldang

urine (pee spreading all over)
kwaajaadaga

urine (smell like urine)
chink'aalGada

urine running
kwaagyang

urine trough (all longhouses had them)
chiigan hlGaagid

us
  • iid
  • iidt'll
  • iitl'lb

use
  • gii inda
  • gyaaging
  • gyaging

use to
  • giinii
  • gang giinii
  • gang giin

use to (do that)
gan dluu

use to already
  • gan
  • dii gan
  • dii gang

use to do
gang.giinii

use your words
kiilang hla gyaaging

used to (getting used to someone/something)
kaasgiid

used to be
  • gaa.nga gan
  • gaanii

used to say
suugan giinii

useful
daalsgid

useless (raven talk)
k'abow

usual (as usual)
  • waaGaan.nadsxan
  • waanadsxan