Sunday, January 5, 2014

W: English - S.Haida

waddling
  • kwaasjaGundal
  • kwaasjaGungdal
  • kwaasts'aGundal

waddling (barely waddling along)
GaayGwalxan k'wats'iiGung gwang 

waddling along (man walking large)
  • damts'iiGundal
  • damts'iiGungdal

waddling along (skinny person)
  • hlkaats'iiGundal
  • hlkaats'iiGungdal 

wading
hlgaagiigwang 

wading (going to)
hlgaagiixid 

wading (past tense) one person
hlgaagiigwang 

wading (swimming whole body is in the water)
dlgiigwang 

wading around (more than oneperson)
hlgaagiilang 

wagon
dik dik - chinook language

wailing
sGang.gii.ngang 

wailing and speaking of a dead person (what they used to do)
kiihljuu 

waist
  • yahguujii
  • yahguusii 

wait
  • k'waay
  • k'yaaw Ga

wait almost
k'waay amts'uxan 

waiting
Gaayd k'aahljuu 

waiting (and watching)
Gid k'aahljuu 

waiting (for anything)
Gid k'aahljuu 

waiting (tired of waiting)
  • Giinsda
  • ginsda 

waiting for somebody
k'yaawGaGid 

waiting for someone/something
Giid k'aahljuu 

waiting for something and it is not coming
k'anhllsgii 

waiting in vain
Gid k'aahl.llsgii 

wake up
  • skinxa
  • skinxa ga - wake up
  • skinxa dii - waking up
  • xaal skinxa - wake (awake from starting motor)
  • xaa skinxa - wake (grab awake)
  • sdaa skinxa - wake (kick awake)
  • sguun skinxa - wake (kiss awake)
  • k'aah skinxa - wake (laugh awake)
  • tl'l skinxa - wake (pinch awake)
  • k'ids skinxa - wake (poke awake)
  • daa skinxa - wake (push awake)
  • kl'aa skinxa - wake (slap awake)
  • tl'aa skinxa - wake (slap awake)
  • st'aa skinxa - wake (step on awake)
  • kil skinxa - wake (wake by yelling)
  • kil skinxa - wake (yell awake)
  • jid skinxa - wake by spraying with water

wake up (did wake up)
skin xaay.ya gan.

wake of a boat
sGuuluu tluugingdal

walk
kaa

walk (come in)
kaats'ii hla 

walk (did not walk far enough)
xang.Gas Ga hll kaa 

walk (easy to walk on)
t'aaxuula 

walk (hard to walk on – hard walking)
t'aaxagudG

walk after
dll Gaahla kayd 

walk along and turn
kaa dllhlGahldas

walk and turn around and walk back
kaadllhlGahlda

walk around
kaaGung.aay 

walk away
gant'axid

walk backwards
Guuda gyang.ah kaa 

walk easily
guustl'as hla kaa 

walk in
kaats'ii 

walk off (take off on foot)
t'aaGad 

walk out
  • kaaGwa
  • kaah Gwa 

walk out (going to walk out)
kaaxuul xidii

walk out
  • kaaxuhl
naa Giisda kaaxuhl. walk out of the house.

walk out first
kaa dlljuu 

walk out the door
kaaxuul 

walk out to the beach
kaasG

walk together
Gaadlsgid 

walk up
kaahliiya 

walked out
  • kaatl'lx
  • sdiihlGwa

walked out to point
kunjiwaay Ga'ah 

walking
  • ganhlGalang
  • t'aat'axungdal
  • t'aat'axung
  • kaagiiGang 

walking – a group walking in a line into a house
sdaadalts'ii

walking – a person walking funny
st'aajuus 

walking – a slim person walking ahead fast
sgyadxyangdal 

walking – fancy walking
kaa'uwaadst'alang 

walking (a big person walking)
tl'atGwiigyang 

walking (a group leaving)
gant'a xid 

walking (a group walking)
ganda xiid 

walking (a large person walking)
k'waahlGwiigiiyang 

walking (a row of people walking now)
kundal dii 

walking (a row of people walking)
kundal 

walking (a slim person walking fast)
xiid sk'yaaxyangdal 

walking (barely walking along)
alts'uGungdaal

walking (bent over person walking along)
k'waatsGalang 

walking (big person walking)
  • kwaasjuGundal
  • sgapgwii giiyang 

walking (dirty person walking along)
xuundal 

walking (lots of people walking)
  • sk'ihlGwii giiyang 
  • xuundal 

walking (messy person walking along)
gantllxaa 

walking (more than one person walking)
jaahlgwii giiyang 

walking (more than one person)
ganhlGal 

walking (more than one walking/group walking)
gaant'axiid 

walking (people walking in a line)
sgaadaal 

walking (person walking sideways)
tl'aayxyangdal 

walking (pretty tall and slim person walking along)
kaahla 

walking (short and fat person walking along)
haana skyal gwii giiyang 

walking (short person walking)
huugwii gyang

walking (shorta nd fat person walking along)
k'iiyadgwii giiyang 

walking (skinny thin person walking along)
'wahlGwii giiyang 

walking (sloppy person walking along)
hlkak Gwii giiyang 

walking (smelly person walking along)
sladGwii giiyang 

walking (start walking)
sGanGwii giiyang 

walking (tall and skinny person walking along)
gud ad ll dll' t'aa xiid 

walking (tall person walking along)
slaadGwiigyang 

walking (together walking away)
hlkaagwii giiyang 

walking (walk through something muddy or sticky)
kyaahts'iigang 

walking (walking around)
  • kaaGwang
  • kaaGung
k'inGad gyiunuu hll kaaGwang gan. summer when i walked.

walking (watching your step as you are walking around)
t'aaguda

walking (weaving along)
st'aaxyangdal 

walking (zig zag walking)
  • kaa sgaalangdaal
  • xaal sgaalangdaal 

walking ahead
t'aadlljuudal 

walking along
  • kaa gyang 
  • kaadal

walking along and the ground is slippery
t'aatl'lxuu

walking along rejected
hl'anGwiigiiyang 

walking along slow
t'aadldal 

walking along with a cane
kidkaagyang

walking along with a cane going fast
kidguuxyang

walking along with head down (shabbling along)
sGwaahlGwii giiyang 

walking arm & arm
  • sk'ud gandal 
  • sk'ud kaagyang 

walking arm in arm with a short fat person
sk'udk'wahlgingdal 

walking around
kaaGunggwang

walking around – more than one person
  • gandal 
  • ganhlGahl

walking around – one person
kaaGung 

walking around getting things ready to go
kaaGuhlGa

walking around looking for something
kayjuu gwang

walking around soaking wet
t'ihluuing.ga

walking backwards
Gudaahlgang gwa da kaagyang 

walking bent over
kunGwiigyang

walking bow legged
hlgaaGwiigyang 

walking bull legged
hlgaaGwiigyang 

walking by a (or brushing by someone)
dllhll 

walking fancy
waa'alaGung.dal 

walking fast with a cane
kid guuxyangdal

walking feet (walk, don't run)
st'aay kaaGung 

walking funny
  • t'aa k'yamt'axung 
  • t'aa ts'amt'axung 

walking gently
t'aa guuda daal

walking gracefully
xiid gaaxyangdaal 

walking humbly alone
  • k'uugwiigiyang
  • k'uuts'iGundal 

walking in (a big person with a big fancy dress)
k'waahlGwiits'ii 

walking in a line
agan dang sdaadal 

walking in water
t'aats'amt'axung 

walking noisely (thumping around)
t'aadamxang

walking on your toes
st'aa skaayjuu 

walking slowing
dlldal 

walking soft or sloppy
sladgwiigwang

walking stiff legged/straight/or with a stiff neck
chuuGwiigiiyang 

walking straight
sdaalGwiiyang 

walking swift
chuugwiigiiyang 

walking together
gandaal  

walking together in
gandaal ts'ii 

walking towards
gwaadiuu ll kaa 

walking towards someone
gwii st'aaga

walking unsteadily due to age
hlGaast'uuGandal 

walking up
kaahlas 

walking up stairs or a hill
kaahll 

walking wet
t'iihl hlt'adgwiigwang

walking with a cane
kid kaagyang

walking with you head held proudly or a loaded boat
aang.k'aajuudal 

walking, going (response to a question)
kaaga 

wall (back wall of longhouse)
  • 'waadxanaay Gaaw hll kaaga.
  • hlkyagwa 

wall (front wall of longhouse)
taadsxwa 

wall (side wall of longhouse)
daaguul 

wall partition
  • laal.lagii
  • laall 

want
  • sdaahll
  • sdaahlas
...gyiu dii sdaahll.
... i want. (object or things, but not food.)

want (but not for food)
  • sdaahl.lang
  • sdaalang 

want (do not want it)
iisdah 

want (don't want)
gwaawa 

want (in a question)
  • guudang 
gingyu da iis gudang?  where you go want?
rupert Gaauu dii guda kaaw. Rupert I want to go.

want (response to a question)
  • guda 
gin gyu da iis guudang? where you go want?
rupert Gaauu dii guda kaaw Rupert I want go.

want (when you want or wish for food)
guudang

want to
guudasdll 

want too much (greedy)
sdaahllGid 

want (in a question)
  • sdaahlang
guus gyiu dii sdaahlang? what do you want?
Gaan xaaw gyiu dii sdaahll. juice do i want.

wanting badly
sdaahll Gid 

war
  • gaalang
  • gaalang.aay 

war (going to help in war)
kaayduu 

war (going to war)
kaayduu 

war (raid)
  • kaayduu
  • kaayjuu 

warm
taak'inGad

warm (getting warm i.e. the weather)
taak'inGasdll

warm (getting warm)
k'inGasdll

warm (luke warm)
st'aaw k'iina 

warm (when used in a sentence)
k'iinang

warm up
k'inGasdllda

warming roots to peel roots
sguuGalang 

warming self or anything you want to warm up
skiijuu 

warming up something
xaal kiinda 

warning (a warning of bad news)
hlnnGang 

warp (weaving)
xyuu.ii

warrior
gaayhlandaay – hydaburg

warrior/soldier
gaalang ll GaayGa

warriors/soldier
gaalang ll GaayGa

warship
gaalang tluu

warship (cranky boat)
  • sGaats'a tluu
  • sGaats'a tluuwaay

warship (derived from man of war)
manawa 

warship/mean
  • sGaats'ii tluuwaay
  • sGaats'ii tluu

wart
  • Gudsk'aa'al
  • Gudskaall 

wash
dlln 

wash (laundry)
  • taa danjagid
  • taa danjiigid 

wash board
daak'uuna.nang.uu 

wash clothes
daanjaagid 

wash clothes by hand
daasidang 

wash clothes on wash board
dahlk'unannang 

wash cloths
daagan.nanuu 

wash it down
xuud k'aayhll ts'ii 

wash it down (food)
xud k'aayhll ts'ii 

wash out – i.e south easterily storm washes out and forms a gully
gaay chaasdaya 

wash tub
  • giiGaatl'l
  • giiGaatl'lwaay

wash whole body
dlln dllhll 

wash your hands
slaan hla dlln 

washing
danjiigid 

washing (do washing)
  • taa danjagid
  • taa danjiigid 

washing (water washing over something)
guuxyangs

washing clothes in the creek or tub with your feet
t'aasadang 

washing machine
taa danjagidwaay 

washing something in water with your feet
t'aa tl'lsidang

washing things with your feet
taasiidang 

washing up on the beach
sk'aaluu 

waste
chaanG

wasted
  • chaana gihl 
  • chaanagii gan 
  • chanaGii

wasting time
siing.k'aahlaad 

wasting time for nothing
siing.k'aahlaad 

watch
  • anagung 
  • 'anagwang 
  • kaayts'id
  • kyahjuu

watch (to watch)
aanagung 

watch out
  • gaahlagudging 
  • gaa hla gudging.

watch over
  • k'aayts'id 
  • kyahts'ii 

watch over (i.e until they disappear out of sight)
kyahhlin 

watch your step (said to someone as you are walking or before they leave)
Gaaxgang hla t'aats'ang

watchful (keeping watch/watching carefully)
guudangadaa 

watching
aan.nagung 

watching (people looking at something)
kyahxuulang 

watching (someone watching you all the time)
king k'awGaya 

watching for
kyahjuu

watching out of curiosity
anaGuun

watching over (got something that you don't want to let go – keep watching over somebody most of the time)
king k'aayGaaw – past tense
king k'aayGaaw – present tense

watchman (haida gwaay watchman program)
gina Ga kyahts'as 

watchman (marten watchman of canoes)
k'uuxuu dii naa gins

watchmen
gina Ga ga kyahts'as

water
  • Gandll
  • Gandlaay

water
xaaw

water – packing water into the taawt'a
jiixiidas 

water (almost low water or low tide)
chiixuudaal

water (any large inside body of water or a body of water inbetween two places )
siigaay 

water (barely running)
k'waasgadaga 

water (blast of water)
kwahlgiisda 

water (cold water)
Gandll k'aaw 

water (coming down from all directions)
  • kwatl'uudaga 
  • kwatl'uusda 

water (dirty water)
Gandlaay sk'iila gan

water (drip water)
chiixiixaaw 

water (high water now)
sgwaa kaat'is 

water (in the water)
Gaay.yuG

water (little stream of running water)
kwasgad.daga 

water (running water)
kwadaga 

water (smoking up water on the ocean)
yaawlanga

water (steady stream of water)
  • k'inhlgiidaga
  • kwahlgiijuu 

water (trickle of water)
kwaasgad.daga 

water (warm water – luke warm)
staaw k'iina 

water (water turning over coming into something)
k'aayhlGuuhl

water flow - lots i.e. like a fireman's hose
kwahsgiijuu

water goes up and down / water goes in and out
ts'iduuldang

water going over something
  • guusdll
  • ungud guusdll 

water hole
Gandll skaasxaala 

water hole (a muddy water hole)
k'uuya xiil

water lily root (nuphar luteum)
  • xil gaydllgins
  • xiila gaydllging
  • xiila gaydllgyang

water parsley (oenanthe sarmentosa)
  • hlk'inxa sgaawsidaay
  • hlk'iid giidGii

water running
  • kwaadaG
  • kwaagad a 
  • kwaagid 
  • kwaagyang 
  • kwaagyang 
  • kwaahgid 

water running off a small hill
kwah kuujuu

water running wide
kwahgawjuu

water shifting around
daal k'aayhll

water shifting back and forth i.e. on a boat
tl'ats'iigung 

water sloshing in a boat
  • kl'aats'aGung
  • tl'aats'aGung

waterfall
  • kwahtl'luujuu 
  • kwakl'uujuu 
  • kuu.u 
  • kuugaay 
  • kuu
  • kuuGa

waterfall (water running off a small cliff)
kwahkuujuu

waterfall (medium sized waterfall)
kwahkuuG

waterfront (stretch of land along waterfront)
kaaGan

watershed
  • Gandll daagul
  • gud gii kwahgyang
  • Gandll gud Gii kwahgids

watery
xaawa 

wave
  • luuwaay
  • Gaayuwaay
  • Gaayuwaay
  • Gaayawaay
  • Gaay'uwaa
  • llwaa
  • luu

wave – a big wave breaking
Gungtl'uujuu daal 

wave – big wave breaking along
Gungtl'uujuu 

wave – tidal wave
taayda.la 

wave (big rolling wave)
Gaay.yuu Guungxagang

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

wave (big wave breaking a long way from reef to beach)
Gungxyangdal

wave (big waves)
luu 'yuu dala

wave (riding with the waves)
  • kuuwakaa
  • kuuGakaa 

wave (short breaking waves)
Guungxagang

wave (surging wave breaking on something i.e rock bluff)
  • kl'aats'aGung
  • tl'aats'aGung

wave (the wave)
llwaay 

wave (water rushs back out after a big wave)
k'aahlt'axid

wave (when the wave comes down)
  • hlk'iit'aaxidii dluu
  • hlk'iit'aaxid 

wave blown up by a big wind
xuudGaayuuwah 

wave breaking on beach
llwaaga

wave breaking right up to the beach
Guung hlgii juudal

wave breaks all of a sudden
Gaay.yuwaay Gwangtl'lxa

wave broke over the bow of a boat
kun tl'l 

wave came in
tl'ljaax.giigan 

wave came in (high tide)
tl'lsgiidan

wave going down
  • tl'aat'aaxiid 
  • tl'lt'axid dii

wave just breaks on top of the rock
Gaadhla

wave moving around
  • kl'aats'aGung
  • tl'aats'aGung
  • tl'aast'iiGung 

wave over the bow of a boat
kuntl'l 

wave smoking up (whirl wind)
xuudGaayuuwah

waves (big waves surging)
  • tl'aat'axagang
  • tl'aat'axaagang 

waves (big waves)
llwaay 'yuut'aaxaagang

waves (bucking into a big sea)
sgidGaadxyang 

waves (calm in between waves)
  • GaaysiiGaas
  • GaaysiiGad

waves (person who sizes up the waves so the boat can get out)
Gaaysiigang 

waves (sloppy waves breaking)
tl'aasdaGung

waves (surging waves back and forth)
k'laats'aaGung 

waves (surging waves goes down after the wave broke)
  • k'aahldaxid
  • k'aahlt'axid

waves (waves breaking all over)
  • Gungkl'aajuu
  • Gungtl'aajuu

waves (white caps – larger waves)
taajuuwaay Gaada Guungxagnag

waves (white caps – moving along – smaller waves)
taajuuwaay GaadaGaadal ga

waves (white caps)
Gaada Guungxagang

waves break
llwaay Gwang 

waves breaking
  • tlaajang
  • luu Gungxagan 

waves breaking (a big wave)
Gwangxagang 

waves breaking on a point
tlaajang kuna

waves going down
  • kl'aat'axiid
  • tl'aat'axid 

waves hit boat and knock it about
sgiidGaadxaagang 

waves surging up and down
xwaahlt'axiid 

wavey
luuwa

waving (pointing the way)
stllsGalang 

waving (using your hand for person to come here)
  • nangxaasGalang 
  • nangxiisGalang 

waving at someone
xiisGalang 

way (on the way on at trail or road)
k'iiwaats'ii

way back
diidgii

way it will be/that's how
  • haak'wanuu
  • haak'wan 

way over
  • waads gwii
  • waadsgwii 
  • waadsxwa 

we
  • t'aang 
  • t'alang
  • t'ang 

we all love you.
dang Ga iid 'waadluuxan k'uuga ga. 

we all miss you.
dang t'alang gaaw da ga. 

we all share
gud gii t'aalang giida 

we are not happy together.
gam gud ad guudang.ngaay 'laa Gang gan. 

we/us
iid 

weak
  • jiigaya
  • jiigiiya

weak tea or coffee
k'aadlga

weak i.e a person or animal
st'angxaayaa 

weak, tired
  • Gaa xa
  • Gaa xa ga
  • Gaa xa gang ga
  • Gaa xa gil
dii Gaa xa gil.
i'm tired.

wealth
  • skil
  • skilgaas

wealthy
iitl'lgas

wealthy person
iixaaydaG

wear
gii inda 

wear (anything you put on yourself)
xaajuu

wearing
  • jiit'as
  • gyaaging
  • gyaging

wearing appearal
giigyaas

wearing out or off
naan haayluu dii ga

wearing raggy cloths
ts'aaxaay.ya 

wearing underwear around your ankles
kyaahl t'ahlxyang 

weasel
tllga

weather
siing.aay 

weather
sin 

weather
  • sing.aay
gassinguu sing.aay Giidang? how weather is?

weather (bad weather is not going to change) – shiny sky
  • ahaay.yad  xaaya ga.
  • xaahl k'aamxiiyaaw
  • xaahl sk'aamxiiyaaw 

weather (bad weather)
sin daaGanga 

weather (calm weather – look at the calm weather)
huu Gaaysas king.

weather (calm weather)
dlaay.yii 

weather (checking the weather)
sing.Gang

weather (cold spell)
taada GadGaaw 

weather (cold weather)
sing.aay taaydang

weather (quite often bad weather)
sin daang.nga aaws 

weather (sign of good weather - octopus legs intertwined right across the sky)
naw gud t'aajaagiida 

weather (stuck by bad weather)
xiit'iijan

weather (warm weather)
sing.aay k'iinang

weather is bad all the time and it keeps you from getting seafood because there are large waves breaking on the beach.
gaay k'waaging.aw

weave
  • kiiGuuxaay 
  • wiiguuxaay 

weave something
yang

weaver expert
  • wiiguuxaay llGaayGa
  • llGaayGalang – plural

weaving
wiiguuxaay

weaving (fern design pattern woven into haida baskets)
ts'aagul daGaang 

webbed feet
st'aa kun gudGaGaagidxan

wedding anniversary
tllsda jad iina Gihl 

wedge (stone wedge)
  • tl'uu
  • tl'uuwaay 

wedge shape
tl'Ganah 

wedlock (born out of wedlock)
hlGaytl'in sda kiiGawa

wednesday
sing hlGunuhl

weed
ink'ii

weeding a garden (action of weeding)
taa ink'ii 

week (last)
'waadaahlG

week (many weeks)
sundayga gaaydawaal 

week (one week)
sunday ga sGwaansing

week (one week)
  • sunday gii sGaasguu
  • sunday sGaask'uu 

week (one week)
sunday gaay sGwaansing 

weeks or days ago / long time ago
  • 'waadahlGa
  • 'waadahlGaaw
  • "waaddahlGuu
  • 'waadahlxa

weepy (emotional)
kaaganiina

weft (the weaver)
gyaaxaay

weighing in
k'aadguudang'in 

weight (heavy weight)
kiina 

weight (light weight)
kiixii

weight (something light)
kiixii 

weight scale
k'aadgudang'u 

weight scale/weight counter
kaaynaa k'waayangda'u 

weir
  • giilii
  • giilaay – talk about
  • giiliiGaaw 

weir (fish weir stake – lit. – trap stake driven in)
giilii sk'aang.uu k'aadskiila 

welcome
  • huu 'laagan
  • tadsxwa

welcome (your welcome is worn out)
guud siin Giid ts'ii 

welcome (your welcome)
'laagan 

well (human feeling)
  • dayxanGid 
  • 'laa

well (water well)
xuuaduu

went (everybody went or is gone)
chiihll 

went away / left us / passed away
kaaydan 

were
iijang 

west coast (when you talk about the west coast)
  • daa 'u xwii
  • daawuxwii

 west coast - all of haida gwaii coastline
  • dawxus tllgaay
  • dawxwah tllgaay

west coast
dawxus

west coast – in reference to the west coast said when on the east coast
diidaxwah gwaay.yaay

west coast – the entire west coast
  • daawuuxusda
  • daawxusda 

west narrows 
  • daawxuusda
  • daawuxuusda
  • daa'ulgaay 

west wind – comes from land on east coast
  • diidxuusda
  • didxuusda

west wind – comes from open water on west coast
k'aadxuusda 

western buttercup (ranunculus occidentalis)
saahldaljiigaay 

western buttercup (ranunculus occidentalis)
xil k'ud tl'an 

western buttercup (seeds) (rumex occidentalis)
dakda xilG

western dock (rumex occidentalis)
tl'aang.k'uus 

western grebe (hell diver)
hiixuudaada

western red cedar (thuja plicata)
ts'uu

western red cedar inner bark
  • giixiida
  • ts'iihluu 

western red cedar long thin branches
sgiisgil 

western red cedar outer bark of an old tree
gahlda 

western red cedar thick inner bark
Gaay 

western red osier dogwood (cornus sericea)
sgiisgii 

western thimble berry – berry (rubus parviflorus)
guugadiis

western thimble berry – sprouts (rubus parviflorus)
kaaysgwaan 

western thimble bush – berry (rubus parviflorus)
  • xwadaluu
  • hlGabaluu
  • guugadiis xil 

wet
  • t'iihl
  • t'il
  • t'yal

wet (a person soaking wet walking along)
t'iihl Gwii gyang 

wet (being wet)t'iihldii 

wet (get something wet)
t'iihlGad.dasG

wet (really wet)
t'iihl jaahlii

wet
t'iis

wet (sloppy wet)
giislatsdll 

wet (sticking out wet)
  • t'iihljuu
  • t'ihljuu 

wet (try to get it wet)
t'iihlGad taajing 

wet getting
t'iihlG

wet suit
t'iihl gii.insk'uu

wetness
  • t'yalgaay
  • t'yal 

wetting something
t'iihlGada

whale (whale came ashore nose first)
kunGaawagan

whale (baird beaked whale)
  • kun sgaagud
  • t'ang.ahlGaa.nga
  • sGap

whale (grey whale)
kun

whale (hump back/lots at north island)
sGap

whale (killer whale – killer whales with the white strip on their fin are call gindinaay / eagles. killer whales that are all black are ravens.)
sGaana

whale (short finned pilot whale)
kun sgaagud

whale (sperm whale – literal – whale head opening and closing)
kun kaajii Gaajaawuu

whale (unidentified small whale)
tl'aats'agaal

whale (unidentified)
Gaadagaal

whale breaking water – the blowing air sound
  • kwaaxagang
  • k'uuxagang 

whale shoulder
kun skyuu

whale tail
kun k'iida

whales (a pod of whales)
tl'ldaal

wharf
  • hlGaajuus.sGas
  • ts'aan tluu daanaay
  • tluu daanaay 

what
  • gasing.uu
  • guuk'uusuu 
  • guus
guus gyiu what are; what do...
guus gyiu da kiing gang? what are you looking for?
guus gyiu dang sdaahlang?
guus gyiu dang sdaahla ga?  what do you want?
gasing.uu da suugang?  what do you say?
gasing.uu ga ahljuugang? what is happening?
gasing Ga Giid daawGaaw what ever happened?

what
  • guusu
  • guusuu
guusu da isdyang? what did you do?
hll kuuga gan. i cooked.
guusu Guud taa gang? what eagle eat?
guusuu ahaay.yad da isdasang? what are you doing today?
guusu t'alang taa Gas ga what's for dinner?

what
  • gwa
dang gwa... you what ...happy, etc.

what for
  • giinasGan 
  • guusGaaxgiiyuu 
  • guusGan 
  • guusGan.nuu 
  • guusGanuu 

wheel barrel
kithlGaadaal.uu 

wheels (anything with wheels i.e. car wheel barrel)
ts'ik ts'ik gaay 

when
  • dluu 
  • giinuu 
  • gyin 
da xal kaagwang gyinu k'awuu hla.  when you ride sit down.

when (do)
  • giisanud
  • giisin.nud 
giissan.nud uu chiina sGyuu Gang? when do fish wiggle-swim?
k'inGad gyinu taaxid k'aasda Guu sgyuuGa gang ga. springtime go sockeye copper river wiggle-swimming.

when they
ad tl'ad

whenever
tllxan 

where
  • giin
  • gyin
giin gyiu da 'isdyaang? where are you going?
'waadxanaay Gaaw hll isdyaang. store am i going.

where
  • giinuu
giinuu k'yaaluu hlt'alga? where cormorant nest?
giinuu k'aaw uu naay iijang? where sitting room is?

where
  • gingyu
  • gyen giyuu
gingyu dang iis gudang?  where do you want to go?
rupert Gaauu dii guda kaa Rupert, there i want go.
gyen giyuu da iijang? where you were?
tllaal Gaaw hll iijang.  tllaal there i was.
gyen giyuu da kaaGang? where are you walking (going)?

where
  • gaguu 
  • giitsxii 
  • gisda 
  • tl'dGan 
  • giidsgwii

where ever
tllxiid

where from
  • giiniisdaaw 
  • giinsdaaw 
  • giisis.sdaaw
  • gisis.sdaaw 

where i stood
giiyaaxa 

where there was something
guu giina 

which one
giiniis'uu 

whiff
  • sintl' 
  • sintl'l 

whiff of good smell
sguun Gamxuulang 

while ago (just a little while ago)
  • xidGan gwii
  • hiit'aGan gwii 

whine
  • gaa'ahlxang
  • Gaa'ahlxang 

whip (with a little stick)
t'amsgid 

whip up with your arm i.e. soapberry
xiisGid 

whirl wind – wind comes up the inlet
xudtluuhlGihl

whirlpool
  • juuGwiihlGihl
  • juugwiihlGalii
  • juuGwiihlGahl

whirlpool – back shore, back eddy
  • Gaxgang kwahgid
  • Gaxgang kwahgiida

whirlpool (caused by strong tide)
juulGwiihlGihl 

whirlpool (narrow whirlpool)
t'amGwiiGahl

whiskers
  • sk'yuuwan
  • sk'yuugang 

whiskey (bitter/strong)
dadga 

whisky
xud ts'intl'l

whisper
sgaad.daga 

whisper in secret
suuda k'uuhlda

whistling (by mouth not the object itself)
xuud sk'aajuu 

whistling walking along
xuud sk'aajuudal

whistle – made from alder wood
kal xud kii.ngang.uu

whistle (a small round whistle)
sGaana

whistle (an ordinary whistle with your mouth)
xuud sk'aasdiiyaay

whistle punk (logging)
dang kii.ngang 

whistle that the ref carries
xuud kindaawuu

whistling
kiinangs

whistling (one whistle)
xuud sk'aasda

whistling walking along
xuud sk'aajuudal

white
  • Gaada
  • Gaadas 

white caps (a little chop on top of waves)
Gaay.yuwaay gungxaguu gan

white whiskers
sk'yuu Gi Gaadajaadal 

who
  • gisdu
  • giisdu
  • giisda 
gisdu iijang? who is it?
giisda gwey? who wants this?

who (plural)
  • giisdalang 
giistladaa 'yuwan iijii? who is all there?

who (singular)
giisdu 

whoever / anybody
tl'aagii 

whole body
hluu 

whole grains
hl'our

whole land is tipping over
tl'aay t'aaxiid da 

whole round thing
k'aaysguuxan 

whole thing
  • guusk'uu 
  • guusk'uuxan 
  • sGaasgu

whole thing give away
guujihl 

whole wheat toast
hl'our toast 

whom
gisda 

why
  • gaasin tl'aaw
  • gaayin tl'aaw

why not
sintl'aaw 

wide
  • Gaahla 
  • gaawjuu 

wide and flat
kl'uujuu 

wide (a big wide space)
k'aajuu

wide (anything wide)
gawjuu

wide (reference to face)
k'aamjuu 

wide (something wide)
kl'aamjuu 

wide (wide big and round i.e. a person with a big round face)
k'aamjuu

wide open
Gaamdal 

wide spread out
Gaawjuu

wide thing on top of something
gawhlin 

widow
sk'aa.nga 

wife (intended wife)
jaaGa hlngaay 

wife (man talk about)
jaaG

wife (man talk to)
jaaGaay 

wifes father-in-law
hllnaas

wiggle-swim (fish) – used in a question
  • sguu Ga
giisanuud uu taaxid sGyu gang?
k'inGad gyinu taaxid k'aasda Guu sguuGa gang ga. springtime when sockeye copper river all wiggle-swimming.

wiggling your bum
GuujuuGalang 

wild
hlk'yan xaaga 

wild blackberry (rubus ursinus)
tllga sk'aawGaanGa

wild blue violet (viola adunca)
daal sgii 

wild carrot (conioselinum pacificum)
gyaagyaa k'al sguuna
nawsgaawsidaay xil
hlk'inxa sgaawsidaay 

wild cellery
hlk'iid 

wild cress (cardamine angulata)
Gaagan xil 

wild geranium (geranium richardsonii)
hlun xid 

wild lily of the valley – berry (maianthemum dilatatum)
siiGan 

wild lily of the valley – bush (maianthemum dilatatum)
siiGan hlk'aay.yii 

wild lily of the valley – plant (maianthemum dilatatum) (first shoots when they come out)
sk'aaxaay 

wild man
  • gaagiixid
  • gaagiixiid – used in a sentence

wild man (becoming)
gaagiixiidan 

wild snowdrops
xil GuG

wilderness (out in the wilderness)
tllganghlaang 

will (against your will)
guuda llgwang 

will (bad will spread to us)
staangxuuhldas

will not
da Gaansa 

willing
  • guula 
  • guull
  • xaats'ii 

willing (willing to do something)
gwaalaga

willing to help
  • st'aaga
'laa uu st'aaga ga she is willing to help
bea uu st'aaga ga bea is willing to help

willow tree
sGiis sgii

win
jiitll 

win
  • kaayahl
  • kaay.yihl
  • kaay.yihls
  • kaayhl
  • kaay.yahl
  • kaay.yahls 
  • kaayll
  • kaay.yal 
Gid k'aahl skii. win (thinking you won, but you didn't)

win (to win)
gwii kaay.yil 

win lots
k'antl'l

wind
  • taajaaw 
  • taajuu 
  • taajuus  
  • taajuuwaay

wind – wind turns west
daala sGil t'apdalang 

wind (a gust wind)
jamxuhlda

wind (a strong north east wind)
tllga GaadGuuga

wind (a warm north east wind)
tll'llga

wind (big and strong wind)
  • aawGiiya (taajuuwaay)
  • aawGaaya 

wind (big gust of wind)
taajuu k'aayGwii

wind (blowing out of inlet)
taajuu sGa

wind (blowing se switching to sw)
Gud k'aat'a

wind (calm no wind)
Guulas

wind (cold wind)
taajuuwaay k'awgang

wind (east wind)
k'aadxuusda taajuu 

wind (exceptionally strong south east wind – black like sky)
xyuu guu hlGaahlGuuga

wind (fierce south east wind)
xyuu guu hlGaahlGuuga

wind (gale force)
hlGaahlGu

wind (gone with the wind)
taajuuwaay ad uu gaaw 

wind (gust of wind)
jamxuusda

wind (gusty wind in sequence)
jamxulang

wind (light south east wind)
  • xyuu guu xamjuuga
  • xyuusda xamjuuga
  • xyuu guu xamjuuga

wind (light wind)
  • xamjuu
  • xamjuu 

wind (no wind in a spot)
Guull

wind (northwest)
  • k'aaxuusda
  • k'aaxuusdaga 

wind (out of the wind)
Guull

wind (small gusts of wind)
xamxuusda

wind (small peice or top of tree blows off)
kayd kaajii xaatl'l

wind (smoking wind)
xud Gaay.uuwa 

wind (south east wind will come)
xiiwaaGil gang 

wind (south east wind)
xiiwah

wind (south east)
xyuu

wind (south west – when on east coast)
daa'uxuusda

wind (southeast – starting to blow se)
xyuu giida

wind (start to blow up hard)
sk 'aaGad

wind (strong north east wind)
tll'la GaadGuuga

wind (strong south east wind)
  • xyuu guu GaadGuuga
  • xyuu guu GaadGuuga

wind (strong wind)
  • klaats'iiga aawGaaya
  • tlaats'iiga aawGaaya
  • taajuuwaay tl'aats'iiga dii

wind (top of tree blew away)
kayd kaajii xuudxid

wind (turning north wind)
k'aaxuusda ga Gil ga 

wind (very strong south east wind that blows off the top of trees. a wind used to test newly built canoes)
kayd kaajii ga xaatl'l

wind (west wind comes from open water on west coast)
k'aadasdaGa

wind (west wind when you are on the east coast)
daauusda taajusGa

wind (westerly)
didxuusda 

wind (which ever way the octopus head is pointing that is where the wind will come from)
naw kaajii 

wind (whirl wind along the beach)
xud tluusGalang 

wind (whirl wind)
xud gamsulang 

wind (wind against you)
kunahlgang taajuu dii

wind (wind blowing directly at one spot or area)
kid Gaat'iijing

wind (wind blowing off the land)
taajusGa

wind (wind blowing out of an inlet)
  • GawGagaay Giisda taajusGa
  • GawGagaay Giisda taajuu Gwah

wind (wind blowing out)
taajuu Gwah

wind (wind came up – present tense)
sk'aaGiida 

wind (wind blowing into an inlet)
taajuuts'ii

wind (wind twirls blowing on top of water)
xuud GwiihlGihl

wind beginning to blow any direction
taajil

wind blowing
xuuda xidii 

wind blowing a boat or kite
xud anjuuGalang 

wind blowing along
xud chinhll 

wind blowing away something
xuut'axid 

wind blows hard all of a sudden
sGaa Giida

wind came up
sk'aaGiidan

wind changed
xuudhlGahl

wind drop on you
taajuuwaay iid gwii k'aayGwii 

wind from the mountains
sdal Giisda taajuuwaay kamjuGalang tl'lx

wind knocked out of you/inside
kaahl.hlaay Gaaysda Gaasda 

wind shifts quickly (switching winds i.e. se to sw)
Gud k'aat'a 

wind spinning
xud kamjuuGuulang 

wind up
xinjuGalang 

wind up something
xiichindaga 

winding
xyants'ii

window
  • Gaad giits'aaw'u 
  • GaadGa ts'aaw.waay – used in a sentence 
  • GaadGa ts'aaw. wii

window (a place where there is light)
  • GaadGa ts'aaw.uu
  • Gaadaga ts'aaw.waay 

window pane (glass)
kalga 

windy
taajuu

windy (when it is windy)
taajuu gen

wine
  • Gaan xaaw xaawlas
  • Gaan xaaw dadga 

wined up
giihlGahl 

wing of bird
xyaay 

wink
  • Gwiits'ihlda 
  • Gwiiuuhlda 

wink (one wink)
Gwiits'ahlda 

winking
  • Gwiits'aalang
  • Gwiits'il.lang 
  • Gwiits'ildang 

winking (something is so pretty it makes you Gwii'uldang)
Gwii'uldang 

winking (tick)
Gwiits'aldang 

winter
  • sinGaa
  • sing.Gad
  • sing.Gaydan

winter seaweed (porphyra lanceolata / porphyra torta)
sing.Ga sGiiwaay 

winter time (when it is cold)
taada naawdii 

winter wren (troglodytes troglodytes)
  • daasGa
  • daats'ii

wipe
giisuu 

wipe their butts
sluuxuul Giisda xaana Guusda 

wiping with a cloth
  • daa gaa.nanang
  • daagan.nanang 

wire (iron rope)
hiiGayaats'ii kwaay 

wise
k'aadang.ah 

wish
  • nayn
  • naynd
  • neying

wish for
  • xansguuxan
  • xansguu 

wish for food and can't have it
daaGwii Gaad 

wish for something (see it) and can't have it
daagwii Gaa'ad 

wish for/if only (if a pretty girl walks by a man says this)
  • nang.snay
  • nang nay 

wish in vain
k'angxuusda 

wished for
xan sguu guudang 

wishful hoping (say what)
suu guudang 

wishful thinking
suu guudang

wishful thinking for when young and strong and good worker
aahlgwa 

wishing
  • nay
  • xang sguu guudang

wishing for
  • k'ang guudang
  • nay.ng

wishing for a man
  • iihllngas xansk'uuguudang
  • iihllngas xansGuuguudang 

wishing for a woman
  • jaad xansk'uuguudang
  • jaad xansGuuguudang 

wishing for and did not get it
k'anhllsgii 

wishing for food that some one else is eating.
k'uud Gang 

wishing for/hoping
k'anguudang 

witchcraft (dark bad witchcraft, hurtful)
st'aas st'aawa

witchcraft
  • taaindagang
(bad witchcraft working on you / the person doing this to you has a piece of your cloths with sweat on it or a piece of your food with your saliva)

witchcraft / good witch
  • staaaw
  • staawa

witchcraft working on you
  • indagang
  • tl'l indagang

with
  • ad
  • adxan 
  • dang'ad 
  • iijang 
  • uuwaaduu 
  • 'waagii 

with (be with)
sding

with me
  • dii ad
dii ad hla is. come with me.

with those
gaay ad uu 

with us
  • dll t'iijan
  • tlljiiGii 

without
  • Gaadxan 
  • Gaadxanuu 
  • gawGaaw 

without a word
k'yuwang 

without delay
huuyadxan 

wolf
  • Guujii
  • Guuajii

wolf eel (any blenny)
sdaaxam

woman
jiidaga

woman (more than one woman) past tense
jaats'idaay

woman (more than one woman) present tense
ja'ada 

woman (one woman)
jaada 

woman (pretty woman)
haana jiihljuu 

woman (two men after the same woman)
  • sGwaana Gaay
  • sGwaana Ga
  • sGwaana Gwaay 

woman becoming years
jaad Gihl taadayaay 

woman looking
chaawsGid 

woman years
jaada taadayaay 

womb
gid dllt'iisGa

women (group of women)
jaats'ads 

women (lots of women)
jaats'idaay 

women (mainland women)
kilGad jiidaga 

women (single women)
  • sk'aa.nga 
  • sk'aana 

wonder (no wonder)
tllaanii 

wonder (used in a sentence)
aanii 

wondering
  • xang gwa
  • gudaxung 
  • guus nayn
  • sa'ad ganii 

wood
  • hlk'yaanaa 
  • ts'aanu
  • ts'aanuud

wood (big pile of wood)
  • kl'uugid
  • tl'uugid 

wood (little chips of wood on the beach)
t'aawsGwal 

wood (rotten wood)
sgansgwan 

wood box to store wood
ts'aanu Gudaay 

wood bug
sgan sgwan

wood chips from a saw
xinxaaw 

wood chips from an adze
k'inxaaw 

wood into i chop.
ts'aanu gaay uu hll sgiidnanang.

wood plane
  • sk'anhlaaw
  • sk'anhlaaw'uu 

wood shed
ts'aanuunaay 

wood tick / wood louse
guguldagwaang

wooden shoe that holds the propeller on a boat
sk'aang'uu 

woodpecker (unidentified woodpecker)
kayd k'adang

word (one new word)
kil Gaawdla 

words (find words)
kihl kiix

words (new words)
  • kihl Gaawdla
  • kihl gula Gaawdla 

words (stuck for words, forget)
ts'ahl k'aaysgid 

work
  • hlGang.gulxa
  • hlGang.gulxas
  • hlGang.guhlGa
  • hlGang.guhlGas

working on something
  • klaagajuu
  • tlaagajuu 

world – the world
'laana gwaay 

world (place- whole round thing)
tllgaay k'aaysguuxan

worm (vermiform animals - e.g., nereis vexillosa)
siiga

worried
  • aan.nagung 
  • aay.yang 
  • guudang.ngaay hlkuuxiida ga. 

worried - i am worried.
  • dii guudang.ngaay hlkuuxiida ga.
  • dii guudang.ngaay hlkuuxiida ga. 

worried (slightly worried)
guudang.ngaay aaying gwang

worries (no more worries)
guuda Gasdll Guu 

worry
  • aayuuwang 
  • guudang.ngaay uu waadsxagang 

worry is over
guudand.aay Gaasdll 

worrying about a person / feeling for that person
guudang.ngaay kaa hla. 

woven mat
guus laguus 

wrap around
giihlGahl 

wrap around something
giihlGaahlda 

wrap baby up tight
slapjaguhlda 

wrapping cedar on a halibut hook that is made of a hemlock knot.
k'intaauu

wren
daats'ii 

wren (small wrenlike brown bird with round chest)
ts'ik ts'ik

wrestling
giiguudang 

wrestling (two people wrestling each other )
gudgiiguudang 

wrinkle
  • GwiinuG
  • GwiinuGasdll 

wrinkle up
k'uunxuunang 

wrinkled
  • sk'alja
  • sk'aljuu
  • sk'aljii 

wrinkled (get wrinkled – body parts)
GwiinuGasdll 

wrinkled (hands wrinkled from being in water)
Gwiinuwaa Gil 

wrinkled clothes
  • jaahljuu
  • jahljuu 
  • k'unxuunang 

wrinkled forehead
kul sk'alja 

wrinkled from age
  • sk'aaljaa
  • sk'aalgii 

wrinkled hands from being in water
GwiinaawGasdll 

wrinkled skin from water
GwiinuGasliiya 

wrist
slaayk'uu 'uldangwaay 

write a notice
k'aalanga tl'lt'iis 

writing (action of writing)
  • gyaa k'aalang
  • gyaa k'aalang.aay 

writing (fine writing)
gyaa k'aalang k'amts'aalang 

writing (fine writing/print)
k'aalang k'amts'iilang 

writing messy
kiid sgaalang 

wrong
  • tllsguuda 
  • tllsgwaada 

wrong (did something wrong)
isdagudGang

wrong (do something wrong with your hands)
tlngudGang

wrong (doing wrong – any old way)
tllsgwaana 

wrong (it is not good if something is not going right)
gina Gii xiinuudga

wrong (know you are doing something wrong, but you keep doing it)
tll xiinuudGa

wrong (person did something wrong – get hurt or something)
aahljuugudGang 

wrong (try to do something but it is wrong)
xaak'aajuu

wrong (when things go wrong)
guudang kunhll 

wrong (writing something wrong)
kidsguuda 

wrong –doing something wrong
gya .aayguu