- salmon eggs, fish eggs, fish roe
- bare threads of material after the nap has worn off
- cháay
cha'a
to be shallow [water]
chaa
the tide
chaa dla'áaw
to recede from and beach, strand O (of tide)
cháagaa
to have eggs (in it)
cháagaas
checkers
chaagáay
one's living conditions, financial status
chaagáay 'láa
to be well-off, live comfortably
- chaagáay 'láagang
- chaagáay 'láagan
- chaagáay 'láagaan
My parents are well-off.
chaagut'áang
to have hardship, hard times, be destitute
- chaagut'áanggang
- chaagut'áanggan
- chaagut'áanggaan
There used to be hardships a long time ago.
cháaj náay
church building
chaa n'a'áaw
to extend (of tidal flats)
chaa n'íihlanaa
to be aground
cháalaa
to be overripe
Cháalamaan
Chinese people
Cháalamaan k'úug
demijohn, carboy (a large bottle with a narrow neck, often encased in wicker)
Cháalamaan k'úunaay
(a pair of) jeans
cherry
chaan
in the ocean near shore, in water
- chá’an
cháan
mud, soil
- cháanaay
cháanaang
black cottonwood (tree or wood)
chaan gin.gáay
sea organism, sea creature, or the remains thereof
chaan gyáay
ambergris (substance produced in the digestive tract of whales)
chaan káw
species of sea squirt
chaan sgáanuwaay
sea monster
- chaan sgáanuwaay
chaansíi
area in the ocean near shore
chaan sk'aawáay
water-soaked wood lying underwater
chaan sk'áawaay
water-logged wood which becomes very hard and is used for spears
chaan sk'a'áangwaay
water-soaked wood lying underwater
chaan táayaay
species of rockfish (probably canary rockfish)
chaan tangáay
seawater, saltwater
cháantl'adaang
a muddy place
horned grebe
cháanuut
fall, autumn (lit. mud season)
- cháanuud
cháanuudgaa
to be fall, autumn
cháanuudgeehl
to become fall, autumn
- cháanuudgeihl
- cháanuudgeilgang
- cháanuudgeilgan
- cháanuudgeilaan
When it’s Fall time we will dry some fish.
chaan xúujaay
sea grizzly bear (mythical creature)
chaan xáay
sea dog (mythical creature)
chaasdla
to become shallow
chaatl'
sword, lance, lance point, bayonet
chaaw
- seafood gathered from the intertidal zone
- tide, beach exposed by the outgoing tide
chaawáa
for the tide to be low or out
chaaw an ináas
the high tide on the full moon in May
chaawéehl
for the tide to get low, go out
Cháaw Kungáas
October
chaaw k'áahlaandaay
the smell of the beach at low tide
chaaw k'áal
empty shellfish shell
chaaw salíi
beach, intertidal zone, beach area that is exposed at low tide
cháay
one's kidney
cháayang
one's own kidney
chadáa
to soak
- chadáang
- chatgán
- chadáayaan
She soaked a lot of fish eggs.
chagánsaan
- amniotic fluid
- chamber pot, peepot
- male urine; stale urine
chagánsaanaa
one's stale urine
chagánsaan xáw
stale urine
chagánsanang
one's own amniotic fluid
chagúu
monkey
chah k’íit
to sink (boat)
- chah dliid
- chah k’íiyit
- chah k’ídang
- chah k’íidan
- chah k’íidaan
While he was travelling along his boat sank.
chaj
one's penis
chajáng
one's own penis
chajgusdláa
to tie O in a bundle, wrap O in a bag
chaj xawáa xayáang xit'adáay
fox sparrow
cha k'adáang
Indian cheese, stink eggs (dog salmon eggs smoked in the skein, mashed, packed tightly in a wooden box or seal stomach, and aged)
chan
one's grandfather
- chaníi
chanáa
- grandfather!
- to be a grandfather (to X)
chánaang
the first day of a 'Wáahlaal potlatch
chanda
to have O as one's grandfather
chan da'a
to have a grandfather
chanéehl
to become a grandfather
chan hlgijúu
- to move in a large group through the air or water
- to pour profusely
- to go by in a mass
- chan hlgijúugang
- chan hlgijúugan
- chan hlgijáawaan
The fish are moving in a mass.
chánhlk'aa tl'úwaan
tunnel-type fish trap (below falls)
chanhúus
snow, ooligan grease and sugar mixed with aged smoked salmon eggs
chánsgwaan
the smell of stale urine
chán xaa
fertilizer
cha sgunáa
loose aged salmon eggs
cha skáangandaa
loose aged salmon eggs
chask'w
moose, moosehide
chat'as
to wear a garment on the upper body
- chat’íijang
- chat’íijan
- chat’ajáan
He is wearing a coat.
chat'íisk'w
hide body armor
chatl'a
to dip for anything with a net
- chatl'áang
- chatl'gán
- chatl'áayaan
He dipped the herring.
chats
genitals (male)
chéen
chain
chiidáaw
rain water catcher
chíigang
- to spawn
- to urinate (typically of a male)
chíigang xáw
fresh urine
chíihluu
the half that was next to the tree after cedar bark is split
chíin
fish, particularly salmon
- chíinaay
chíinang
one's own grandfather
chíin danáay
place where one easily catches salmon
chíin dáng gyaat'áawaay
fish brailer
chíin gíit'ii
salmon fry
chíin gasdlats'áawaay
broiling pan
chíin ki dáangwaay
fish pitch
chíin kínhlaawaay
salmon spear
chíin kit'íisk'waay
small stick poked through split fish (two sticks per fish) to keep it straight
chíin kit'uwáay
salmon harpoon
chíin kún
grizzle, fish nose
chíin núud
salmon season, spring
chíin skam
fish trap
- chíin skamáay
chíin táawaay
fish flesh
chíin tangáa sk'ats'áangwaay
barrel for salted salmon
chíin tluwáa
unidentified species of salmon
chíin ts'álawaay
scrap of salmon
chíin ts'uu'unáa
fish dressed with the spine out
chíin xiláa
dried fish
chiis
cheese
chiya
for water to drip
chiyáa da'áawaay
- eavetrough
- rain barrel
chiyáa xáw
rain water (dripping from the roof)
- chiyáa xáw
chiyeedáa
to drip quickly or severally
chúu
genitals (female)
- hal chúu
chúu t'áangal
one's clitoris
chuwáng
one's own vulva
coffee ii xinanáangwaay
coffee grinder
coffee k'áal
(empty) coffee can
- coffee k'áal
