HL: Haida - English

hl ~ hlaa
(command marker)

hl
I
  • hláa

hláaw
to whittle O

hláawad
wood shavings
  • hláaw Gámaal

hláay
highbush cranberry, squashberry
  • hláayaay

hláay gyaawáay
highbush cranberry patch

hláay kayúudaa
highbush cranberries mixed with ooligan grease

hlagwáats'
rhinocerous auklet

hlajáaw
ladder

hlamál
elkhide

hlamál Gáay
bacon
  • hlamál Gáay

-hlang
evidently, probably

hlang
sth. that is V-able

hlangaa
to be able to V, can V, be allowed to V, could V

hlangáa
to be plenty, plentiful
  • hlangáagang
  • hlangáagan
  • hlangáagaan
Díi an táaw hlangáagang.
I have plenty of food.

hlangáan
just, simply, a little bit, a few, somewhat

án hlangáang
to groan, moan
  • án hlangáanggang
  • án hlangáanggan
  • án hlangáangaan
Hal st’igán dluu án hal hlangáanggan.
When she was sick she was groaning.

Hlanggadáa
to be Tlingit
  • hlanggadáagang
  • hlanggadáagan
  • hlanggadáagaan
Hal aw hlanggadáagang.
Her mother is Tlingit.

Hlanggadáa kihl
in Tlingit

nang hlanggadáa.
a Tlingit

Hlanggas
Tlingit

Hlanggas Xaat'áay
the Tlingit people

hlan gwáay
world
  • hlan.gwáay
Áajii hlan gwáay uu ya’áats’ gingáan uu íijang.
The world is like a knife blade.

hlan gwáay tlagáay
the earth

Hlankwa'áan
Klinkwaan

hlanuu
brother- or sister-in-law, one's same-sex sibling's spouse
  • hal hlanuu

hlanuuda
to have O as one's same-sex sibling's spouse

hlanuu da'a
to have a same-sex sibling's spouse

hlanuwáa
to be a same-sex sibling's spouse (to X)

hlanuwáay
same-sex sibling's spouse!

hlanuwáng
one's own same-sex sibling's spouse

hlats’úu
northern lights, Aurora Borealis
  • hlats’úuk
  • hlats’uwáay
  • Hlats'uþ

Hlats'úugaa
for there to be Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis

hldáamat
ash, soot
  • hldáamad
  • hldáamadaay

hldáan
hldáan
blueberry, blue huckleberry
  • hldáanaay

hldáan Gat
light blueberry

hldáan kítk
large dark blueberry

hldáan Gadg
ovalleaf huckleberry

hldáan kidg
Alaskan huckleberry

hldaayangáa
to be deep water

hldáldgaa
for there to be loud ringing, jingling noise

hldáltgaslaa
to make a loud ring like a telephone or alarm clock
  • hldáltgaslaang
  • hldáltgas
  • hldáltgas
Awáan hl k’áwgan daan phóne-gaay hldáltgashlgan.
I was still sitting when the phone rang sharply.

hldáldgasdla
to make a loud ring (such as a telephone or alarm clock)

hldamas
to burn up, burn to ashes

hldanáaw
a meal, meal time
  • hldanawáay

hldanáaw náay
restaurant

hldán gut'a
to be upset, ache, troubled

hldán Gatas
to be upset

hldánhl
blue huckleberry bush

hldánts'iid
rufous hummingbird

hldanúu
to eat O
  • hldanúugang
  • hldanúugan
  • hldanáawaan
Díi aw hldanúugang.
My mother is eating it.

hldanuwáay
the eating

hldíin
cedar bark

hldiingáa
to be deep [water, hole]

hlgáamgangaang
to bawl, cry very loudly

hlgáamjaang
to shout, holler loudly and repeatedly (to X1) (at X2)

hlgáamsda
to give a loud shout, holler loudly (to X1) (at X2)

hlgáamt'uuga
to speak in a loud booming voice

hlgab'áats'a
to gobble down O (sg)

hlgadáan
the space under the exposed roots of a tree

hlgahl
to cramp up (of body parts), to have cramps
  • hlgáhlgang
  • hlgahlgan
  • hlgaalaan
Hl káagan daan díi k’ulúu hlgálgan.
While I was walking I got cramps.

hlgajúu
to be short, squat, husky, bowlegged and strong

hlgáluhlda
to beome angry, mad

hlgáluhldaagaa
to be short-tempered

hlgáluldang
to be angry, mad

hlgánsaang
to pant, breathe with difficulty

hlgats'áangw
forked stick used as a support

hlgáwjuu
to be greedy, a hustler, grabbing
  • hlgáwjuugang
  • hlgáwjuugan
  • hlgáwjaawaan
Hal hlgáwjuugan dáan uu hal k’ayéilgang.
She was greedy into old age.

súut hlgitl’aa
to say harsh words
  • súut hlgitl’áang
  • súut hlgitl’gán
  • súut hlgitl’áayaan
’Láa hal súut hlgitl’gán.
She said harsh remarks to her.

hlgit'.ún
Canada goose
  • hlgit'.únaay

hlgit'ún
figure in the string game

Hlgit'ún Kungáas
September

hlgit'ún t'áangal
saltgrass, goosetongue

hlgit'ún xáldaangaa
small species of Canada goose

hlgún
skunk cabbage (plant or leaf)
  • hlgúnaay

hlgún cháay
central stalk of skunk cabbage

hlgún k'úl
skunk cabbage root

hlguxwáang
one's own lung

hlgya'áangw
joist-bearing beam set on foundation posts or blocks

hlGáa k'áldaang
gravel

hlGáalgaay
bruise

hlGáalgahl
dye

hlGáawaandlii
ballast

dáng hlGaawnáangw
hand-drawn wagon
  • dáng hlGaawnáangwaay

hlGáay hlk'a'áay
squashberry (bush or branch), high-bush cranberry (bush or branch)

hlGagíi
raft

hlGáhl
to be black, dark
  • hlGahl
  • hlGáhlgang
  • hlGáhlgan
  • hlGáalaan
Hal k’ál hlGálgang.
His skin is black.

hlGahlda
to turn black

hlGahldáaw
black paint

hlGa hlkyáak'
flint used for starting a fire

hlGa hlk'áats'
agate, quartz

hlGa hlk'áats' gid
doll head carved from limestone or marble

hlGahlts'iyáa
for X to have a dark complexion
  • hlGahlts'iyáa
  • hlGahlts'iyáagang
  • hlGahlts'iyáagan
  • hlGahlts'iyáagaan
Hal Gung iik hlGahlts'iyáagaan.
His father had a dark complexion.

hlGahluu káa
for there to be a storm, bad weather, squalls
  • hlGahluu káa
  • hlGahluu káa
  • hlGahluu kagáa
  • hlGahluu káagang
  • hlGahluu káagan
  • hlGahluu káagaan
Áayaat hlGahluu káa sGwáananggang.
There’s continuous squalls today.

hlGajáaw
rack for smoking or drying fish outside

hlGak'úu
collarbone of a salmon (the bone to which the pectoral fins are attached)

hlGálg
black dye used for weaving materials

hlGán
whale's dorsal fin

hlGanáa
to be crooked

hlGánggula
to work (on X)

hlGánggulaa
work, job
  • hlGánggulaa
  • hlGánggulaang
  • hlGánggulgan
  • hlGángulaayaan
Díi tláal hlGánggulaang.
My husband is working.

hlGánggulaa k'úunaay
work pants

hlGánggulaa 'la'áay
worker
  • hlGánggulaa 'la'áay

hlGánggulaa 'la'áaygaa
to be a worker
  • hlGánggulaa 'la'áaygaa

hlGa tl'úu
stone ax

hlGa tl'úu k'ún
the cutting edge of an adze

hlGats'áa
to watch, observe O, keep an eye on O, to keep a lookout
  • hlGats'a
  • hlGats'áang
  • hlGats'gán
  • hlGats'áayaan
Íihlats’ gaay ’wáadluwaan sáan hlGats'gán.
All the men kept a lookout.

hlGats'áaw
smoking rack
  • hlGats'áaw
  • hlGats'áawaay

hlGats'úu
cedar tongs for picking up hot rocks

hlGat'as
to be peaceful

hlGáwsdaa
to stop dripping (as clothes or fish drying outside)

hlGa xúus
a type of rock which is easily fragmented, and said to be a potent anti-witch medicine

hlGáy
- to dig O up
  • hlGáy
  • hlGáygang
  • hlGáygan
  • hlGáayaan
Sgúusiit hl hlGáygang.
I’m digging potatoes.

hlGayáa
to call
  • hlGaya
  • hlGayáang
  • hlGaygán
  • hlGayáayaan
Git’aláng an hal hlGaygán.
She called her children.

hlGayk'yúust
in a hurry
  • hlGayk'yúust

HlGayúu Xaat'áay
the Skidegate Haida people

hlGeeláay
the excavated area

hlGidg
against

hlGiGíihlda
to finish digging up O

hlGiGíihldiyaa
to have been finished being dug (out, up)

hlGihliyáay
the ditch

hlGíid
- bow (weapon)
- yew (tree or wood)

hlGíid dáagal
bowstring

hlGiiwáa
to bury O
  • hlGiiwa
  • hlGiiwáang
  • hlGiiwgán
  • hlGiiwáayaan
Kwaa hal hlGiiwáang.
She’s burying rocks.

hlGínsahldaa
to be exhausted, weary, worn out
  • hlGínsahldiyaa
  • hlGínsahlda
  • hlGínsahldaang
  • hlGínsahltgan
  • hlGínsahldaayaan
Díi uu hlGínsahldaang.
I’m exhausted.

hlGist'áa
ditch, excavation

hlGist'áa
to dig O (pl?) up

hlGist'áa náay
cellar, storehouse

hlGiwáadaan
cemetery, graveyard

hlGiyíl k'áal
cellar

hlGu
great blue heron, crane
  • hlGu
  • hlGuwáay

hlGugiigáa
for X to be fearsome, frightening, scary
  • hlGugiigáa
  • hlGugiigáagang
  • hlGugiigáagan
  • hlGugiigáagaan
Xáayk ’láa hlGugiigáagang.
His dog is fearsome.

hlGugiyáa
to be cowardly, fearful

hlGu Gáanaa
bog blueberry

hlGún
the base of one's spine

hlGúnahl
- three, 3
- to be three
  • hlGúnahl
  • hlGúnalgang
  • hlGúnalgan
  • hlGúnaalaan
Xúudaay hlGúnalgang.
There are three seals.

hlGwáagaa
to be afraid, scared, frightened (of X)
  • hlGwáaga
  • hlGwáagaa
  • hlGwáagaang
  • hlGwáakgan
  • hlGwáagaayaan
Gáalgaay siik hal hlGwáagaayaan.
She was afraid of the dark.

hlGwáagaa
fear

hlGwáa'agaalaa
adipose fin (of a salmon)

hlíing
long, fine spruce or evergreen root (for making baskets)
  • hlíingaay

hlíing dúu
spruce root woof

hlíing ts'úuwii
spruce roots' warp

hlíing t'anuwáay
scraping of spruce root

hlkáak'aa
to be like cheesecloth

hlkáamts'alang
to show off, strut (of a tall person)

hlkáay
one's chin, one's gill cover (of a fish)
  • hal hlkáay

hlkáayang
one's own chin

hlki stl'uwáayuu
firedrill

hlkujíid
seafood spear

hlkujúu
to be messy, unkempt

hlkúnsk'un
tears running off one's nose

hlkúnsk'unang
one's own tears running off one's nose

hlkúnst'an
one's snot, mucus
  • hal hlkúnst'an

hlkúnst'anang
one's own snot, mucus

hlkúnst'an gisáaw
handkerchief
  • hlkúnt'ajaaw


hlkúnst'as
to blow one's nose

hlkusgat
to be in a bind, stuck, desperate
  • hlkusgad
  • hlkusgíidang
  • hlkusgíidan
  • hlkusgadáan
Hal git’aláng hlkusgíidang.
Her children are desperate.

hlk’u’wíi
grounds (coffee or tea)
  • Gánk’an hlk’u’wíi

hlkuxwíi
one's lung
  • hlkux’íi
  • hal hlkux’íi

hlkwiida
to be worried, anxious, agitated, have an uneasy mind (about X)

hlkwiida
to hurry along, be in a hurry

hlkwiidasdla
to get in a hurry

hlkyaahlgáaw
drill

hlkyaahlgáaw k'áay
drill bit

hlkyáak'
firedrill, pushdrill

hlkyáang k'usk'áay
dipper, water ouzel

hlk'itgáa
dress
  • hlk'idgáa
  • hlk'itgáay

hlk'itgáa náaguusii
petticoat, slip
  • hlk'idgáa náaguusii
  • hlk'itgáa náaguusiigaay

hlk'íit
cow parsnip, wild celery
  • hlk'íid
  • hlk'íidaay

hlk'íit hlkáamaay
flower-bearing stem or stalk of a cow parsnip
  • hlk'íid hlkáamaay

hlk'ín.gadaa
to be an orphan
  • hlk'ín.gadaagang
  • hlk'ín.gadaagan
  • hlk'ín.gadaagaan

nang hlk'ín.gadaa
orphan

hlk'ín.gadeehl
to become an orphan

hlk'ín.giid
orphans

hlk'i tl'agáa
breechcloth

hlk'iyíid
fishing rake (used for herring, ooligans)

hlk’unáanw
hlk'unáanw
brush

hlk'únchahlaa
to skin O

hlk'úngiid
miner's lettuce root

hlk'únk'aal
clothes brush

hlk'únk'aalw
(scrubbing) sponge

hlk'uwíi
pulp, the remains of berries, bast, etc. after the juice has been extracted

hlk'wáan
core of a boil

hlkwiidáa
to hurry
  • hlkwuudáa
  • hlkwiidáang
  • hlkwiitgán
  • hlkwiidáayaan
Díi hlkwiidáang.
I’m in a hurry.

hlk'yáad
fluke of a whale, dolphin or porpoise

hlk'yáan
- pole, post (plain, not carved)
- underbrush, the bush, wilderness
- wood (material)
  • hlk'yáanaay

hlk'yáan gin.gáay
forest creatures

hlk'yáan gyáa'angaa
wooden carved pole

hlk'yáan kúnaan
root of an unidentified plant

hlk'yáan k'ats'áa
Douglas fir wood

hlk'yáan k'iskáang
sandpiper

hlk'yáan k'ust'áan
toad, frog
  • hlk'yáan k'ust'áan
  • hlk'yáan k'ust'anáay

hlk'yáan sgúnulaas
eucalyptus wood

hlk'yáan sgúusadaay
hemlock-parsley

hlk'yáanshlganaay
the bushes

hlk'yáan skáw
ptarmigan
  • hlk'yáan skáw
  • hlk'yáan skawáay

Hlk'yáans Xaat'áay
the Forest People
  • Hlk'yáans Xaat'áay

hlk’yáan tl’ahláay
hlk'yáan tl'ahláay
wooden mallet

hlk'yáants'gangaa
to be brushy, overgrown with underbrush

hlk'yáants'ganggaay
place overgrown with brush, underbrush, thicket

hlk'yáan xáagaa
to be wild, unsociable, not good around people

hlk'yáawdaal
to sweep O (an area)
  • hlk'yáadaal
  • hlk'yáawdaalgang
  • hlk'yáawdaalgan
  • hlk'yáawdaalaan
Náay káahlii hl hlk'yáawdaalgang.
I’m sweeping the house.

hlk'yáawdaalw
broom
  • hlk'yáadaalw
  • hlk'yáawdaal
  • hlk'yáawdaalwaay
  • hlk'yáadaalwaay
  • hlk'yáawdaalaay

hlkáam
bull kelp
  • hlkáam
  • hlkáamaay

hlkáam dáagal
a kelp's stipe

hlkáam kínhluwaay
a game of trying to spear pieces of kelp stipe

hlkáam kaj
float of bull kelp

hlkáam kats
kelp bulb

hlkáam sdláan
kelp stipe

hlkáam sGíiwaay
unidentified species of seaweed

hlkéelaangw
(spinning toy) top, spindle whorl

hlkeewdägáay
the shade

hlkín
dear (used by older people toward younger people)
  • hlkín

hlkyaawjáa
- the shade
- to be shady, shaded
  • hlkyeewjáa
  • hlkyaawjáagang
  • hlkyaawjáagan
  • hlkyaawjáagaan
Náay t’áahlii hlkyaawjáagang.
It is shady behind the house.

hlk'áan.gaa
to be tangled

hlk'áan.gaay
a tangle

hlk'áay
bush, shrub, branch of a deciduous bush, shrub or tree, stem of berries or blossoms growing on a bush, long stem of a flower
  • hlk'áay

hlk'adl
lean-to made of branches laid over a log that had fallen across a stream

hlk'agasgúud
dead evergreen branch that has lost its needles

hlk'agíid
branch shelter

hlk'aGíihlda
to finish combing O

hlk'ámaal
needle-bearing branch of an evergreen tree, attached to a limb but not to the trunk; juniper tree

hlk'ámaal gin gyáa'alaas
juniper tree

hlk'ámaal k'i
needle-bearing spruce branch

hlk'ámaal kaj
unidentified species of lichen

hlk'ámaal náay
branch shelter

hlk'amáldaaw
spruce needle, pine needle
  • hlk'amáldaaw
  • hlk'amáldaawaay

hlk'án
to tangle, become tangled
  • hlk'án
  • hlk'án.gang
  • hlk'án.gan
  • hlk'áanaan
Tl’áayuwaay hlk'án.gang.
The thread is tangled.

hlk'asdláa
to part, comb one's hair

hlk'asgad
to catch O (usu. herring) with a herring rake

hlk'íi
to comb O

hlk'íitl'aa
to comb O
  • hlk'íitl'a
  • hlk'íitl'aang
  • hlk'íitl'gan
  • hlk'íitl'aayaan
Díi kats hal hlk'íitl'aang.
She’s combing my hair.

hlk'íitl'aangw
comb
  • hlk'íitl'aangw
  • hlk'íitl'angk
  • hlk'íitl'aangwaay
  • hlk'íitl'anggaay

hlk'ínat
to pull, yank on O
  • hlk'ínad
  • hlk'íniidang
  • hlk'íniidan
  • hlk'ínadaan
Hal Gaayhlt.uugán dluu kats hal hlk'íniidan.
When they were fighting she pulled her hair.

hlk'uhl
classifier for objects with flexible parts or projections

hlk'ut'úu
secreted slime (of a fish, octopus, sea cucumber, etc)
  • hlk'ut'úu
  • hlk'ut'uwáay

hlk'ut'uwáa
to be slimy
  • hlk'ut'uwáa
  • hlk'ut'uwáagang
  • hlk'ut'uwáagan
  • hlk'ut'uwáagaan
Chíinaay ’wáadluwaan hlk'ut'uwáagan.
All the fish were slimy.

hlk'uyáng k'ats'áa
rock scallop

hltah
to spit
  • hltahgáng
  • hltahgán
  • hltahgáan
Kyuwáay gwíi hal hltahgán.
He spit on the walk.

hltah hlk'ust'áa
to spit out a wad

hltah k'áat'a
to spit out O

hltálg
- its nest; its packing material, packaging
- mat used to cover a pit for steaming food

hltálgaang
one's own nest

hltálk
bird nest
  • hltálgaay

hltál ts'uldang
to break repeatedly on the shore (of large waves)

hltál ts'uuhldáa
to break on the shore (of a large wave)

hltana
- to be soft, tender
- to be soft-hearted, tender-hearted

hltánhlk'aa
shredded red cedar cambium, objects made from shredded red cedar cambium

hltánhlk' kahldáa
shredded cedar bark dyed red with alder bark, twisted into cords and made into rings or sashes used for ceremonial purposes

hltánuu
- feather bed, feather mattress
- its small feather, its down (of a bird)
  • hltánuwaay

hltánuu ki hlk'ujúu
plumed heads of cottongrass

hltánuu ún cháangwaay
feather mattress, feather bed

hlt'aj
its curved handle that joins on both sides, its bail handle, its carrying strap, its string, its chain

hlt'ámaal
plumed heads of cottongrass

hlt'ánhlk' sgidáangwaay
cedar bark shredder

hlt'ánuu ts'ahláay
feather pillow

hlt’ats
curved handle
  • hlt’ajáay

hlúu
- its hull (of a boat)
- one's whole body, its carcass (of a whale), its foot and body (of a razor clam)
  • hal hlúu

hlúu dawúl
side of body
  • hal hlúu dawúl

hluuhláa
(uncertain)

hlúuyangaay
figure, body shape

hluwáng
one's own whole body

hl’áan
saliva, sputum, spit, phlegm
  • hal hl’áan

hl'áanang
one's own saliva, spit, phlegm

hl'áan kwaayáang
to salivate

án hl’áanslaa
to lose one’s life, die
  • án hl’áanslaang
  • án hl’áanshlgan
  • áa hl’áanslaayaan
Hal skamtgwáangs dluu án hal hl’áanshlgan.
While he was trapping he lost his life.

hl'áansdla
to lose one's life, die

hl'án skuj
one's sternum

hl'yáang k'áal
cellar