K: Haida - English

káa
car, truck, automobile, motor vehicle

káadii
- mesh
- clam basket, seaweed basket
  • káadiigaay

káaj
- deck of playing cards
- playing card

káak'ahldaa
for the end of something to swing, spring up or down, to teeter-totter

káak'aldang
to rock, teeter on a fulcrum

káalaa
collar

kaas
Sitka alder (tree or wood)

káaydaa
to be overjoyed, elated

káaydasdla
to become overjoyed, elated

kagáanaa
one's evil spirit(s)

kagáanaang
one's own evil spirit(s)

kagan
- mouse, rat
- evil spirit
  • kaganáay

kagan dajáangaa
mushroom, toadstool

kagan gáwjaawaa
bunchberry

kagan jaláay
mouse bait, rat bait

kagan skamáay
mousetrap, rat trap

káldajaang
- to chew large pieces of food
- to chew O (kál class)
  • káldajaanggang
  • káldajaanggan
  • káldajaangaan
Ki’íi hal káldajaanggan.
He ate large pieces of meat.

dáng kálst’aa
to pull out huge objects
  • dáng kálst’aang
  • dáng kálst’gan
  • dáng kálst’aayaan
Kwaaí’waan hal dáng kálst’gan.
He pulled out a huge rock.

tíi kálwudaa
to lie down (large person)
  • tíi kálwudaang
  • tíi kálwutgan
  • tíi kálwudaayaan
Hlgánggulaa gáadaan hal tíi kálwutgan.
Instead of working he was lying down.

gíi kályaandaal
to be a large person running or walking
  • gíi kályaandaalgang
  • gíi kályaandaalgan
  • gíi kályaandaalaan
Díi gwíi hal gíi kályaandaalgan.
A large person was coming towards me.

kámbas
compass

kám kam
yarrow

Kanáagaa
to be Hawaiian

Kanáagaa Xaat'áay
the Hawaiian people

nang Kanáagaa
Hawaiian

kángwaay
leftover, scrap, crumb of something

kat'úu k'uhláa
turnip

káw
- nipple of percussion cap firearm
- woman's genitals, one's vulva

kawáng
woman's own genitals, one's own vulva

káw stlán
stickleback

ki chiyáang
to hang down from a peg or stick

kid
- to harpoon, spear, lance O (sg) (in X)
- to tattoo O (on X)

kidáa
to have been tattooed (on X), to have a tattoo (on X)

kidáal'ung
to walk around with a cane
  • kidáal'unggang
  • kidáal'unggan
  • kidáal'waangaan
  • kidáal'unggwaang
Nang k’ayáa án kidáal’unggang.
An old person is walking with a cane.

kidáaw
stretching board, tanning frame

kidahl
to pierce, puncture O

kidahlgáaw
awl, punch

kid ga'áangw
pole for pushing boats

kid kúnts'aangw
a pair of upright sticks supporting a mat or net while it is being woven

ki dlajuuláangw
peavey

ki dlajuwáa
bow lookout

kid yaagáalw
gaff (for extending a sail), yard (for a sail)

ki gisúu
to unlock O (pl) with a key

ki giyuwa
to hang down from a peg or stick

kígs
cake

kígs gasdlats'áawaay
cake pan

kígs tlaawhláawaay
electric mixer

ki gusdla
to unlock O (sg) with a key

ki gusdláaw
key; winder on a clock
  • ki gusdláawaay

ki gusdláaw hlkajúu
passkey

kiguslahláa
to rise up out of the waves (as a boat)

ki gatl'áa
to pry O off (as bark)

kihl
in the language of

kihla
to break X apart by giving it a single poke with a stick, to poke X apart with just one poke

kihláaw
marker, pencil, pen, chalk, crayon

kihldáang k'íisgat
to forget what one was going to say
  • kihldáang k'íisgad
  • kihldáang k'íisgiidang
  • kihldáang k'íisgiidan
  • kihldáang k'íisgadaan
Hal gúusuu sánshlgan dluu hal kihldáang k'íisgiidan.
When she tried to speak he forgot his speech.

kihldla’áa
to advise
  • kihldla’áang
  • kihldlaagán
  • kihldla’áayaan
Hal hlgánggulaas dluu ’láa hal kihldlaagán.
When he was working, she advised him.

kihlgadáang xúuts'
a liar

kihlgadáang 'la'áay
liar

kihlgadáang 'la'áaygaa
to be a liar

kihlgadáng
to lie, tell a lie
  • kihlgadánggang
  • kihlgadánggan
  • kihlgadáangaan
Hal git kihlgadánggang.
Her child is lying.

kihlgadanga
to be a habitual liar

kihlgadangáay
lying, telling lies

ki hlgayáangw
clothes hook, coat hook

kihljuuláangw
peavey
  • ki hlgínjuulaangw

kihlgula
to speak, talk (to X)

kihlgulayáay
formal speech

kihlgaawnáangw
wheelbarrow, stroller
  • ki hlgaawnáangw
  • kihlgaawnáangwaay

ki hlgast'áaw
- a four-pronged tool like a pitchfork
- foreshaft of a harpoon

kihlgíihlda
- to get X to agree to a plan to do O
- to plan out O

kihliyáasii
line drawn on something

kihliyáay
line, mark written or drawn on something

kihljúu
- one's voice, speech
- to do one's best

kihl k'yuu
waiting for what someone will say, waiting to hear from someone

kihl náang
to make fun of X, joke around with X

kihl náanslang
to make fun of X
  • kihl náanslanggang
  • kihl náanslanggan
  • kihl náanslaangaan
Tawíi’láng eihl hal kihl náanslanggang.
She’s making fun of her friends.

kihl sgagáng
to lead O (song)

ki hltánaa
to soften, tan O with a stick
  • ki hltána
  • ki hltánaang
  • ki hltán.gan
  • ki hltánaayaan
K’áadaay k’ál hl ki hltánaang.
I’m tanning the deerskin.

ki hltánaaw
hide scraper

kihl t'álg
in spite of, despite what someone said

kihl xánj
one's echo

kihl yahdáa
to say the right thing, to tell the truth
  • kihl yahda
  • kihl yahdáang
  • kihl yahtgán
  • kihl yahdáayaan
Gúusawaay t’aláng kihl yahtgíiganggang.
We always tell the truth.

kiidáa
to shake, quiver

kíihljaaw
mourning song

kíihljaaw kagáan
mourning song

kíits
pus, abcess
  • kíij
  • kíijaay

kíijaa
to be abcessed, have an abcess
  • kíijaagang
  • kíijaagan
  • kíijaayaan
Díi stláay kíijaagang.
My hand is abscessed.

kíilaa
to be speaking, to be able to speak

kíilang
one's own language, voice, speech, words

kíilang xánj
one's own echo

kíisd kit'agúng
poltice made of spruce pitch and salmonberry thorns

kij
kelp greenling

kik'áat'aa
to throw, toss O with a pitchfork, etc.
  • ki k'áat'a
  • kidáangw (plural)
  • kik'áat'aang
  • kik'áatgan
  • kik'áat'aayaan
Chíinaay hl kik'áat'gan.
I tossed the fish.

ki k'ajúu
to play O (phonograph, record player)

ki k'uhláalw
screwdriver
  • ki k'uhláalwaay

ki k'úntl'aa
to baste O (in sewing)

ki k'waanáay
shortcut

ki k'adáal
soup made from mashed potatoes and/or turnips with ooligan grease

ki k'adáalw
masher (for vegetables, fruits, salmon eggs, etc.)

ki k'íidaal
- to push large round object with stick
- to push O (sg) along slowly with a stick
  • ki k'íidaal
  • ki k'íidaalgang
  • ki k'íidaalgan
  • ki k'íidaalaan
Kwa’áay hal ki k'íidaalgan.
He pushed the large rock with a stick.

ki k'íidlaanw
mast step (the block in the bottom of a canoe or a boat to hold the heel of the mast)

kíl
language, voice, speech, words
  • nal kíl

Kílaad
Tsimshian people

Kílaad Xaat'áay
Tsimshian people

Kiladáay
the Tsimshians

kílaslang
to brag

Kíldaa
to be Tsimshian
  • Kíladaa
  • Kíldaagang
  • Kíldaagan
  • Kíldaagaan
Hal Kíldaagang.
She’s a Tsimshian.

nang Kíldaa
Tsimshian
  • Kíladaa
  • Kil’áas

kíl dagangayáay
one's rotten words, mean speech, bitter tongue

kíl dlahláalw
slave

kíl dla'a
to advise O, give advice, direction, supervision to O (about X)

kíl dla'áa
advice

kílgang
- for X to be necessary, required, needed, important
- to need, require X
  • kílganggang
  • kílganggan
  • kílgaangaan
Án sáanjuudaayk kílganggang.
One needs to rest.

kíl géehl
to repeatedly annoy O with talk

kíl gúu
to be mute, unable to speak

kíl gúusuwaa
to argue, have a dispute over O

kíl gyáa'a
to ask O (sg) to stop as they are walking by

kíl gya'áansdla
to ask O (pl) to stop as they are walking by

kíl gisga
to be unable to speak about X

kíl hlgáysd
to exhaust oneself speaking

kílislang sgalangáay
speaking-in-a-trance song

kíl kunéehl
to say something and start big trouble

kíl kwáahla
to disappoint, let O down with what one says

kílk'adaang
to repeatedly charge (amount X1) for O (to buyer X2), to repeatedly set a price (of X1) on O (for X2)

kíl kaahl
to lose O (bet, argument, debate, etc.)

kíl míits'angaa
to fuss (at X) over O

kíl sangáa
to feel offended

kíl sángiits'a
to make O sound difficult, hard

kíl sángiits'geehl
to make trouble for O by what one says (usually gossip)

kílsasdla
to exaggerate X1 (talking to X2), to stretch the truth about X1 (talking to X2)

kílsda
to be verbally exhausted, to get tired of talking

kílsgad
to charge (amount X1) for O (to buyer X2), to set a price (of X1) on O (for X2)

kílsgudaa
to make a verbal mistake, to misspeak
  • kílsguda
  • kílsgudaang
  • kílsgutgan
  • kílsgudaayaan
Gyaasdáankw dáng kílsgudaa ujaa?
Did you go and make a mistake?

kil sgagáangw
dance leader's stick
  • kil sgagáangw
  • kil sgagáangwaay

kíl sgáyga
to make O (pl) cry with what one says
  • kíl sgáyhla

kílsiid
to exaggerate X1 (talking to X2), to stretch the truth about X1 (talking to X2)

gíng kílslang
to question, to interrogate
  • gíng kílslanggang
  • gíng kílslanggan
  • gíng kílslaangaan
Tláalang hal gíng kílslanggan.
She questioned her husband.

kíl stl'agáng
to apologize, make up, try and be nice

kíl st'i
to offend O verbally, make O angry with what one says

kíl súu dluunáang
to question O intensely, ask O a lot of questions, to interrogate O, to grill O with questions

kíl t'ímjuu
thin, high-pitched voice

kíl xángislang
to make up a cover story, tell a tall tale, try to apologize (to X)

kíl 'láa
- (a) goodbye
- to thank, give thanks (to X1) (for X2); to greet, say hello to, say goodbye (to X1)

kinanáng
to break X apart by repeatedly poking with a stick, to poke X apart

kíndaa
to give, send, bring a message, news, word (of X1) (to X2)
  • kínda
  • kíndaang
  • kíntgan
  • kíndaayaan
Díi gwíi hal kíntgan.
She brought a message to me.

kíng
news

kingáang
to make a small, high-pitched sound (as small animals), twitter, squeak, chatter, sing (of birds), crow
  • kingáanggang
  • kingáanggan
  • kingáangaan
Ts’ahts’gáay kingáang gujúugang.
All the birds are singing.

kíngkwdang
to instruct O; to receive a message, get word, hear the news
  • kínggwdang
  • kíngkwdanggang
  • kíngkwdanggan
  • kíngkwdaangaan
Hl káaydaay kunáast díi hal kíngkwdanggan.
She instructed me before I left.

kíng gyaahlánda
to speak critically (to X1) (about X2), tell about (X2's) misbehavior (to X1), tattle (on X2) (to X1)

kíngwa
to offer O (to X)

kínhlaaw
spear

kínhluu
to poke, spear, stick O repeatedly
  • kínhluugang
  • kínhluugan
  • kínhlaawaan
Chíin kwáan hal kínhluugan.
He speared a lot of fish.

kínsalangaa
to be praiseworthy

kínslang
to praise, boast about, say nice things about O
  • kínsalang
  • kínslanggang
  • kínslanggan
  • kínslaangaan
Hl k’ajúugan dluu díi tl’ kínslanggan.
When I sang they praised me.

kisáa
- to get abscessed
- to form abscess
  • kisa
  • kisáang
  • kisgán
  • kisáayaan
Hal stláay kisáang.
Her hand is abscessed.

ki sdáangw
a game in which two sides compete in trying to catch a ring on sticks

kisgayáang
snare
  • kisgayáaw

ki sgat'íisk'w
flat, pointed bone tool used in weaving to push woof strands together

ki skáagasdlaaw
drawing compass

ki skáajaaw
billiard ball, pool ball

ki skáawnaang sk'áangwaay
pool cue, pool stick

ki skáawnang
to shoot pool, play billiards
  • ki skáawnanggang
  • ki skáawnanggan
  • ki skáawnaangaan
Díi git kiskáawnangaay guláagang.
My son likes to play pool.

ki skáygasdliyaay
(drawing of a) circle

ki sk'ast'áaw
a gouge (a type of chisel)

kisláangw
(fireplace) poker

kist'áaw
chisel

kis xáwgandaay
watery pus

ki tl'ajuuláangw
spatula

ki tl'asdlahliyáay
cuff, hem

kits'áa
to roast O on a stick, skewer
  • kits'a
  • kits'áang
  • kits'gán
  • kits'áayaan
Chíin uu hl kits’áang.
I’m roasting fish on a stick.

kits'áaw
roasting stick
  • kits'áawaay

kits'gáangw
ramrod

kit'áaw
spear
  • kit'áawaay

kit'uu
spear, harpoon

kit'uu dáagal
a harpoon's lanyard

kit'uu kún
- butt end of a spear
- strong and steadfast

ki xáal
oval doorway through the front of the house and the housefront pole

ki xáay stlíinaay
knitting needle
  • ki xáay stlíinaay

kiyáa
to be light, lightweight
  • kiya
  • kiyáagang
  • kiyáagan
  • kiyáayaan
Gwáalaay ’láangaa kiyáayaan.
Her sack was light.

ki'íi
- one's meat, flesh
- one's name, namesake
  • hal ki'íi

kug gílgaay
kug gílgaay
bracket fungus

kug gun.gáa
dead wood

kug galáanggaa
rotten wood

kúgiis
cookie

kúgiis gasdlats'áawaay
cookie sheet

kug tl'ahláay
sledgehammer for splitting wood

kuhláa
to be downcast, disappointed

kuk
firewood
  • kugáay
  • kug

kuk galáanggaa
dry-rotten wood

kuk gun.gáa
dead wood

kún
- end, tip, point
- nose, snout, muzzle; beak (of puffin)
- point of land, headland, spit, cape
- whale (other than killer whale)
  • hal kún

kunáa
to be the cause of trouble, conflict (over X), to be to blame (for X)

kúnaa
before, earlier

kunáadaa
to blame O
  • kunáada
  • kunáadaang
  • kunáatgan
  • kunáadaayaan
Hal git tlagáaygan dluu díi hal kunáatgan.
When her child got hurt she blamed me.

kúnaan
stinging nettle root

kunáast
before, preceding
  • kunáasd
  • ’láa kunáast
  • ’wáa kunáast

kunáasdgaay
one's older siblings

kunáasd 'láanaa
one's older opposite-sex sibling

kúnaaw
- points of lands, headlands
- to end, come to an end, finish at some location (pl)

kunáng
one's own nose, snout, muzzle; (puffin's) own beak

kúndaal
to move along slowly in a mass (as a school of fish)

kunéehl
to be to blame (for X), be the source of trouble (for X)

kún.gat
inside or outside corner
  • kún.gad

kún gisáaw
handkerchief
  • kún gisáawaay

kún.gw
at the point, end of

kunhlgijúu
to go, move, rush (of a crowd, group, flock)
  • kunhlgijúugang
  • kunhlgijúugan
  • kunhlgijáawaan
Náay aa tl’ kunhlgijúugan.
They were rushing to the house.

kun hlgijuuláang
to swim around in a big school

kún hlgits'agahl
a large amount of shellfish that has washed ashore

kún hlk'iwíi
whale's blubber

kún hlkún
the bridge of one's nose

kún hltanagáay
new growth on the end of an evergreen branchlet

kún hlt'aj
one's septum

kuníisii
- ancestor
- crest

kúnjaaw
a point of land, headland

kún jiingáay
whole nose

kúnjuu
to end, come to an end, finish at some location (sg)

kún káahlii
nostril
  • kún káahlii
  • hal kún káahlii

kún kaj gajáaw
sperm whale

kún sajáay
whalebone club

kún sdagáa
nose ring
  • kún sdajáaw

kúnsgat
- to bump into X
- to push O, give O a push with one's nose
  • kúnsgad
  • kúnsgiidang
  • kúnsgiidan
  • kúnsgadaan
Tluwáay iik díinaa hal kúnsgiidan.
He bumped into my boat.

kún sgáay
the lower jaw of a whale

kúnsii
point, beginning of something

kúnst'a
to begin, start, originate

kúnst'ayaay
the beginning

kúnts'ang
to doze, nod off to sleep

kún ts'áng
baleen

kúnts'ul
nostril

kúnts'ulang
one's own nostril

kúnt'gwaang
sandhopper, beachhopper, sand fleas
  • kúnt'gwaangaay

kún xáw
mucus that drips or runs from one's nose

kún xíilaangs
one's nostrils

kún xíilaas
a certain part of the large box type of fish trap

kún xíilayaay
hole through one's septum

kus
to stab O once with knife
  • kwíijang
  • kwíijan
  • kujáan
Hal gaayhlt.wáas dluu, ’láa tl’ kujáan.
When they were fighting, he was stabbed.

kusad
to fart, pass gas once

kusadáng
to fart, pass gas multiple times

kusahlgáaw
awl, punch

kusíidaa
land otter scent gland

kúudaa
to make a cursing hand gesture
  • kúuda
  • kúudaang
  • kúutgan
  • kúudaayaan
Dáakw hal kúudaadaa ujaa?
Did she hand sign curse you?

kúudaadaa
to make an obscene hand gesture

kúugaa
to cook (O)
  • tláng galáng
  • kúugaagang
  • kúugaagan
kúugaayaan
Hal aw kúugaagang.
Her mother is cooking

kwáadaa
- quarter (25 cents)
- to be a quarter, be worth a quarter
  • kwáadaay

kwáagat
to be confident in, proud of, look up to, count on, admire X
  • kwáagad
  • kwáagiidang
  • kwáagiidan
  • kwáagadaan
Díi eihl hal kwáagiidang.
She looks up to me.

kwáagadaa
for X to be reliable, dependable, be able to be counted on

kwáag chagáa
skirt

kwáag chagáa náaguusii
petticoat, slip

Kwaawáay
Honorable Ones

kwáay
- buttocks, behind, rear end, hips
- fish tail
  • hal kwáay

kwaayáang
to bleed, shed blood

hl’áan kwaayáang
to run, flow of (liquid) saliva
  • hl’áan kwaayáanggang
  • hl’áan kwaayáanggan
  • hl’áan kwaayáangaan
Díi hl’áan kwaayáanggang.
My saliva is running.

kwáayang
one's buttocks, behind, rear end, hips

kwáayang skuj
one's own pelvic bone

kwáay gudg hlgat'as
pelvis

kwáay skuj
one's pelvic bone

kwáay 'wíi chiingáay
buttock

kwah chagáng
to wear O (sg) [skirt]

kwah chagíi
to put on O (sg) [skirt]

kwah gad
to start to flow

kwah jíijuu
for a creek to flow heavily

kwah jíit'as
for a massive pile, heap of O (logs, etc.) to wash ashore

kwah k'íiyihlgayaay
whirlpools

kwah k'íiyilaay
a whirlpool

kwah k'íi'idii
tide rip

kwah síisda
cetacean blowhole

kwah sk'ajáaw
funnel mouth for a large box-type fish trap

kwah xihlahlgayáay
whirlpools

kwah xihlaláay
a whirlpool

kwah xíilaangaay
whirlpools

kwah xíilayaay
whirlpool

kwahyangáay
the current

kyáa
outside
  • akyáa
  • kyáasii
  • ’láa kyáasii
  • ’wáa kyáasii

kyaa
- meat, flesh
- name, term
- wooden door hanging inside the doorway theough the housefront pole of a traditional house
  • kya’áay

kyaada
to name O, call O (by some name)

kyáagaang
- to call, call out (to X)
- wolverine
  • kyáagaanggang
  • kyáagaanggan
  • kyáagaangaan
Awáan hl k’atgán daan díik hal kyáagaanggan.
She called me while I was still sleeping.

Kyáagang
Calling Spirit

kyáaguud
around outside

kyáaguusii
the area outside; the outside surface

kyaa íi xinanáangwaay
meat grinder

kyaa kíihlgaay
platter

kyáan
- Pacific cod
- tin can
  • kyáanaay

kyáanang
to ask (X)
  • kyáananggang
  • kyáananggan
  • kyáanaangaan
Dáng eihl hal kyáananggang.
She’s asking you.

kyáandaaw
canning kettle

kyáan kidahlgáawaay
punch for tin cans

kyáan k'áal
empty can

kyáan k'i gasdláaw
can opener

kyáanlii
cannery

kyáan tláng galáangwaay
canning kettle

kyaa táawaay
platter

kyáawgaay
knot; the tying (of O)

kyaa xigwáay
meat saw

kyaa xi'wáay
meat grinder

kyah k'wíi
to give O (sg) a name, to name O (sg)

kyah k'wíiwa
to give O (pl) a name, to name O (pl)

kya'áa
to be named
  • kya'a
  • kya'áang
  • kya'gán
  • kya'áayaan
Díi eihl hal kya’áang.
She’s named after me.

kya'áang
one's own name

kya'áanguhldaa
to be raring to go

kya'áanguhldiyaa
to have gotten real fired up

kyúu
to tie O (to X)
  • kyúugang
  • kyúugan
  • kyáawaan
Kwáayaay hl kyúugan.
I tied the rope.

kyúu dlii'áaw
to hang O by tying up

kyúu k'íisgadaay
a knot
  • kyúu k'íit'ajaay

kyúutl'jaaw
(steel) ax
  • kyúutl'jaawaay

kyúutl'jaaw gud íi tl'a'áaw
double-bitted ax

kyúutl'jaaw kámjuu
hatchet
  • kyúutl'jaaw xajúu

kyúu xáagad
- poles laid front to back across rafter poles to support the roof in a traditional ceader bark shack
- to tie O (pl) together in series