Ḵ’: Haida - English

k'a
- be asleep
- harpoon (for a seal, sea lion or salmon)

k'áa
to fall, topple over (sg)
  • k'áagang
  • k'áagan
  • k'áagaan
Hal k'áagan.
He fell over.

k'aad
dogfish, shark

xángaa k'áadanglaa
for X to be dizzy
  • xángaa k'áadanglaagang
  • xángaa k'áadanglaagan
  • xángaa k'áadanglaagaan
Gáalgwaa díi xángaa k'áadanglaagan.
I was dizzy last night.

k'aad aw
shark (any species other than dogfish)

k'áaduu
container woven from wide strips of cedar bark, fish basket
  • k'áaduwaay

k'áaduu yáangwaay
drawstring on a kh'áaduu basket

k'áag
littleneck clam, butterclam

k'áagw
freshwater sockeye salmon

k'áahlsgat
to get used to X
  • k'áahlsgad
  • k'áahlsgiidang
  • k'áahlsgiidan
  • k'áahlsgadaan
Díi aa k'áahlsgadaay aa hal jagíigan.
She couldn’t get used to me.

k'áahlts'aawd
wisps of fog, steam, smoke, etc.

k'aahlts'aawdáa
to let off steam, smoke

k'áahluu
to get up from a rest
  • k'áahluugang
  • k'áahluugan
  • k'áahlaawaan
Hal k’at káwt hal k'áahluugan.
She slept awhile and then got up.

k'áajaa
to be pitchy, have pitch

k'áaj xáw
extract of spruce pitch made by chewing and spitting out juice

k'áak
butter clams
  • k'áagaay

k'áa k'wáalwaay
line where the thigh meets the torso

k'áal
- clay
- empty container
- memorial column, memorial pole
- tombstone

k'áalaa
to be empty

k'áalaangw
pencil, pen, chalk, crayon, traditional paintbrush made of porcupine quills
  • k'áalaangwaay

k'áalaangwaay k'áay
pencil tip

k'áalaangw k'usíi gisáawaay
pencil eraser (on the end of the pencil)

k'áalang
- one's own empty container
- to write O
  • k'áalanggang
  • k'áalanggan
  • k'áalaangaan
Kugíin hl k’áalanggang.
I’m writing a letter.

k'áalangaay
writing, print, script

k'áalang níijangaa
for X1 to be drawn (on X2)

k'áalang níijangaay
a drawing, a traditional design

k'áalts'uu xáalaa
species of bat

k’áang
k'áang
- Dall porpoise
- hemlock (wood or tree)
  • k’áangaay

k'áangahlt'ajaay
behavior towards others

k'áangal
one's power of reason, mind; one's physical being
  • hal k'áangal

k'áangalang
one's own power of reason, mind; one's own physical being

k'áang káahlii
species of salamander

k'áang stlíinaay
spruce needle

k'áang tlúu
ship's boat; any medium-sized wooden boat

k'áangwal
one's behavior towards others

k'áanuu
- maggot, worm
- (one's) pimple
  • k'áanuwaay

k'áas
pitch, tar, wax, (chewing) gum, pitchwood, sap
  • k'áajaay

k'áasal
abandoned town

k'áas gudáaw
lamp, light, torch, electricty

k'áas gudáaw dáng sk'agangáa
lantern

k'áas gudáaw táw
kerosene, coal oil

k'áas gugahldiyáa
pitch used as chewing gum, collected by setting fire to the tree

k'áas kúlts'aadaang
pink pitch from woodpecker holes, used as chewing gum

k'áas k'ats'áa
lead (metal)

k'áas sdláagwaal
metal spoon

k'áas xasáa
pitch gathered from the sides of trees, pitch torch

k'áats'
dulse, ribbon seaweed
  • k'áats'aay

k'áa ts'aláangaa
swampberry; cloudberry
  • k'áaw ts'aláangaa

k'áat'uuga
to crackle, blast

k'áaw
to sit down (sg)
  • k'áawgang
  • k'áawgan
  • k'áawaan
Ts’áanuwaay k’uhl uu hl k'áawgan.
I sat by the fireside.

k'aawhl
dagger

k'aawhl dáagal
dagger's cord (used to hang it around one's neck)

k'áawts'ungaa
to make crunching noises (as snow crunching underfoot)

k'áawunaa
to be naive, disinterested, oblivious
  • k'áawunaagang
  • k'áawunaagan
  • k'áawunaagaan
Hal k'áawunaagang.
He is naive.

K'áa T'áay
Waterfall cannery

k’áauu
k'áauu
male red-breasted merganser

k'áay
- one's crotch
- the beam of a boat
- the middle of the front row of houses in a traditional village
- the width of a stretch of water
  • hal k'áay

k'aayáng
one's own crotch

k'ad
down from the woods, down on the beach; out to sea, offshore

ḵ’adáa
to sleep, be asleep
  • k'ada
  • ḵ’adáang
  • ḵ’atgán
  • ḵ’adáayaan
Xáay ḵ’adáang.
The dog is asleep.

ḵ’adáa hlk’itgáa
nightgown
  • k'adáa hlk'idgáay
  • ḵ’adáa hlk’itgáay

k'adáan
ghost

k'adáa náay
hotel, bunkhouse

k'adáangad
to oversleep

k'adahl
to go off, fire (of a gun)

k'adáng
with oneself

k'adéed
around down on the beach, around down by the water

k'adg
away from the woods, toward downtown, down to the beach, out towards the sea

k'adgúusd
from down on the beach to up toward the woods, from out at sea toward land

k'adgúusdgaay náay
the sitting room, the living room

k'adgw
out to sea from the beach

k'adgwáa
in a westerly direction

k'adgwáa gwáayaay
the mainland

k'adgwéed
around nearby towards the sea

k'adgwíi
from the woods, toward the beach, out to sea

ḵ’adíi
to go to sleep
  • ḵ’adíigang
  • ḵ’adíigan
  • ḵ’adáayaan
Awáan hl ḵ’áwgan daan hl ḵ’adíigan.
While I was sitting down I went to sleep.

k'adsd
from downtown, from down on the beach, from out at sea

k'atsíi
area down on the beach, area out to sea
  • k'adsíi
  • ’láa k'atsíi
  • ’wáa k'atsíi

k'atsíi gagwíi
the area way out to sea
  • k'adsíi gagwíi

k'ad tlagáay
the mainland

k'adxáan
a berdache

k'adxanáa
to be a hermaphrodite, berdache

k'agáangad
to oversleep, sleep in

K'agdáa Gáad
Grindal Island

k'agdáahl
flat, open, berry-winnowing basket or plaque

k'agwdáng
to break O (round)

k'ahdga
to clap, applaud O (one's hands)

k'ahl
as, in place of

k'ahlgáang
in place of, on behalf of

ḵ’áhlgaaw
loon
  • k'ahlgáaw

k'ahlgas
in place of, on behalf of

k'ahl gunáan
nude, naked

k'ahl hlk'idgáay
deerskin dress

k'ahl hlk'únk'aay
- flexible cover, wrapping, packaging
- one's amniotic sac
- one's diaphragm
- one's peritoneum (thin membraneous sac around the internal organs)

ḵ’ahljúu
- one's state of health
- to be overly concerned, anticipate, wait patiently
  • ḵ’ahljúugang
  • ḵ’ahljúugan
  • ḵ’ahljáawaan
Hal git k’ut’álgan dluu ’láak díi ḵ’ahljúugan.
When her child died I was overly concerned for her.

ḵ’ahljawáa
for X to be unsightly, look pitiful
  • ḵ’ahljawáagang
  • ḵ’ahljawáagan
  • ḵ’ahljawáagaan
Hal láamgaas dluu ’láak ḵ’ahljawáaganggang.
When she’s drunk she’s unsightly.

k'ahl k'uudáats'aay
men's deerskin shirt

k'ahl kíiya
to find out about, discover O

ḵ’ahlts’ánggaa
to be reluctant to go out in cold weather. (as going out in bad weather, or washing one's face in cold water)
  • k'ahlts'ángga
  • ḵ’ahlts’ánggaang
  • ḵ’ahlts’ángkgan
  • ḵ’ahlts’ánggaayaan
Áayaat ḵáagalaay aa díi ḵ’ahlts’ángkgan.
I was reluctant to go out in the bad weather today.

k'ahl'úl
one's hip region

k'ahl'uláang
to endure

k'ahl'uláng
one's own hip region

k'ahl'úl 'wáa aa kúnt'as
hip joint

k'ahngáa
poor thing!

k'ajáang
to flash repeatedly

k'ajahl
to start to blow in from some direction [wind, weather]

k'ajúu
to blow in from some direction [wind, weather]

k'a k'áy
hide armor shirt

ḵ’ál
- an animal's pelt
- the outer bark or skin of a plant or fruit
- the outer surface of a hard object (e.g. rock, boat, shoe, etc.)
- the surface of the waves
- skin (surface)
  • hal ḵ’ál

ḵ’aláa
to be suspicious also, not know how to, be poor at
  • k'ala
  • ḵ’aláang
  • ḵ’algán
  • ḵ’aláayaan
’Láa hl ḵínggan dluu ’láa hl ḵ’algán. When I saw her I was suspicious.
Hal dlajáaw ḵ’aláang. She doesn’t know how to act.

ḵ’álaa
muskeg, swamp, bog
  • ḵ’álgaay

k'álaat
other, another, something different
  • k'álaad

tl’ k'álaat
some other people

gin k'álaat
something else, someone else

k'alaagáa
to be ambitious, very capable, strong, willing to act
  • k'alaagáagang
  • k'alaagáagan
  • k'alaagáagaan
Tlíi dáng k'alaagáas aa.
You are so ambitious!

k'álaa gáanaay
unidentified species of berry

k'álaa hlk'ámalaay
juniper tree

k'álaa hltánuwaay
plumed heads of cottongrass

k'álaa k'ínanaay
sphagnum moss

k'aláangwut
frost
  • k'aláangad
  • k'aláangwudaay

k'aláangadaa
for there to have been a frost

k'álaa sgadang
snipe

k'álaa ts'aláa
juniper

k'aláaan
- fence
- fence board, picket

k'aladáa
to be different, odd, out of the ordinary, a newcomer

sgáan k'aladáa
to be promiscuous
  • sgáan k'aladáagang
  • sgáan k'aladáagan
  • sgáan k'aladáagaan
’Láa uu sgáan k'aladáagang.
She is promiscuous.

k'aláng
one's own skin

k'alangid
for ice to form on ponds

k'aldangáa
for X to be amazing, surprising, a wonderment

K’ál hlgahl
dark skinned person, negro, African-American people

ḵ’ál sgunáa
ḵ’ál sgunáa
The orange fruit or literally "stink skin"

k'áluut
- mold
- to mold, be moldy
  • k'álud
  • k'áluudaay

k'áludaa
to have gotten moldy

k'ámaal kíihlaa
ceramic dish

k'amahl
- razor clam
- to burst
  • k'amalaay

k'án
- grass, sedge
- rush, reed
  • k'anáay

k'anáa
for there to be grass

k'án chaj
grass stem

k'ándaal
to fall, topple over (pl)

k'ánd chagud
to belch loudly

k'áng
to bring luck to, help, assist X1 (with X2)

k'angasgidáaygaa
to be poor, destitute

k'ángkwdaang
kindness
  • k'ánggwdaang
  • k'ángkwdaangaay

k'ánggwdangaa
to be kind
  • k'ánggwdanga
  • k'ánggwdangaang
  • k'ánggwdanggan
  • k'ánggwdangaayaan
Díi náan k'ánggwdanggiinii.
My grandmother used to be kind.

k'ángk'ii
seed or pit of a fruit
  • gin k'ángk'ii

k'ángk'ii chuwáa sk'adaláas
prune

k'án k'it'íit'uwaay
scythe, sickle

k'án sk'ángandaa
saltgrass

k'án tl'ángandaa
American dunegrass

k'ánts'at
the side of one's head, one's temple
  • k'ánts'ad
  • hal k'ánts'at

k'ánts'adang
the side of one's own head, one's own temple

k'ánt'iid
blowdown of trees, tangled windfall

k'as
false azalea

k'asáal xiláay
medicine for sores

k'asál
- (one's) sore
- (one's) wound

k'asaláa
to be sore, infected

k'asánd
out of pity for

k'asánd gudáang xiláay
medicine to make someone who hates you change their mind

k'asdáa
to flash once

k'asdla
to go to sleep (pl)

k'ask'ud
bufflehead duck, harlequin duck

k'ask'ud chíinaay
the last run of dog salmon (in October or November)

k'a táayaa
one's fiancée, sweetheart, lover, boyfriend, girlfriend
  • hal k'a táayaa

k'a táayang
one's own fiancée, sweetheart, lover, boyfriend, girlfriend

k'a táayda
to have O as one's fiancée, sweetheart, lover, boyfriend, girlfriend

k'atl'áa
to cut off a piece of O

k'atl'eehl
for there to be a landslide

k'atkw
out seawards from, down towards the beach from
  • ’láa k'atkw
  • ’wáa k'atkw

k'ats'
- black rockfish, rock cod
- salmon milt
  • k'ats'áay

k'ats'a
to be hard

k'ats'áa
black bass

k'ats'gat
to take aim at O
  • k'ats'gad
  • k'ats'gíidang
  • k'ats'gíidan
  • k'ats'gadáan
Náay aa hal k'ats'gíidan.
He aimed at the house.

k'ats'gahl
to harden, get hard

k'ats'galáa
to be jammed together in a driftpile

k'at'an
tidal flat, sand flat
  • k'at'áan
  • k'at'anáay

k'at'úugaa
to explode, make an exploding noise
  • k'at'úuga
  • k'at'úugaang
  • k'at'úukgan
  • k'at'úugaayaan
Jagwáay hal tla k'at'úukgan.
He let the gun explode.

k'aw
plank, board, lumber
  • k'awáay

k'áw
to stick off, up, out

k'áwaa
to be sitting
  • k'áwa
  • k'áwaang
  • k'áwgan
  • k'áw’aayaan
Ts’áanuwaay k’uhl uu hl k'áwaang.
I am sitting by the fireside.

k'áwaadaan
couch, easy chair, bench

k'awáangw
putty

k'awat
to be left over, be an excess amount
  • k'awad
  • k'awiidang
  • k'awiidan
  • k'awadaan
Táawaay ’wáast k’áwats hl da’áasaang.
I’ll keep the food that’s left over.

k'áwkwaan
ranked seating position at a doings

k'aw k'ún
the edge of a board

k'áwsdlaa
to grow, start to poke through the soil (as shoots); to break out with a rash

k'áwsdlaa
to start to stick out, off, up (pl)

k'aw ts'úuwii
centerline of a board or plank

k'a xugangáay
snoring

k'a xúugaang
to snore

k'áy
cape (clothing)

k'ayáa
to be old (said of people and animals only)
  • k'ayáagang
  • k'ayáagan
  • k'ayáagaan
Díi náan k'ayáagang.
My grandmother is old.

k'ayáagaa
to grow old (said of people and animals only)

k'ayéehl
- to get old, age
- to grow old, get old, age

k'a'áaw
fallen tree

k'id
to cut O; to dress O (an animal); to carve, whittle O

k'idáa k'ujáaw
harlequin duck

k'idgáay
a carving

k'id git'íis k'íinaay
a bountiful summer, said to occur every four years

k'id 'la'áay
carver

k'id 'la'áaygaa
to be a carver

k'igíihlda
to finish carving O

k'ihláa
to cut through P

k'íi
old age

k'iidaa
- to get in O's way, bother O
- to save, store O up
  • k'iida
  • k'iidáang
  • k'iitgán
  • k'iidáayaan
Hl hlgánggulgan dluu díi hal k'iitgán. When I was working she was in my way.
Táaw hal k'íidaang. She is saving food.

dáng k'íidaal
to drag a large round object
  • xadáal (plural)
  • dáng k'íidaalgang
  • dáng k'íidaalgan
  • dáng k'íidaalaan
Ts’ahl í’waan hal dáng k'íidaal’unggan.
He dragged a large lead sinker around.

k'íidgiyaa
west-southwest wind

k'íiga
to be old (inan)
  • k'íigaa
  • k'íigaagang
  • k'íigaalgan
  • k'íigaagaan
Áajii k'awáay k'íigaagang.
The board is old.

k'íigaang
- myth, story
- to tell stories, myths (about X)
  • k'íigaanggang
  • k'íigaanggan
  • k'íigaangaan
Adaahl íitl’k hal k'íigaanggan.
She told us stories yesterday.

k'iigáay
the old people, the elders

k'íigad
to doubt, disagree

k'íigdalaa
to be stingy with, possessive of, not want to part with X

dáng k'íihlaalw
block (tool)
  • dáng k'íihlaalwaay

k'íihlandaay
bow or stern scarfed on a canoe

k'íihlang
to carry, take bring things

k'iihlán.giyaay
bows or sterns scarfed on canoes

k'iihlgáangw
the call of one's crest creature

k'íijguwaa
to be in jail (sg)

k'íijuu
hump, solid projection
  • k'íijuwaay

k'íijuuyaay
the hill, the pile

k'íijuwa
to be in a large pile, heap

k'íij'aaw
be piled up

k'íik'
eggs of an unidentified species of fish, laid in crevices of rocks in the intertidal zone

k'íik'w
semen

k'íi kúunanggahl
to go crazy in old age

k'íinaan
to iron O
  • k'íinaan.gang
  • k'íinaan.gan
  • k'íinaanaan
Hlk’itgáay hl k'íinaan.gang.
I’m ironing the dress.

k'íinaanw
(clothes) iron

k'íisgat
- to faint
- to forget X
  • k'íisgad
  • k'íisgiidang
  • k'íisgiidan
  • k'íisgadaan
Díik hal k'íisgadan.
She forgot me.

k'íisgiid sgáanuwaay
a very forgetful person

K'íis Gwáayaay
Langara Island

k'íisk'aal
- bluebottle fly eggs
- maggot
  • k'íisk'aalaay

k'íisk'w
whole, entire (of large, chunky 3D object)

dáng k'íist’aa
to pull out round object
  • dáng k'íisdaang
  • dáng k'íist’gan
  • dáng k'íist’aayaan
Kwaagyáa hal dáng k'íist’aayaan.
He pulled out a rock.

k'íiswaansang
one chunky 3D object

K'íis Xaat'áay
Alaskan Haida people, Kaigani Haida people

k'íits'aangw
inside housepost of traditional house

k'íits'at
to put O (pl) in jail
  • k'íits'ad
  • k'íits'iidang
  • k'íits'iidan
  • k'íits'adaan
Tluwáay ts’éi ii tl’ k'íits'iidan.
They jailed the boat’s crew.

k'íits'adaa
to be in jail, to have been put in jail (pl)
  • k'íits'adaagang
  • k'íits'adaagan
  • k'íits'adaagaan
Hal k'íits'adaa’waang.
They are all in jail.

k'íits'at náay
jail, jailhouse
  • k'íits'iid náay

nang k'íits'at 'la'áaygaa
to be a jailkeeper, policeman
  • k'íits'ad 'la'áaygaa

k'íits'iid 'la'áay
policeman, jail keeper

k'íits'guwaa
to be in jail (singular)
  • k'íits'guwaagang
  • k'íits'guwaagan
  • k'íits'guwaagaan
Nang íihlangaas k'íits'guwaa k’áwaang.
The man is sitting in jail.

nang k'íits'guwaa
prisoner

k'íit'aal
sapling
  • k'íit'alaay

k'íit'aas
small berry basket (or other container)
  • k'íit'ajaay

k'íit'as
- to be ignorant of, unfamiliar with, not know X
- to be unable to speak sb's language
  • k'íit'iijang
  • k'íit'iijan
  • k'íit'ajaan
Gúusawaayk hal k'íit'ajaan.
She did not know the language.

k'íit'gwaang
western black currant, swamp currant
  • k'íit'gungaay

k'íit'uu
lancet

k'íiwaa
to be detained, tied down (by X), be busy (with X)
  • k'íiwaagang
  • k'íiwaagan
  • k'íiwaagaan
Awáng eihl hal k'íiwaagan.
She was detained by her mother.

k'íiwaatl'aagaay
mouth of an inlet, slough

k'íiyaangw
base of a tombstone

k'íiyaaw
wood chip

k'íiyaawängaay
the hills, the piles

k'íi'id
to recall, remember O

K'i K'íidas
the seventh traditional lunar month

k'ín
- hemlock knot from a rotten log
- summer (from early April to late September)

k'ínaaw
scraps from slicing something

k'ínat
- beginning of summer
- to become summer
  • k'ínad
  • k'ínadaay
  • k'íniidang
  • k'íniidan
  • k'ínadaan
K'ínats dluu díi tláal aadáasaang.
When its summer time my husband will seine fish.

k'inanáng
to cut X up into pieces

k'índaa
to braid O
  • k'índa
  • k'índaang
  • k'íntgan
  • k'índaayaan
Hal kats hl k'índaang.
I’m braiding her hair.

k'índiyaa
to have been braided

k'índ sk'aadiigáa
to hang straight down in braids (of hair)

k'índ t'ahláalw
stap made from braided cedar bark, used for holding a climbing stick to a tree

k'ín.gahlgaay
the ones from last summer

k'ín.galaa
to be summer

k'ín sgalangáay
summer song

k'íntl'eihl
- spring (season)
- to become spring
  • k'íntl'eehl
  • k'íntl'eilaay
  • k'íntl'eilgang
  • k'íntl'eilgan
  • k'íntl'eilaan
K'íntl'eihls dluu sgíw t’aláng táanaasaang.
When its Spring we will get some seaweed.

k'ín t'áawal
a fishhook made from a spruce knot

K'ín Xyáahl
a certain dance performed during the 'Wáahlaal potlatch

k'ín xit'adáay
migrating birds

k'itl'a
to cut O off, slice off a piece of O (sg) (from X)

k'it'at
- to cut (into) X
- to cut O in two
  • k'it'ad
  • k'it'íidang
  • k'it'íidan
  • k'it'ádaan
Kwáayaay hl k'it'íidan.
I cut the rope.

k'it'íid
breastplate, cuirass (armor)

k'it'uhl 'la'áaw
any kind of sharp knife

k'íw
the entrance to an enclosed space, mouth (of a river, bay)

k'íyaa
to be stuck, delayed (by difficulty, nuisance)

k'iyáagaang
clan history story

k'íyaaw
stone anchor fastened to the stern of a canoe

k'íyiit
remember O
  • k'íyiid
  • k'íyiidang
  • k'íyiidan
  • k'íyiidaan
Awáahl gin gíidiinii iik hal k'íyiit gíigiinii.
He always remembered the things that happened long ago.

k'ud
to be hungry

k'udáal
starvation, famine
  • k'udaláay

k'udahl
to starve, go hungry, desperately need food

k'udaláa
to be starving, have nothing to eat, for there to be a famine

k'udgahl
to get hungry

k'ud k'ut'ahl
to starve to death

k'udlasgad
to get stuck in P

k'ud'uhláaw
pliers

k'u gáayeehl
to eat too much and get fat

k'u gagáa
gorget (throat armor)

k'u gasgíit'uu
clamp for lumber (c-clamp, pipe clamp, etc.)

k'uhl
with, near, by
  • ’láa k'uhl
  • ’wáa k'uhl

k'uhláalw
curved knife used for carving

k'uhláang
one's own scrotum

k'uhláaw
a place sheltered from the wind

k'uhl chiyáang
- figure in the string game
- spider
  • k'uhl chiyangáay

k'uhl chiyáang aadáay
spider web

k'uhldaa
- to steal O (from X)
- to V in secret, stealthily, sneakily
  • k'uhlda
  • k'uhldáang
  • k'uhltgán
  • k'uhldáayaan

k'uhldáa sgáanuwaay
a thief

k'uhldáa 'la'áay
thief

kíng k'uhldáa
to peak
  • kíng k'uhldáang
  • kíng k'uhltgán
  • kíng k'uhldáayaan
Íitl’ hal kíng k'uhltgán.

nang k'uhldáa 'la'áaygaa
to be a thief

k'uhld xúuts'
a thief

k'u hlgats'áangw
outside corner house post of traditional house

k'u hlgat'íisk'w
clothespin

k'uhlgit'as
to stutter

k'uhlgwáa
in a sheltered place

k'uhlgwáa sgináay
portage

k'uhlgwáasgyaan
trail, portage across to the other side of something

k'uhlgwáay
trail going across a point, spit or island

k'uhlíi
- anal fin and bone in salmon
- gills of an octopus
- one's scrotum
  • hal k'uhlíi

k'uhlts'áng
halibut spine with the meat on

k'uhl'áaw
to be sheltered, be in the lee of the wind

k'uhl'áawda
to shelter O

k'uts
thick outer bark
  • k'uj
  • k'ujáay

k'ujáaw
(steel) trap

k'ujgíit'uu
clothespin, clamp

k'u kam
yarrow stem

k'u kángaaw
crumbs of something

k'u kwaayáang
to dribble O (liquid) from one's mouth
  • k'u kwaayáanggang
  • k'u kwaayáanggan
  • k'u kwaayáangaan
Gáanaay xáw díi gwíi hal k'u kwaayáanggan.
She dropped the fruit juice on me.

k'u kánsgad
for there to be an ebb tide

k'u k'áat'uugaa
to grind one's teeth

k'uk'as
whiteout

k'u k'íigaangw
gun flint

k'u k'íigaangw
shell primer

k'u k'íisdlaa
to outeat O

k'u k'íisdleehl
to outeat O

k'ul
one's boss, leader

k'úl
roots
  • k'uláay

k'uláa
to be the boss, the leader, in charge (of X)
  • k'uláagang
  • k'uláagan
  • k'uláagaan
Nang jáadaas k'uláagang.
The woman is the boss.

k'uláadaa
to blame O on X, accuse X of O
  • k'uláada
  • k'uláadaang
  • k'uláatgan
  • k'uláadaayaan
Díi an hal k'uláadaang.
She is blaming me.

k'uláang k'ujuwáa
stump (sg.)

k'uláang k'wa'áaw
stumps

k'uláng
- one's own boss, leader
- one's own lap
- one's own leg

k'ulangáay
wall

k'uláng kaanáng
the back surface of one's own leg

k'uláng kajáng
one's own knee

k'uláng k'íits'iit'uwaay
garter

k'úlgandaa
to keep O secret (from X)
  • k'úlganda
  • k'úlgandaang
  • k'úlgantgan
  • k'úlgandaayaan
Díik tlaa tl’ k'úlgantgaangaan.
They kept it secret from me for a long time.

k'úl k'ujúu
stump

k'ulúu
- foundation post of a house
- leg of a piece of furniture
- one's lap
- one's leg
  • hal k'ulúu

k'ulúu íngkw
lap
  • k'ulúu úngkw
  • hal k'ulúu íngkw

k'ulúu k'wa'áawangaay
foundation posts

k'ulúu kats
one's knee
  • k'ulúu kaj
  • hal k'ulúu kats

k'ulúu kaj gáal
kneecap

k'ulúu kaj k'u'úldangaay
one's knee joint

k'ulúu kaj ka'án
the back of one's knee

k'ulúu ka'án
the back surface of one's leg

k'ún
edge, rim, brim of something

k'ún dáaw
the bottom edge of a mat that is being woven

k'úngaaw
crumbs from eating something

k'ungaláng
to eat O off the ground

k'únhl
rose hip

k'únhlahl
to be rosy, pink

k'únhl hlk'a'áay
rosebushes

k'únhl xiláay
rose blossom

k'ún k'áys
variety of large crabapple which grows near Rose Spit

k'únsdaa
to be tired of eating O

k'usáang
- to cough repeatedly
- tuberculosis
  • k'usangáay
  • k'usáanggang
  • k'usáanggan
  • k'usáangaan
Gám ’láa gwíi k'usáang’ang.
Don’t cough towards her.

k'usahldáa
to cough once

k'usang xáahlt'i'iid
whooping cough

k'usgat
to bite O
  • k'usgad
  • k'usgíidang
  • k'usgíidan
  • k'usgadáan
Gúusgáakw xáay ’láa k'usgat.sgagán.
The dog almost bit her.

k'u sk'aawnáangw
shell, shell casing (for a firearm)

k'u sk'at'as
to stutter

k'ust'áan
crab
  • k'ust'anáay

k'ust'áan k'áal
a crab shell

k'ust'áan nagáay
crab butter

k'ust'áan sgids
red crab

k'ust'áan skamáay
crab pot

k'ust'áan ts'íi
crab butter

k'ut
to be hungry
  • k'wíidang
  • k'wíidan
  • k'udáan
Díi k'wíidang.
I’m hungry.

k'utl'áa
to bite into O

k'u tl'asgad
to clamp O (sg)

k'u tl'at'íisk'w
clamp

k'u tk’ut’ahl
to starve to death
  • k'u tk’ut’álgang
  • k'u tk’ut’algan
  • k'u tk’ut’áalaan
Dúujaay k'u tk’ut’áalaan.
The cat starved to death.

k'ut'áang
to bum; to beg, wish (for X1 (esp. food)) (from X2)
  • k'ut'áanggang
  • k'ut'áanggan
  • k'ut'áangaan
Táawaayk ’láangaa t’aláng k'ut'áang sgwáananggan.
We kept wishing for their food.

k'úud
one's corpse

k'úudaa
to be paralyzed, half-dead

k'úudang
one's own corpse

k'úudangaa
to be paralyzed, half-dead
  • k'úudangaagang
  • k'úudangaagan
  • k'úudangaagaan
Hal k'úudangaas dluu ’láa tl’ kagántgan.
He was saved when he was half-dead.

k'wáal
one's moiety

k'wáalaa
to be of O's clan

k'wáalang
one's own moiety

k'wáandaa
to fire at O with explosives, to make O explode, to bomb O
  • k'wáanda
  • k'wáandaang
  • k'wáantgan
  • k'wáandaayaan
Tluwáay tl’ k'wáandaayaan.
They fired at the boat.

k'wáandaaw
cannon

k'wáandabs
a certain game of marbles

k'wáang
to explode
  • k'wáanggang
  • k'wáanggan
  • k'wáangaan
Gin hl tlak’at’úugaas ’láa gwíi k'wáanggan.
The explosives I set off exploded towards him.

k'wáanggaa
to have venereal disease

k'wáang kált'gwaang
unidentified species of beetle

k'wa'áas
old red coho salmon that has entered fresh water (spawned out or not)
  • k'waajáay

k'wa'áay
remains of an object

k'wa'án
northern fur seal

k'wíi
soil, earth, ground, dirt
  • k'wiyáay

k'wíid
hunger

k'wíi dánsdlaawaay
hoe

k'wíi sgidáangw
a pick, mattock

k'wíi sga'áay
earthworm

k'wíi ts'aaláay
cinquefoil root

k'wiyáa
to be dirty, to have dirt or soil on it