T: Haida - English

táa
to eat O
  • táagang
  • táagan
  • táagaan
K’áaw uu hl táagang.
I’m eating fish-eggs.

táada
to feed O1 to O2

táa gándlaay
salmon stream

táajaada
to put sand somewhere, make somewhere sandy

táajaa sk'at'as
sandbar
  • táajaay sk'at'as

táa káak'alaangw
teeter-totter, seesaw

táa kada
to clean fish

táa kadáaw
traditional semi-circular knife for fish slicing

táan
black bear, black bear skin
  • táanaay

táanaa
- to go after, go to get O (in a single vehicle)
- to smoke fish
  • táana
  • táanaang
  • táan.gan
  • táanaayaan
Díi aw táanaang.
My mother is smoking fish.

táanaadaan
campground for smoking salmon, fish camp

táanaa k'wiisláangw
a swing

táanaa náay
smokehouse

táan k'yuwáay
bear trail

Táan Kungáas
January

Táan K'ál Ki Gat'ajáa
Little Dipper, Ursa Minor
  • Táan K'ál Ki Gat'as

táan náa
black bear den

táan náay
bear den

táan sgalangáay
bear song

taansk'yáaw
roots of beach lupine

taansk'yáawdaan
place for gathering lupine roots

Táans Xaat'áay
the Black Bear People

táanuud
salmon-drying season, fall, autumn

táan xunáanaa
bear fishing pool

táan 'láanaa
place where many bear dens are located

Táan 'Láanaa
town of the Bear People

táas
sand, gravel
  • táajaay

táas tladaawáay
sandhill, sand dune

Táas Xaat'áay
the people of the Táas 'Láanaas clan

Táas 'Lan.gáa
to be a member of the Táas 'Láanaas claan

táatl'aad
Dolly Varden char

táats'uu
spine and ribs of a salmon or halibut that has been removed during filleting

táaw
- food (in general), staple (fish) foods in the traditional diet, fish flesh
- traditional wood halibut hook
  • táawaay

táawan
town

táaw gudáay
kitchen box (used in camping)

taawhlgwáay
narwhal

táaw k'anáa
raw food

táawsan (haenglish)
thousand

táaw ts'aslangáa
boiled food

táaw yahk'íi
staple (fish) foods in the traditional diet

táay
coho salmon
  • táayaay

táaygaa
to put food in the fire

táay gíilaay
coho pool

táay gándlaay
coho stream

táa'wun
spring salmon, king salmon, chinook salmon
  • táa'un
  • táa'wunáay

táa'un gándlaay
king/spring salmon stream

tad
common cold

tada
- to be cold
- to feel bad, be downhearted

tadáa
to be cold, winter, year
  • tadáang
  • tatgán
  • tadáayaan
Gándlaay tadáang.
The water is cold.

tadáa sgásk’w
all year

ta dagáalw
ladle

tadahldáa
to get cold

tadayáay
cold weather, cold temperatures

tada’áa
to own possessions
  • ta da'a
  • tada’áang
  • tadaagán
  • tada’áayaan
’Láa salíi aa hal tada’áayaan.
She owned the possession after he died.

tad isda
to catch a cold

tadl
species of loon

tad stl'a k'ún
icicle

tad st'íigaa
common cold

ta gagiidgéehl
to become a wildman, gagiit

ta gíigaay
booty, spoils, plunder, anything that is seized against a debt

ta gíng kílislaang 'la'áay
judge

ta gíng kílislaang 'la'áaygaa
to be a judge

tagunáa
- to menstruate, have one's period (particularly, for the first time)
  • taguna
  • tagunáang
  • tagun-gán
  • tagunáayaan
Jaatgáay ’wáadluwaan tagun-gánggang.
All women have menses.

ta gálahlalaang tluwáay
tugboat

ta gáyst'aaw
scraper for removing salmon kidney

tagujúu
to eat all up
  • tagujúugang
  • tagujúugan
  • tagujáawaan
Táawaay díinaa hal tagujáawaan.
She ate up all the food.

taháaw
California mussel

tahíid
blueback sockeye salmon

tahláaw
to whittle

ta hldánsgiid
chestnut-backed chickadee

ta hldanúu
to eat, have a meal
  • see hldanúu
Díi aw ta hldanúugang.
My mother is eating.

ta hlgawíi
for there to be a calamity, disaster
  • ta hlgawíigang
  • ta hlgawíigan
  • ta hlgawáayaan
’Lan.gáay aa ta hlgawíigan.
There was a calamity in the village.

ta hlgáy
to dig, do some digging
  • see hlgáy
Akyáa hal tahlgáygang.
He’s digging outside.

tahljúuda
to make O half full, to fill O half way

ta hlk'yáawdaal
to sweep, do some sweeping up
  • ta hlk'yáadaal
  • see hlk'yáawdaal
Hl ta hlk'yáawdaalgang.
I’m sweeping.

ta ináang k'úug
sundew

Ta Ináang Náay
a mythical house in which the salmon lived before Raven put them in the rivers

ta íngk'aa
to do some weeding

tajáaw
wind, air
  • tajuwáay

ta jálgaaw
to bait

tajgwáa
at the front of the house, room

tajúu
to be windy, to blow
  • tajúugang
  • tajúugan
  • tajáawaan
Haines eihl tajúujíiganggang.
It’s always windy in Haines.

ta júugaa
to pack, pile

ta kid
to tattoo, do some tattooing

ta kíngkwgang
- to advise, make a request (of X), ask that (X) do something while one is away
- to order, send for (X)
  • ta kínggwgang
  • see kíngkwgang
Táawk hl ta kíngkwganggan.
I ordered some food.

tak'áal
species of trout

ta k'áawsdaa
to be too hot

ta k'its'anáaw náay
smokehouse

ta k'udlán
to paint, do some painting

ta k'udlán níijang
to paint a picture, do some picture painting

ta k'wáayanda
to count, do some counting

ta kaagudáa
to talk, converse, chat, discuss loudly (pl)
  • ta kaaguda
  • ta kaagudáng
  • ta kaagutgán
  • ta kaagudáayaan
Awáan hal takaagut.uugán daan ’láa an hl káatl’áaluugan.
They were talking when I arrived.

ta k'áalang
to write, do some writing
  • see k'áalang
’Láakw tak’áalang gáayaa us?
Does he know how to write?

ta k'áalang níijang
to draw, do some drawing

ta k'áalang 'la'áay
writer, secretary

ta k'áalang 'la'áaygaa
to be a writer, secretary

ta k'it
to pound O
  • ta k'id
  • ta k'íidang
  • ta k'íidan
  • ta k'idáan
Gin hal tak’idáan.
He was pounding.

nang ta k'íit 'la'áaygaa
silversmith
  • ta k'íid 'la'áay

ta k'íid 'la'áaygaa
to be a silversmith

ta k'íinaan
to iron, do some ironing
  • see k'íinaan
Dáakw ta k'íinaan us?
Are you ironing?

ta k'íisdlaa sangáay
funeral day

tál
hoop

tál gáydang
to jerk O around

ta líidada
to read, do some reading

tál sdaawnáangw
hoop (toy)

tál sgidíit'uu
spring stick of a snare

tam káak'alang
to go up and down on a seesaw

tánda
to salt O

tang
seawater, saltwater, the sea, salt
  • tangáay

tangáa
to be salty

tangáay stl'áng
the sea floor

tang gyaat'áawaay
salt shaker

tang gan
seawater container

táng hlkám kidáa
coarse salt

tang táawaay
salt shaker

tang xiláa
salt

tang xyáangatl'aa
salt slough

táng'waan
the open sea

tántl'adaanggaagaay
dampness

ta sgál
to hide
  • see sgál

ta sk'at'a
to practice

ta tla'áaw
baggage, freight, cargo being loaded or unloaded

ta tliit
to harvest O
  • ta tliid
  • ta tli’íidang
  • ta tli’íidan
  • ta tliidáan
Sgáwsadaay t’aláng tatlíidang.
We are harvesting the potatoes.

ta tl'íi
to do some sewing
  • see tl'íi
Hal ta tl'íi gujúugang.
They are all sewing.

ta ts'áwaan
to split fish
  • see ts'áwaan
Dáa uu ta ts'áwanaayk uu díi gudánggaay.
I want you to split fish.

ta t'ánsgad
to wash clothes, do some laundry

ta t'ánsgiid kwáayaay
clothesline

ta t'ánsgiid náay
a laundry, laundromat

ta t'ánsgiit'uu
washing machine

ta t'ats'gáng
to pack, do some packing

tawii
one's friend, clan relative

táw
oil, grease, gasoline
  • tawáay
  • sutáw

tawáa
- friend! clan relative!
- to be a friend, clan relative (to X)

ta wahdáa
to bark
  • ta wahda
  • see wahdáa
Xáay tawahdáang.
The dog is barking.

tawál
rainbow

tawda
to have O as one's friend, clan relative

taw da'a
to have a friend, clan relative

tawd 'láa
to be good friends

táwhlk'
food, provisions taken along on a trip
  • táwhlk'aay

táwhlk'adaa
to take O (food) along (as on a trip)
  • táwhlk'ada
  • táwhlk'adaang
  • táwhlk'atgan
  • táwhlk'adaayaan
Táaw hal táwhlk'atgan.
He took some lunch.

táwk'aa
to plant a garden (esp potatoes)
  • táwk'a
  • táwk'aang
  • táwk'gan
  • táwk'aayaan
Nang jáadaa táwk'aang.
The woman is planting potatoes.

táwk'aa áaniigaay
garden tools

táwk'aa gin.gáay
garden tools

táwk'aan
garden, farm, cultivated field
  • táwk'aanaay

táwk'aan k'áasal
a garden site (former or planned)

táwk'aa 'la'áay
farmer, gardener

táwk'aa 'la'áaygaa
to be a farmer, gardener

táw táawaay
dish for serving grease

táwt'
bentwood box, storage box
  • táwt'aay

taw'áang
one's own friend, clan relative

taw 'láa
good friend

tawul
rainbow
  • tawuláay

ta xáayuu
crochet hook
  • ta xáayuwaay

ta xáaywaay
yarn

ta xáy
to knit, crochet, weave
  • see xáy
T’aláng taxáy ts’an.
Let’s knit.

tayáng
steelhead trout
  • tayang
  • tayangáay

tihl k'úl
base of one's leg, where it joins the torso

tihl k'uláng
the base of one's own leg, where it joins the torso

tihl'wún
species of swan
  • tihl'ún
  • tihl'wunáay

tihl'wáang
to beat O up

tíi
to lie down, go to bed (sg)

tíibal
table
  • tíibalgaay

tíibal ún gihl’áanw
tablecloth
  • tíibal ínggw gihláanw
  • tíibal ún gihl’áanwaay

tíibal k'ún
table edge

tíi chuudáa
to be lying down (huge person)

tíidaa
to lie down (sg)
  • tíida
  • tíi
  • tíidaang
  • tíitgan
  • tíidaayaan
Díi dawúl aa hal tíitgan.
She lay down beside me.

tíidaa dáanw
bed
  • tíidaa dáangw
  • tíidaanw or tíidaan
  • tíidaa dáanwaay or tíidaanwaay or tíidanaay
Náay gut’án tíit’as jahlíigaan.
The houses are too close together.

tíidaal
for large swells to roll on the water

tíidaa náay
bedroom

tíidaan gudg da k'usgadáa
folding cot

tíidaa ún gihláanw
bedspread
  • tíidaan ínggw gihláanw
  • tíidaa ún gihláanwaay

tíidaan jad'wa k'usdliyáa
traditional platform bed

tíidaan ún
surface of a bed

tiigáa
to be wild

tíi ídwaang
to be lying down (of a huge person)

tíi íhlwuda
to lie down (of a large, stout person)

tíi juuda
to be lying down

tíi káludaa
to lie down (of a large person)

tíi k'áat'aa
to jump in bed

tíi k'áat'uwaa
to jump into bed

tíi k'uuda
to lie down (of a small person)

tíilang
- one's own hindquarter (of an animal)
- the surface of one's own hip region

tíisdla
to lie down, go to bed (pl)

gut’án tíit'as
to be located close by, adjacent, next to, in contact with X (each other)
  • tíit'as
  • gut’án tíit'iijang
  • gut’án tíit'iijan
  • gut’án tíit'ajaan
Náay gut’án tíit’as jahlíigaan.
The houses are too close together.

tíiwdaa
to be situated, located (sg) (as a house)
  • tíiwda
  • tíiwdaang
  • tíiwtgan
  • tíiwdaayaan
Áatl’an uu náay ’láa tíiwdaayaan.
His house was situated here.

tíi xaawda
to be lying down

tíi xaaydáa
to be lying down (tiny person)

tíiyaang
to lie down, go to bed (pl)

tiiyáay
death

tíi'waandaa
to face in a direction

tíl
- one's hindquarter (of an animal)
- the surface of one's hip region
  • hal tíl

tiyáa
to kill O (sg)
  • tiya
  • tl’adáa (pl.)
  • tiyáang
  • tiigán
  • tiyáayaan
Xáay hl tiigán.
I killed the dog.

tiyeit
to gather, get, collect lots of O
  • tiyaad
  • tiyayíidang
  • tiyayíidan
  • tiyeidáan
Sgíw hal tiyeit.áawaan.
They got a lot of seaweed.

tiyáang k'uhldáa
to commit murder

tiyáa 'la'áay
murderer

tiyáa 'la'áaygaa
to be a murderer