W: Haida - English

Waahúu
Hawaii

Waahúu k'ust'anáay
sea turtle

wáaj
watch

wáajgwaa
over there

wáajgwii
way over there

wáajgwiig
way over that way

wáajii
that one yonder, those ones yonder

wáanang
move it! get out of the way!

wáanuug
unidentified bird species

wáanuwaa
man-of-war (warship)

wáanuwaa tluwáay
warship

wáasdluu
that much; at that time

wáasgaay
those, that kind

wáatl'an
way over there (away from me and you)

wáatl'daas
those people over there

wáayaad
now

wáayn
wine

wahdáa
to bark at
  • wahda
  • wahdáang
  • wahtgán
  • wahdáayaan
Xáay díi wahdáang.
The dog is barking at me.

wahgwíi
further away

wahsdáa
to bark once

waht'gúng
to bark repeatedly

wál
wool, yarn

walúugdas
for air to bubble out from X with a glug-glug sound

wál xáayuwaay
knitting needle

was'un
one's brother's child

was'unáa
to be a brother's child (to x)

was'unáay
brother's child!

was'unáng
one's own brother's child

was'unda
to have O as one's brother's child

was'un da'a
to have a brother's child

wéed gáalgwaa
tonight

wéed xaat'áay
modern people

wíid
Swainson's thrush

wu-
for words beginning in wu-, see hu-

wúl
yarn
  • wuláay

wunáa
to be dull, not sharp
  • wuna
  • wunáang
  • wun.gán
  • wunáayaan
Yaats’áay díinaa wunáang.
My knife is dull.

Wúud Gyaas
May