TL’: Haida - English

tl'
- their, people's
- they, people, someone, some people (indefinite)

tl'a
red cedar sapling

tl'aa
but, however

tl'áa
- their, theirs, people's
- them, people, someone, some people (indefinite)

tl'áadaan
canyon, gorge

tl'áag níijaangwaay
camera

tl'áa gyaa
their, theirs, people's

tl'aats
- summit (of a hill, etc.), ridge (of a roof)
- the (outside) crown of a hat
- the crown of one's head
- the crown or top of an evergreen tree
  • tl'aaj
  • hal tl'aats

Tl'áa Jáad
Northeast Wind Woman, Fair Weather Woman



tl'aajáng
the crown of one's own head

tl'áajuuda
to be in a big pile

tl'áak'uts
- dock (plant)
- rhubarb
  • tl'áak'uuj
  • tl'áak'ujaay

tl'aalgúusd
on the outside

tl'aalgwíi
out into the open

tl'áamsad
to let out a single loud fart, to pass gas loudly once

tl'áamsadang
to let out multiple loud farts, to pass gas loudly multiple times

tl'áamsdlaa
to lose O (due it being destroyed)

tl'áan
where? somewhere
  • tl'áanuu
  • tl'áan uu

tl'áankw
where to?
  • tl'áan.g

tl'áangaa
someone’s, some people’s

tl'áats'aa
to be stacked up

tl'áawug
battered old canoe

tl'áaygaay
the sewing, seam

tl'áayuu
thread
  • tl'áayuwaay

tl'áayuu k'áal
empty spool of thread

tl'áayuu xáayuwaay
crochet hook

tl'ábdalaa
to be flat (pl)

tl'abjúu
to be flat (sg)

tl'adáa
to kill O (pl), to kill several things
  • tl'ada
  • tl'adáang
  • tl'atgán
  • tl'adáayaan
K’áat sdáng hal tl’atgán.
He killed two deer.

tl'adajáang
to chew on O (flat)
  • tl'adajáanggang
  • tl'adajáanggan
  • tl'adajáangaan
Chíin xiláa hal tl’adajáanggan.
He was chewing on flat pieces of fish.

tl'ak
soaked dried fillet, usually dog salmon
  • tl'ag
  • tl'agáay

tl'agáa
to soak, to be soaking (as fish)
  • tl'agáagang
  • tl'agáagan
  • tl'agáagaan
K’áawaay gwaa tl’agáa gíigaan.
The fish have already been soaked.

gíi tl'agáng
to be anchored (fleet of boats)
  • gíi tl'agánggang
  • gíi tl'agánggan
  • gíi tl'agáangaan
Tluwáay gawáay aa gíi tl’agánggang.
The boats are anchored in the bay.

tl'akdáa
to soak O
  • tl'agda
  • tl'akdáang
  • tl'aktgán
  • tl'akdáayaan
Chíinaay hl tl’akdáang.
I’m soaking the fish.

tl'ag hláng
dried fillet that is good for soaking

tl'aghliyáay
gable plank or plate

tl'agiyáay
fishing line

tl'ahl
hammer, mallet
  • tl'ahláay

tl'ahlahl
to travel by boat (pl)

tl'ahlk'áa
salmon milt

tl'ahsdáa
to slap O

tl'ajgáaw
bandage

tl'ajgad
to squeeze O with one's fingers

tl'ajúugyaa'a
to stand up (pl)

tl'ajúugya'aang
to stand, be standing (pl)

tl'aj'úldaangw
powder

tl'ak'
whetstone, sharpening stone
  • tl'ak'áay

tl'ak'áa
to sharpen O (esp. with a whetstone)
  • tl'ak'a
  • tl'ak'áang
  • tl'ak'gán
  • tl'ak'áayaan
Gám yaats’áay áangaa hl tl’ak’.ánggan.
I didn’t sharpen my knife.

tl'ak'áaw
- gooseneck barnacle
- whetstone, sharpening stone

tl'ak' aa xínjuulangaa
grindstone (turned by a crank)

tl'ak'úl
one's liver (of mammals and birds)
  • hal tl'ak'úl

tl'ak'uláang
one's own liver (of mammals and birds)

tl'ak'íi'aaw
three-cornered needle used to sew leather

tl'án
to nurse (as a baby)
  • tl'án.gang
  • tl'án.gan
  • tl'áanaan
Hal git tl’án sgwáananggan.
Her baby sucked a long time.

tl'ándaa
to breastfeed, nurse O
  • tl'ánda
  • tl'ándaang
  • tl'ántgan
  • tl'ándaayaan
Git’aláng hl tl’ánt gujúugan.
I breast-fed all my children.

tl'ándiiswaa
chest of a salmon or halibut (behind collarbone and in front of belly)

tl'áng
we
  • t’aláng

tl'ángaandaa
to be in flat blocks

tl'ángaand'ihl
to go flat (of a tire)

tl'angaj
crown of one's head, summit (of a hill, etc.)

tl'angajáang
the crown of one's own head

tl'ángk'ulaa
to be fine-grained (as sand)

tl'ánsgad
to swarm in

tl'ánsiit gwaang
to squint, peer
  • tl'ánsiid
  • tl'ánsiit gwaanggang
  • tl'ánsiit gwaanggan
  • tl'ánsiit gwaangaan
Dáakw tl'ánsiit gwaang us?
Are you squinting?

tl'ánts'uut
Stellar's jay
  • tl'ánts'uud
  • tl'ánts'uudaay

tl'ánts'uud gáanaa
wild raspberry

tl'ánts'uud skamáay
4-sided conical trap for jays

tl'ánuu
one's milk, female’s
  • hal tl'ánuwaay

tl'ánuu gyaat'áawaay
milk pitcher

tl'ánuu kún
nipple, teat

tl'ánuwaang
one's own breast, teat, udder

tl'ánuwaay
one's breast, teat, udder

tl'asgad
to land, come ashore (in a canoe) in a formal or stylish landing

dáng tl'ast'áa
to pull out flat object
  • dáng tl'ast'áang
  • dáng tl'ast'gán
  • dáng tl'ast'áayaan
Kwaa tl’ápjuu hal dáng tl’astgán.
He pulled out a flat rock.

tl'ats'áaw
planting stick
  • tl'ats'áawaay

tl'ats'agáal
unidentified small whale

tl'ats'ánguhldaa
to squirt, spray O

tl'a ts'ángwaalw
eyedropper

tl'ats'gálgaang
a species of shark

tl'at'áan
sea anemone

tl'a'áaw
to sit down, be sitting (of plural)

tl'íi
to sew O
  • tl'íigang
  • tl'íigan
  • tl'áayaan
Hlk’itgáa hl tl’íigang.
I’m sewing a dress.

tl'íihlaal
patchwork quilt, crazy quilt

tl'íihlk'al
- liver of a shark
- salmon milt

tl'íihl'ahl
to sew O (as necessary?)

tl'íi sáldaa
to baste O (in sewing)
  • tl'íi sálda
  • tl'íi sáldaang
  • tl'íi sáltgan
  • tl'íi sáldaayaan
Hlk’itgáay k’éi áangaa hl tl’íi sáltgan.
I basted the hem of the dress.

tl'íi tl'asdláa
to sew a design on O

tl'íits'aa
to mend O

tl'íi'aal
fireweed

tl'íi'aal aad
net made of fireweed fiber

tl'íi'aal hltánuwaay
the fuzz of a fireweed plant

tl'íi'aal taháaw
mussel shell knife used in making net fiber from fireweed

tl' k'iyáa gyúu
dried peach

tl' k'iyáa ts'áng
corn kernel

tl'úu
wedge
  • tl'uwáay

tl'uudáa
to sit down (of plural)

tl'úudaangaa
the left corner of one's mouth

tl'úugangaang
to weep, cry forcedly

tl'úulaangw
wash boiler

tl'úusad
to fart, pass gas very loudly once

tl'úusadang
to fart, pass gas very loudly multiple times

tl'úu tl'ahláay
sledgehammer for splitting wood

tl'úuts'aa
to get out of shape, warp

tl'úuts'iyaa
to be crooked, warped, out of shape

tl'úuwaan
hook wallet made of cedar bark

tl'uwáang
to sit down (pl)

tl'uwáants'adaay
- grain of wood
- layer, row

tl'utl'u
oyster

tl'utl'u
rock scallop