TS’: Haida - English

ts'a
- to be very windy, gusty
- to shoot (and kill) O; to sting O (as a bee)
  • ts'agáng
  • ts'agán
  • ts'agáan
Tl’áan uu k’áadaay dáng  ts’agaa?
Where did you shoot the deer.

tajuwáay ts'a
to be very strong (wind)
  • tajuwáay ts'agáng
  • tajuwáay ts'agán
  • tajuwáay ts'agáan
Tajuwáay ts’agán.
The wind was strong.

ts'aagáa
to move, relocate from one place to another
  • ts'aagáang
  • ts'aakgán
  • ts'aagáayaan
Díi aa hal ts’aagáang.
She is moving to my place.

ts'áagwaal
- a certain design woven into mats
- sword fern, maidenhair fern, male fern

ts'áagwaal hlk'a'áay
bracken fern

Ts'áagwsgaa
to be Athabaskan

Ts'aagws k'áajaa
pink pitch used as chewing gum

Ts'aakws Xaat'áay
Interior people (Athabaskan, Gitksan, interior Salish, etc.)
  • Ts'aagws Xaat'áay

ts'áak'
mature bald eagle

Ts'áak'aa
to be Eagle, to be of the Eagle moiety

ts'áak' kaj sdáng
double-head eagle

ts'áak' ts'uu'unáa
young eagle or very old eagle (brown head color)

ts'áak' t'amíi
caterpillar

ts'áaliigaa
to be ragged, shabby

ts'áaliigeehl
to get raggedy, fall apart (of clothes)

ts'aalts'adáa
species of seaweed

ts'áamaas
deadhead, drift log, fir tree

ts'áamaas k'íidaay
Douglas fir (tree or wood)

ts'áandlii
to get on board and sit down (sg)

ts'áang
to sit on board (sg)

ts'áan hlgagad
frame in a smokehouse used to support the sticks that the fish are hung on

ts'áan sk'agad
large beam or pole resting on top of the inside houseposts of a traditional house

ts'áan sk'ahliyáang
beams

ts'áan tlúu
steamboat, steamer, steamship
  • ts'áan tluwáa

ts'áan tl'at'áas
large basket for carrying dry items (usually made of spruce root)

ts'áanuu
- fire, firewood
- to build a fire
  • ts'áanuwaay
  • ts'áanuugang
  • ts'áanuugan
  • ts'áanaawaan
Díi xáat ts’áanuugang.
My father is building a fire.

ts'áanuudaan
stove, fireplace

ts'áanuudaan stíidgaa
'Star' brand cookstove

ts'áanuu náay
woodshed

ts'áanuus ján
the edge of the fire

ts'áanuu tl'ahláay
sledgehammer for splitting wood

ts'áanuu xál k'usdláay
partly burned brand remaining after a fire goes out

ts'áanuu xudáawaay
bellows

ts'áanuwaay gud
the bottom of the fire

ts'áawaandlii
to get on board and sit down (pl)

ts'at
one's cheek
  • ts'ad
  • hal ts'at

ts'adáng
one's own cheek

ts'at káahlii
inside of cheek
  • ts'ad káahlii
  • hal ts'at káahlii

ts'agts'ag
wagon

ts'agúlaaw
shrew

ts'a gíihlda
to finish cutting O (= razor clams, only)

ts'ah k'íisgad
to get stuck; to be stumped

ts'ahl
- lead sinker
- lodgepole pine, bullpine (tree or wood)
- pillow
  • ts'ahláay

ts'ahlat
for X to fall apart, go to pieces, break apart into many pieces, get wrecked, get busted up
  • ts'ahlad
  • ts'ahlíidang
  • ts'ahlíidan
  • ts'ahladáan
Aadáay íik ts’ahlíidan.
The net fell apart.

ts'ahlgujáang
to splatter repeatedly

ts'ahl tánuu
feather pillow
  • ts'ahl hltánuu

ts'ahl k'áal
pillow case

ts'ahlsgadáaw
glue

ts'ahl stlíinaay
pine needles

ts'ahlt'as
to be sticky
  • ts'ahlt'íijang
  • ts'ahlt'íijan
  • ts'ahlt'ajáan
Gáanaay gásk’w ts’ahlt’íijang.
The whole pan of berries is sticky.

ts'ahl t'áwsgad
bedstraw plant

ts'ahl’usdáa
to splatter
  • ts'ahlusda
  • ts'ahl’usdáang
  • ts'ahl’ustgán
  • ts'ahl’usdáayaan
Gándlaay ts’ahl’ustgán.
The water splattered.

ts'ahts'áa
any small songbird
  • ts'ahts'gáay

ts'ahts'áa xyáay
wings (of a bird)

ts'ajáaw
outdoor fish-drying rack
  • ts'ajáaw xáad

ts'ajwáay
dipper, water ouzel

ts'a kángaaw
cut-up scraps of something

ts'ak'áang
the nape of one's own neck

ts'ak'íi
- the back part of something
- the nape of one's neck
  • hal ts'ak'íi

ts'ak'íig
behind, at the back of, in back of

ts'ak'íi gadáas
surf scoter

ts'akts’ak
horse-drawn wagon
  • ts'axts’ax
  • ts’akts’agaay
  • ts’axts’axgáay

ts'a k'íigang
to chew O (as snuff), let O dissolve in mouth
  • ts'a k'íiganggang
  • ts'a k'íiganggan
  • ts'a k'íigaangaan
Gul hal ts'a k'íiganggang.
He is chewing tobacco.

ts'a k'íisgad
to forget what one was going to say

ts'a k'udwahldáaw
pliers

ts'ál
- dorsal fin of a whale, dolphin, porpoise or fish (other than flatfish)
- trigger of a firearm
  • ts'íil
  • gin ts’ál

ts'aláa
to be curly, frizzy, wavy
  • ts'aláagang
  • ts'aláagan
  • ts'aláagaan
Íitl’ ’wáadluuwaan kats ts’aláagang.
We all have curly hair.

ts'alaad
a type of large basket

ts'álaaw
scrap from eating fish or meat

ts'alám
marbled murrelet

ts'áldajaang
to chew on O (hard, dry)

ts'álj
very thin dried or smoked fillet of salmon, halibut or lingcod

ts'alsliyáa
to be ripe (of berries)

ts'an
let's

ts'ananáng
to cut X up with scissors; to shoot X up

ts'áng
- beaver
- its texture, grit, mesh
- one's tooth, fang, tusk, claw (of crab), beak (of octopus)
- pestle
  • hal ts'áng
  • ts’angáay

ts'angáng
one's own tooth, fang, tusk, claw (of crab), beak (of octopus)

ts'angáng ii kit'gwáangw
toothpick

ts'áng dláanwaay
toothpaste

ts'áng gud
one's back teeth, wisdom tooth

ts'áng hlk'unáanwaay
toothbrush

ts'áng kún
front teeth

ts'áng k'álaad
false teeth, dentures

ts'áng k'uhlíi
fig

ts'áng k'ujáawaay
beaver trap

ts'áng k'úl
gums

ts'áng sda'áang
to be jealous of X

ts'áng síidala
to be fine-toothed, finely stitched

ts'áng tlaawhláa 'la'áay
dentist

ts'áng tlaawhláa 'la'áaygaa
to be a dentist

ts'áng t'áwts'
rain squalls

ts'ángwaldang
to throb with pain

ts'ángwuhlda
to squirt once
  • ts'ángwuhldaang
  • ts'ángwuhltgan
  • ts'ángwuhldaayaan
Díi gwíi gándlaay ts’ángwuhltgan.
The water squirted on me.

ts'ángwuldang
to squirt repeatedly
  • ts'ángwuldanggang
  • ts'ángwuldanggan
  • ts'ángwuldaangaan
Gándlaay hal tlats’ángwuldanggang.
He’s squirting the water.

ts'áng xáldaangaa
muskrat

ts'áng 'wíi da hlgahliyáa
false teeth

ts'ánhlgadaangw
pin, straight pin

ts'ánhlgadaangw da'áawaay
pin cushion

ts'álhlk'ál
moose, Dawson's caribou
  • ts'ánhlk'ál
  • ts'álhlk'aláay
  • ts'ánhlk'aláay

ts'ánhluu
to shoot O (pl)

ts'ánsal
toothmark

ts'asdla
to give, give away O (boxlike)

ts'asguda
to take a shot at O and miss

ts'ask'áak'w
suspenders-style dry fish (usually humpback salmon)
  • ts'ask'áak'waay

ts'ask'as'ad
to gaze at, watch O alertly

ts'ask'w
whole, entire (of boxy objects)

ts'asláangw
cooking pot
  • ts'asláangwaay

ts'asláangw gigwáa
saucepan

ts'asláangw k'udáa
tea kettle

ts'asláangw stlíinaa
three-legged cauldron, pot with three legs

ts'asláng
to boil O
  • ts'aslánggang
  • ts'aslánggan
  • ts'asláangaan
Dáakw sgíiwaay ts’aslángsaa us?
Are you going to boil the seaweed?

ts'aslangáa
to be boiled

ts'ats'
carrot
  • ts'ats'áay

ts'ats'áaw
- chisel
- indoor fish rack

ts'ats' k'u kam
stem of yarrow

ts'ats' máahlaay
carrot seed

ts'ats' xáw
carrot juice

ts'at'áan
humpback salmon, pink salmon
  • ts'at'anáay

ts'at'ahl
to let O1 shoot O2

ts'at'aláng
arrow with a sharp head

ts'at'aláng da'áawaay
quiver

ts'at'aláng kún
arrowhead

ts'at'aláng k'usíi
notch end of an arrow

ts'at'aláng k'áay
arrowhead, arrow point

ts'at'as
to tie O, fasten O, tie a knot on O
  • ts'at'íijang
  • ts'at'íijan
  • ts'at'ajáan
Kigwáay hlt’ats hl ts’at’íijang.
I’m tying the handle on the basket.

ts'awáan
to split O (as fish)
  • ts'awáan.gang
  • ts'awáan.gan
  • ts'awáanaan
Chíinaay hal ts’awáan.gang.
He is splitting fish.

ts'a xagáng
to have small O in one's mouth

ts'a'áal
salmonberry sprout
  • ts'aaláay

ts'a'áang
to sit on board (pl)

ts'a'ál
cinquefoil root

ts'a'ám
small purple crab
  • ts'aamáay

ts'a'án
gills of a fish or crab

ts'ée'ii
crew, members of a group, inhabitants
  • tluwáay ts'ée'ii

ts'íi
center (of the eyes), pit (of fruit), insides (of eggs, oranges, baked goods)

ts'íig
rain and wind

ts'íigaa
to rain
  • ts'íigaang
  • ts'íikgan
  • ts'íigaayaan
Adaahl ts’íigaayaan.
It rained yesterday.

ts'íig st'íigaa
rheumatism

ts'íig tlagáa
a place where it rains a lot

ts'íi gadayáay
egg white, white's of one's eyes

ts'íihlanjaaw
devil's club
  • ts'íihlanjawaay

ts'íik'ap
bunchberry, Jacobberry
  • ts'íik'ab
  • ts'íik'abaay

ts'íilang
one's own dorsal fin

ts'íil k'úl
the base of a dorsal fin

ts'íing
spawned-out salmon

ts'íingaa
to be old and ready to die (of salmon with white blotches on their skin)

ts'íingajgaang
log jam

ts'íit'aa
speices of skate or ray
  • ts'íit'gaay

ts'íiyaa
to be thin, skinny (of people)
  • ts'íiyaagang
  • ts'íiyaagan
  • ts'íiyaagaan
Awáahl díi ts’íyaagan.
A long time ago I was thin.

ts'ijgíit'uu
pliers

ts'i'íit'uu
scissors
  • ts'i'íit'uwaay

ts'i'íit'uu gijgíit'uwaay
the handles of a pair of scissors

ts'úu
- red cedar (wood or tree)
- red cedar board, plank, stick
  • ts'uwáay

ts'úudajaang
to chew tiny pieces of O
  • ts'úudajaanggang
  • ts'úudajaanggan
  • ts'úudajaangaan
Táawaay hal ts’úudajaanggan.
She chewed tiny pieces of food.

ts'úudalaa
to be small, tiny (pl)
  • ts'úudala
  • ts'úudalaang
  • ts'úudalaagan
  • ts'úudalaayaan
Chíinaay ts’úudal gujúugang.
The fish are all small.

ts'úugwaang
to eat tiny things

ts'úu galáay
blue mussels attached to driftwood

ts'úujuu
to be small, tiny (sg)
  • ts'úujuugang
  • ts'úujuugan
  • ts’úujaawaan
Íitl’ git ts’úujuugang.
Our child is tiny.

ts'úu káahlaangwaay
red cedar kindling

ts'úu k'awáay
cedar plank

ts'uunáng
to move, migrate from place to place (of people)
  • ts'uunánggang
  • ts'uunánggan
  • ts'uunángaan
Xaatgáay tlagánhlaa iik ts’uunánggang.
The people are moving into camp.

ts'úusad
to let out one very small fart, pass a tiny amount of gas

ts'úusadang
to let out multiple very small farts, pass a tiny amount of gas multiple times

ts'úu sk'asdláa
to give a stick of carved wood as an invitation to sb.

ts'úuts'
stick on which fish are threaded for drying

ts'úuts' sk'áangwaay
short stick for drying fish

ts'úuwaang
- one's own individual vertebrae
- one's own spine, backbone

ts'úuwii
- heart of a tree
- melody, rhythm of a song
- one's individual vertebrae
- one's spine, backbone

ts'úuwii gudgw skáahlanaay
individual vertebrae

ts'úu'aats'aa
to eat a small amount of O (sg)
  • ts'úu'aats'a
  • ts'úu'aats'gan
  • ts'úu'aats'aayaan
Táawaay hal ts’úu’aats’aayaan.
He ate a small amount.

ts'uu'unáa
to be old and gray

ts'uwulkw
mink, mink skin
  • ts'uwúlgw
  • ts'úulkw
  • ts’uwúlgwaay
  • ts’úulgwaay

ts'uwúlgw t'adgáa
mink stole