CH: Haida - English

cha
- salmon eggs, fish eggs, fish roe
- bare threads of material after the nap has worn off
  • cháay

cha'a
to be shallow [water]

chaa
the tide

chaa dla'áaw
to recede from and beach, strand O (of tide)

cháagaa
to have eggs (in it)

cháagaas
checkers

chaagáay
one's living conditions, financial status

chaagáay 'láa
to be well-off, live comfortably
  • chaagáay 'láagang
  • chaagáay 'láagan
  • chaagáay 'láagaan
Díi yáalang chaagáay ’láagaan.
My parents are well-off.

chaagut'áang
to have hardship, hard times, be destitute
  • chaagut'áanggang
  • chaagut'áanggan
  • chaagut'áanggaan
Awáahl tl’ chaagut’áanggaangaan.
There used to be hardships a long time ago.

cháaj náay
church building

chaa n'a'áaw
to extend (of tidal flats)

chaa n'íihlanaa
to be aground

cháalaa
to be overripe

Cháalamaan
Chinese people

Cháalamaan k'úug
demijohn, carboy (a large bottle with a narrow neck, often encased in wicker)

Cháalamaan k'úunaay
(a pair of) jeans

cháaliis
cherry

chaan
in the ocean near shore, in water
  • chá’an

cháan
mud, soil
  • cháanaay

cháanaang
black cottonwood (tree or wood)

chaan gin.gáay
sea organism, sea creature, or the remains thereof

chaan gyáay
ambergris (substance produced in the digestive tract of whales)

chaan káw
species of sea squirt

chaan sgáanuwaay
sea monster
  • chaan sgáanuwaay

chaansíi
area in the ocean near shore

chaan sk'aawáay
water-soaked wood lying underwater

chaan sk'áawaay
water-logged wood which becomes very hard and is used for spears

chaan sk'a'áangwaay
water-soaked wood lying underwater

chaan táayaay
species of rockfish (probably canary rockfish)

chaan tangáay
seawater, saltwater

cháantl'adaang
a muddy place

chaan tl'ánts'uud
horned grebe

cháanuut
fall, autumn (lit. mud season)
  • cháanuud

cháanuudgaa
to be fall, autumn

cháanuudgeehl
to become fall, autumn
  • cháanuudgeihl
  • cháanuudgeilgang
  • cháanuudgeilgan
  • cháanuudgeilaan
Cháanuutgeihls dluu chíin t’aláng xiláadaasaang.
When it’s Fall time we will dry some fish.

chaan xúujaay
sea grizzly bear (mythical creature)

chaan xáay
sea dog (mythical creature)

chaasdla
to become shallow

chaatl'
sword, lance, lance point, bayonet

chaaw
- seafood gathered from the intertidal zone
- tide, beach exposed by the outgoing tide

chaawáa
for the tide to be low or out

chaaw an ináas
the high tide on the full moon in May

chaawéehl
for the tide to get low, go out

Cháaw Kungáas
October

chaaw k'áahlaandaay
the smell of the beach at low tide

chaaw k'áal
empty shellfish shell

chaaw salíi
beach, intertidal zone, beach area that is exposed at low tide

cháay
one's kidney

cháayang
one's own kidney

chadáa
to soak
  • chadáang
  • chatgán
  • chadáayaan
K’áaw kwáan hal chatgán.
She soaked a lot of fish eggs.

chagánsaan
- amniotic fluid
- chamber pot, peepot
- male urine; stale urine

chagánsaanaa
one's stale urine

chagánsaan xáw
stale urine

chagánsanang
one's own amniotic fluid

chagúu
monkey

chah k’íit
to sink (boat)
  • chah dliid
  • chah k’íiyit
  • chah k’ídang
  • chah k’íidan
  • chah k’íidaan
Hal tlúu káagandaan, tluwáay ’láa chahk’íidaan.
While he was travelling along his boat sank.

chaj
one's penis

chajáng
one's own penis

chajgusdláa
to tie O in a bundle, wrap O in a bag

chaj xawáa xayáang xit'adáay
fox sparrow

cha k'adáang
Indian cheese, stink eggs (dog salmon eggs smoked in the skein, mashed, packed tightly in a wooden box or seal stomach, and aged)

chan
one's grandfather
  • chaníi

chanáa
- grandfather!
- to be a grandfather (to X)

chánaang
the first day of a 'Wáahlaal potlatch

chanda
to have O as one's grandfather

chan da'a
to have a grandfather

chanéehl
to become a grandfather

chan hlgijúu
- to move in a large group through the air or water
- to pour profusely
- to go by in a mass
  • chan hlgijúugang
  • chan hlgijúugan
  • chan hlgijáawaan
Chíinaay chan hlgijúudaalgang.
The fish are moving in a mass.

chánhlk'aa tl'úwaan
tunnel-type fish trap (below falls)

chanhúus
snow, ooligan grease and sugar mixed with aged smoked salmon eggs

chánsgwaan
the smell of stale urine

chán xaa
fertilizer

cha sgunáa
loose aged salmon eggs

cha skáangandaa
loose aged salmon eggs

chask'w
moose, moosehide

chat'as
to wear a garment on the upper body
  • chat’íijang
  • chat’íijan
  • chat’ajáan
K’uudáats’ aa hal chat’íijang.
He is wearing a coat.

chat'íisk'w
hide body armor

chatl'a
to dip for anything with a net
  • chatl'áang
  • chatl'gán
  • chatl'áayaan
Íinangaay hal chatl’gán.
He dipped the herring.

chats
genitals (male)

chéen
chain

chiidáaw
rain water catcher

chíigang
- to spawn
- to urinate (typically of a male)

chíigang xáw
fresh urine

chíihluu
the half that was next to the tree after cedar bark is split

chíin
fish, particularly salmon
  • chíinaay

chíinang
one's own grandfather

chíin danáay
place where one easily catches salmon

chíin dáng gyaat'áawaay
fish brailer

chíin gíit'ii
salmon fry

chíin gasdlats'áawaay
broiling pan

chíin ki dáangwaay
fish pitch

chíin kínhlaawaay
salmon spear

chíin kit'íisk'waay
small stick poked through split fish (two sticks per fish) to keep it straight

chíin kit'uwáay
salmon harpoon

chíin kún
grizzle, fish nose

chíin núud
salmon season, spring

chíin skam
fish trap
  • chíin skamáay

chíin táawaay
fish flesh

chíin tangáa sk'ats'áangwaay
barrel for salted salmon

chíin tluwáa
unidentified species of salmon

chíin ts'álawaay
scrap of salmon

chíin ts'uu'unáa
fish dressed with the spine out

chíin xiláa
dried fish

chiis
cheese

chiya
for water to drip

chiyáa da'áawaay
- eavetrough
- rain barrel

chiyáa xáw
rain water (dripping from the roof)
  • chiyáa xáw

chiyeedáa
to drip quickly or severally

chúu
genitals (female)
  • hal chúu

chúu t'áangal
one's clitoris

chuwáng
one's own vulva

coffee ii xinanáangwaay
coffee grinder

coffee k'áal
(empty) coffee can
  • coffee k'áal