- xang
- xaang.ang
face (ugly tough looking face)
st’luusGid
face (long face looking mad)
xwadsgid
face (making faces when not feeling well)
ts’iisGid
face (pretty up your face ie before you go on a date)
ging gang tllgiidang
face (sticky face)
xang ts’iila
face cream
gyaaGa
face crooked
- xang s’iiuu
- xang s’íiuujaay
face crooked (face slides down from a stroke)
xang tl’ts’iit’ahl
face has no expression
xang k’al Gad k’as sgid
face the beach
xungguu
face twitching (embarrassed person)
xang tl’ll ts’ii dang
face opposite
gud xaanhl Ga
faint
gii siiGa
faint (stand up too fast and faint)
- sdaagang gyaaxa
- sdaagang gyaaxas
faint from hunger
siiGa tya
fairies
- skyllnas
- skyiinas
- skilnas
fall (almost fall forward)
naanaguuGad
fall (almost fall)
- Gaaw Gaawsgid
- naanaguuxyangdal
- naanaguuxyangdal gwang
fall (seasons)
taanuud
fall (something wide and big falls off)
- gaatl’l
- gawtl’l
fall (totem pole fall)
gyaagangaay k’aa gan.nii
fall (tree fall)
kayd k’aa
fall down
- dlldahlda
- dllGwii
fall down (almost fall down)
Gaad.dlldahlda daaya gan
fall down and yelling out / holler
Gaad kinda
fall down on all fours
Gaad hlkuusgid
fall forward on nose
kunsgid
fall in
- ts’amadgii
- ts’imagaay
fall in - almost fall in water
Gaadgiisgii
fall in - always falling in water
Gaadgiigii
fall in a heap
xulsgid
fall in sideways
daawxwii gii
fall in water
- dllGwiigii
- Gaadgii
- ts’amadgii
fall on back
Gaadgaassgid
fall on bum
Gaad Guudsgid
fall on bum, hands and feet up in the air
Gaad sah sda
fall on face
- Gaad Gaas gid
- Gaad k’aapsgid
fall on nose
- kun tl’l
- kuntl’l
fall on to your knees
Gaad hlkuusgid
fall over dead
kun ts’ii
falling (any precipitation)
guuGaaw
falling (just about falling down)
- naanaguuxiid
- naanasguuxiid
falling (large round shape object falling)
k’aaygwii
falling (lots of large round shaped object falling)
k’aaydawung
falling (things falling)
xuundaGung
falling (tree falling)
k’aat’ahl
falling down (heavy weight person)
Gaad damsgid
falling down (slim weight person)
Gaad hlkaasgid
falling everything, ie bowling pins
xuundal
falling (ie things falling)
- xuundaGung
- xuunduuwung
falling out (fall out)
xuundauuwungjaa
falling over (lots)
xundaGung
false azalea
k’aas
false azalea - bush
k’aas hlk’aay.yii
false azalea - leaf
k’aas xil
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skil tawaatllxaay
false polytrichum (timmia austriaca)
kaaydaay kaaxuwaay
false teeth
- literal: store teeth
- ’waadxanaay ts’ing
- ts’ii.ngang
- ts’ing kaayhllgaay
family
- part of your/someone’s family
tllguusii
family / parents
taaGalang
famine
k’wiid kaa
famined
k’wiid kaagan
far as i can go
gaay kunjuu
far away
waadsxwii GaaGwii
far away (land far away)
tll ga jiinga
far long
jiinga
fast
sgiing.aala
fast (going fast)
- xal xaaphl
- xapxuunang
fast (moving around fast)
- ie boat person or even writing fast
- xaang.all
- xaang.ala
- xaang.alaay
fast (things moving fast)
k’apxuunang
fast (time, the weeks, or heart are going fast)
k’apxunang
fast break / hurry
haawiid
fast moving person
sgiing.ngall
fat
- Gaay.ya
- daamjuu
fat (belly fat of bird or mammal)
t’alGaGii
fat (getting fat)
- Gaay.ya Gihldii
- GaayGasdll
fat (meat)
Gaay.yaga
fat (really fat)
daamjuu
fat one
Gaay.yaas
father (man talk about)
- Gung.Ga
- Gung.agas
- Gung.Gang
father (man talk to)
Guung.gaay
father (woman talk about)
- xaadGa
- xaadaay
- xaadang
father (woman talk to)
haadaay
father-in-law (man and/or woman talk about)
- kuunaGa
- kuunaGalang
father-in-law (man or woman talk to)
kuunaGaay
father whose children have all died
gidGalang haayluwa
fats and oils
gaay ad taaw
fatten up
GaayGasdll
favour
k’ang
favour (going to do a favour)
k’ang gasang
fear (afraid)
- gii hlGuugaga
- hlgwaga
fearless
gudgihljuu
feast
- ’laagiinang
- ’waadluxan hldaanuu
feast
- to give a feast
taa hldaanuuda
feast (to eat)
hldaanuu
feasting (eating)
taa hldaanuu
feather (down-small feathers-front of birds)
hltanGuu
feather (fine down/downy feathers)
GinGuu
feathers
t’awGun
february - goose moon
- hlgidGun kung
- hlgidGun kuu.ngaay
fed up
gud siin Giid ts’ii
fed up - eating too much of one type of food
k’uunsda
feel
- Gaandang
feel (with hands)
- tll guudang
- tllgudang
- tllnanang
- tll t’axung
feel (with your feet)
t’aaguudang
feel good / fresh
k’alts’ii
feel you can’t do something
kaay.ying ga
feeling good (feeling good when drinking but not drunk)
xang awjuuGalang
feet
st’aay
feet (bare feet)
st’aaGuunang
feet (long big feet)
st’aayway slaamxaaw
feet (smelly feet)
st’aay sguunaay
feet first
st’aay kaa klaagaan
feet moving and not getting anywhere
t’asdaxagang
feet moving quickly
t’aak’apdaGasdl
fell (almost fell)
hlk’uuGwii sgii
fell (came out and fell)
hlk’uuGwii tl’lxa
fell (right down)
hlk’uuGwii t’ahl
fell (something fell)
isGwii ga
fell (ugly person fell)
hlanGwii
fell and split in two
Gaadsk’aak’uu
fell down
dlldahlda
fell down off something high ie a chair
dllGwii
fell in / fall in
- fell in the water
Gaadgii
fell in water
ts’am’adgii
fell off (like a wagon, car, ladder, bicycle)
hlGaaGwii
female - lots of women or girls
jaa’adaay
female - more than one woman or girl
- jaa’ada
- jaa’adas
female - one woman or girl
jaada
female - the woman or girl
nang jaadas
female part
chaaw kuul
female part (pronounce fast)
kaaw
fence
- hlkudkaat’iis
- kudhlk’aat’iis
fence (in reference to a fence)
tl’gid
fence (like a fence)
tlaagiid
fence (talking about a fence)
kudhlk’aat’ajii
fermented fish eggs
tsi’skuuna
fern - general (deer fern)
- ts’aagwul
- ts’aagul
fern
- sGaana jaad xad.dala
- sk’yaaw k’ad.dala
fern roots (medicine)
snanjangk’ul
fern woman
snanjang jaad
ferry
ts’aan tluu
fertilizer
- literally: stink or smelly
- tsin xaaxada
- tsin xaaxaga
- tsin xaah
feverish
hluu Guuxaagaa
fiddle with
- klaaGanang
- tlaaGalang
- xaat’axung
fiddling
xaat’axung.aa
field trip
aanagung iin xiidi
fight
Gaaxihlda
fight (go fight someone)
- king haajang
- ging haajang
fight (start a fight)
gaahlda
fighting
Gaaxihlda
fighting stance
hlGaajuu
file or hand planner
sk’anhlaawuu
fill up
st’adagang
fill up a boat
dang st’ah
filled up with fish - more than one fish running (anything)
sdumxyaang.dal
filleting
taa kaada
filling
t’aa ts’iigang
filling cans with fish
t’aats’iigang
fin of wasco
k’iida
fin whale
sGap
find
- kiixa
- kiixas
find (can’t find something)
daayiingskii
find (going to find)
kiixasga
find (to find)
kiinsdaagan
find (will find)
kiixaasang
find / size up
kiixa
find out
tll kiixa
finding out
k’aahl kiixa
finger (baby finger is in air i.e. when drinking tea)
stlltaawjuu
finger (index finger)
nang kaadlljuus
finger (middle finger)
yahguu ’laanas
finger (pinky finger)
- st’llGuda
- stlaa Guda
finger (ring finger)
nang gwaawagas
finger (something on your finger)
stl’ging
finger joints
st’ll kuu ’uldang
finger licking good
- st llxaaw
- stllxaaw
finger nail
st’ll kun
fingers (all)
st’ll k’aangii
fingers (using fingers to eat soft food)
st’llxaaw
fingers frozen (can’t move them)
hlgaawud
finish
- Gaayhlgii
- Giihlgii
- haayluu
- haayluuwii
finish (not finished)
t'iiwaa
finish (person finish)
- tll Gayhlgii
- tll Giihlgii
finished
- haayluu da
- haayluu gan
- Giihlgii
finished (all finished)
haayluudaaya
finished (no more)
haayluudya
finished in your mind but still unfinished
gud Giihlgii
finning (fish)
- skap ts'alang
- skap ts'ilang
finning (pink salmon)
tl'ts'iiang
finning fish (a school of fish finning in one spot)
- finning fish (a school of fish finning moving along- or a person walking)
skap ts'alandaal
fins
- t'anGil
- t'amgil
fins (2) of a wasco
saanalang sdings
fins of a halibut
k'iida
fire
- ts'anuu
- ts'anaaw
- Guuxagang
fire (a fire that's out)
k'ii / k'ihl
fire (built a fire)
ts'aanuuGada gan
fire (go make fire)
ts'aanawGada
fire (making fire)
- sdl'Gaw /
- ts'aanawaay stl'Gaaw
fire (put in fire, putting something into the fire)
- sisGa hla
- sisGa dii – now
- sisGa gii – always
- sisGa gan – already
- sisGa xidii – going to
- sisGa Gas ga – will
fire (put out the fire)
k'il ga
fire (put wood into the fire)
ts'aanuusGa
fire (to build a fire)
ts'aanuwadaga
fire (to make fire)
ts'aanuuGadas
fire (to start a fire)
hlk'yak'ii
fire (will build a fire)
ts'aanuuGadas ga
fire flames up
Guuxa gil gan
fire the gun (bang)
jiigwaay tl'kaadal
fired from your job
daang
fireman
gina Guuxagang tl'l k'ihl llGaayGa
fireplace
ts'aanu daan
fireweed – flower (epilobium angustifolium)
tl'laal xil
fireweed – plant (epilobium angustifolium)
tl'laal
fireweed – seed fluff (epilobium angustifolium)
tl'laal hltaanawa
firm (getting firm)
chuujuu ts'ii Gil
first
- tlaagan
- tlaagang
first (for the first time)
tllsinuud
first (to go first)
kaadlljuu
first time
- huu tllsnuut
- tllnuud
fish
- chiina
- k'iiyaahlts'ii
Hll chiina uu hll kuuga gan.
Chiina hll taa. Fish i eat. also a springtime activity
Chiina Gaaw hll tlaaGanang. Fish i fiddle with.
Taanuud gyinuu hll chiina Gaaw hll tlaaGanang. Fall when i fish i fiddle with.
Chiina uu hll kaada gan. Fish i split.
Hll chiina uu hll kaada gan.
fish – turn fish from hanging to flat
Gaasdll
fish (an unidentified fish)
stllnaagiiGuuga
fish (any kind of fish)
sGaahllGid
fish (boiled fish)
sihlts'isGasga
fish (dark school of fish)
hlGaahl k'aayging
fish (dried fish - ts'iljii, firm enough to put a stick through)
tl ts'iigihl
fish (dried fish cut into strips or squares)
k'id sk'aay k'yaaw
fish (dried fish skin)
k'uusk'aay k'yaaw
fish (line down the back of a fish)
- sGidGa sgaagiida
- sGid sgaagiida
fish (long streak of fish)
hlGaahl kundal
fish (lots of fish jumping)
skiiga
fish (neck of fish)
hlGaa k'yuu
fish (old fish-white patches)
ts'iinga
fish (referring to fish you have caught with a net)
dantl'l
fish (school of fish flipping)
skiidaga
fish (small fish)
chiina k'amdala
fish (taking fish out of a net)
stl'insda
fish (the fish that got away- bit the hook wrong)
k'uusguda
fish (unidentified fish known to solomon wilson. he described it having no grease. Maybe a red cod?)
xadxadii
fish (unidentified fish nobody has seen that kills other fish. they claim that they swim in bunches amongst salmon and swim sideways to hit the salmon.)
daagul stllna
fish (unidentified rock fish)
k'aalts'ida
fish (when you see fish jumping you say this)
- aaoo
- aayoo
fish (word used for when small halibut or salmon come in right along the kelp line on the west coast) Gaaxagaay
fish back bone
taats'uu
fish eggs (salmon)
chaay
fish head cartilage
hlkaalguus
fish head soup
chiina kaajii jam
fish heads
chiina kaajii
fish heads (nose part-buried down the beach in sand, t'al, and rocks at low tide)
k'ink'ii
fish hole in the ocean
- xawdaanaay
- xawnadan
fish jumped once
chiina Gaatl'lxa
fish jumping
chiina Gaadxyang
fish jumping (a bunch of fish jumping)
Gaad skiiga
fish jumping (more than one)
chiina Gaadxaa
fish nobody has seen – kills other fish with spines
daagwuul stllnu
fish scales
- xaadlln
- xaall
fish scales (red cod – ernie wilson)
xaahlGuun
fish strips dried (very tender ts'iljii)
- Gwiitl't
- Gwiik'wala
fish strips tender dried (smoked or sun dried)
- gwiitl'
- gwiitl't
chiina huusii ad kiingdal sk'yaana gam tloo Gan xang Guwang
fish that with seeing even though no can do anything
fished
- xaw
I fished did.
fisherman (a great fisherman)
- xaw sGaana
- xaw llGaayGa
fisherman (proud fisherman)
guudang.ngaay 'yuwan
fisherman expert
- xaw llGaayGa
- llGaayGalang – plural
fisherman's friend (cough candy)
- xawll Gaay Galang hltaaxwii
- chiina llGaayGalang
- hltaaxuulang
fishing – can't catch fish
xawsgii
fishing – setting a long line when fishing – circle set
- sGaamGaaw
- gii sGaaGaw
fishing (going fishing with a net)
aaxada in
fishing (going fishing)
xawin
fishing (gone fishing)
xawGagii
fishing (hook comes off when fishing – you missed)
dang guuhll
fishing (old way with one line/the haida way)
kaaydGuu
fishing (past tense)
xaw'yaana
fishing (present tense)
xaw.was
fishing (set a long line straight)
xiida sGaaGaaw
fishing (set fishing gear or net fast)
xiida k'aat'a
fishing (set fishing gear or net)
xiida
Xaagu gyiu hll xaw.
I am fishing halibut.
fishing hole – halibut or cod
- fishing spot
giiwaay
fishing in a deep channel
hldaayjaay Gii xaw
fishing place or Point
xawna daan
fishing place where fish eat each others eyes
gyuu gud xang.ii taas
fishing spot (for any fish in the ocean)
gyuu
fishing with a net
aaxada iin
fix (fix yourself up)
ginggang tl'aat'axung
fixing something
tllGuhlGa
fixing yourself (your body up ex. when you are going on a date)
tllindlGa
fixing yourself up
tlaat'axung
flabbergasted
xaay Gii xaanuu Gadhll
flag
- daaying.uu
- daaying.wii – talk about
- daaying.waay
- daaying.wal
- daayinjaa'uu
flag / material on back of a boat – nation state
giixyangwaay
flagstaff
- jiihluu kun
- iitl'lgas kun
flame (a big flame)
- kl'uuxaagang
- tl'uuxaagang
flamingo inlet
skaagii
flash
sGaalaGung
flash of light
Guu Gaa'uhlda
flashes (big flash)
xaahl tl'amaalagung
flashes (small bits)
xaahl k'amaalagung
flashing
Gangalang
flashing brightly
- xaahl Gang.alagung
- xaahl Gangalang
flashlight
GuuGaa'uuldang.uu
flashlight
tl'l Gaawaldanguu
flat
kl'uujuu
flat (anything flat)
- Gaajuu
- kl'apjuu
- kl'apt'is
flat (flat standing up)
tl'ljuu
flat (little flat things)
kaapdala
flat (little flat)
kaapxaaw
flat (putting something flat down)
tl'Gaaw
flat (skinny thing lying flat)
slapt'as
flat (something big & flat)
Gaapjuu
flat (something flat or a person on their back laying on the ground)
GaaGuudii ga
flat (something small & flat)
Gapjuu
flat (wide and big flat i.e. paper or a blanket )
giijuu
flat and moving (something flat and moving)
Gaats'iiGun
flat and round
guujuu
flat and smooth (something flat and smooth)
tl'ljuu
flat and thin
gapjuu
flat calm
siigay Gay Gaaging
flat object / pick up something flat
guuxiid
flat object*
tl'hlin
flat object lying down
guuGaaw
flat rock
kid guu juwaaw
flat rock (dries up at low tide)
nang chiiaaguGaadii
flat rock tapers to one end and sharpens on one side used for taakaada
tl'iinaagwii
flat slope or flat thing hanging down
- tl'lxing
- tl'lxing.ngas
flat standing up
tl'ljuuwaay
flat sticking up
tl 'ljuu
flat thing / anything with a flat bottom
k'aajuu
flatrock island
k'il
flattening
tl'aapjuu
flawlessness
yahGid
flea
t'am
flea (sand flea)
kunt'axung
flea on any animal
sgay
fleet of boats travelling along
dang k'aadal
flesh
Gaaw
flesh (red fish meat)
Gaaw sGid
flesh of fish (make ts'iljii from this)
taaGway
flew
xidiigaay dluu
flight (arrive by flight)
xiidtl'lxayaayuu
flint for a gun
k'uutl'lgyang.uu
flint rock to make fire/quartz
hlGaa kl'uuts'aa Gid
flip – flip over fish or drying herring roe
daahlGahl
flip over
kwaagang sk'aasdagii
flips (like your insides when you scared)
Gaasda
flirt (old flirt)
k'aay kaaxiida
flirting
sdaalang
flirting (men)
jiiGang
flirting (women)
llGang
flirting glance (sneaking a peak at someone)
k'apalagung
flirty
dang xang uu ll kaaxiida
flirty – old and getting flirty
k'aay kaaxiidasdll
flirty (getting flirty)
kaaxiidasdll
flint used to start a fire
k'aadstl'lGwii
float and land of beach
gaysdll
floating
gayging
floating – a bunch of things floating away
gayxundal
floating – big and fat
gay xuudging
floating (barely floating i.e. a boat full of fish or an island off in the distance on a high tide)
gaay tl'apging
floating (big belly floating on the surface)
gaydamging
floating (lots of things floating out)
gay jiit'axid
floating (net floating in slack water)
- gayhaagiias
- gayhaagiijid
floating (one person)
gay dllging
floating (partially)
gay haagiisdll
floating (something big floating around)
gay 'uuxyang gwang
floating (something big floating)
'uugins
floating (something floating in water)
gay skaaging
floating (whales)
gaytl'gisdl
floating and rocking and rolling along
gaydaaw.walagung
floating around
gay Gagiigwaans
floating around (boats floating tied together)
gay tl'giisdl
floating by
gaydal
floating by – something messed or smashed up floating by
gayjahgiingdal
floating forever
gaayging sGwaanang
floating high
gay kaaging
floating high i.e. an island off in the distance on a low tide
gaay kaaging
floating i.e. boat bow pointing down or land point floating i.e the way sandspit looks sometimes looking from skidegate
gaykunging
floating on your back
gayGaaging
floating peacefully around i.e. a boat in a calm anchorage
gayGwaadging dii
floating real low
gaykanging
floating up
gaygiidas
floats up in a line
gaysGaaging
flock of birds (confuse flock of birds)
sdaabalaa
floor
naay stl'ln
floor boards in canoe
t'aak'ungxid
flop
xuuhll
flop (wide thing flop down)
gawdahlda
flop down
- xwadsgid
- xwadsgiidan
flopped
Gaadxwaadsgid
flopping
tl'apxiida
flops (anything that flops .i.e. when you shoot a deer it flops)
xwadsgid
floral
xiilaagaay
flounder
- t'al
- sGan t'al
flour
- saabalii
- saabalii k'aana
flower (plant beautiful)
- xil haanas
- xil haana
flower (something beautiful)
gina haanas
flowering plants
- xaayda hlaawers
- xaayda hlaawersGa
- xaayda hlaawersgaay
flowers (armful of flowers)
sk'ud k'waahlging
flowers (walking along with an armful of flowers)
sk'ud k'waahlging dal
flowing
kwahgid
flu
st'ii kaa
flu season
st'ii kaa sii.ngaay
fluke – cetacean tail
kun hlk'yaada
flute
xuud tl'inwaldang
fly (birds migrating)
xid
fly away (flock of birds taking off)
ng.aa xuusda
flying
naahlgalang
flying (not flying)
gam xiidxan Gang gan
flying (one bird flying)
- waa xiidid xiidal;
- waa xiidid ngaadal - lots of birds flying
flying around
xidgwang
flying around
xidxyang gwang
flying by
xiidal
flying in a line i.e. birds
xid saaxyangdal
foam
- sGuuluu
- sGuul
foam (washing up on beach)
sGuuluu
foam woman
sGuuluu jaad
fog
yaanangaa
fog (getting foggy)
yaanang.aay kaaw Guusdll Guu
fog (streak of fog just above the ocean)
sGuuluu taayging
fog (thick closed in fog)
yaanang.aay jiiwal
fog clamped down
yaangusdll
fog going out an inlet
kuunxyangdal sGaanii
fog is down tight (can't see anything)
yaanaang.aay jiiuul
follow around a grandparent (children often do this to their grandparents)
chinGalang dllt'asdiigwang
follow someone around (one person)
taayGadllt'as
follow someone around (plural – we are following)
t'alang taayGadllt'as
food – take home food
- kawk'ihl
- kawk'ii
food (baby talk)
daada
food (chewing food)
k'unhlgahl
food (dropping food on floor while eating)
k'uu xuundaGung
food (eating food quickly / shovelling food in)
k'uuhldaajuugyang
food (leftover food – anything you cook and put away for the next meal)
gwaanda
food (leftover food)
taa k'awGad
food (let food sit for a few days / tastes better)
skaadang Gasdll
food (saving leftover food)
gwaanda
food (sharing food with each other)
gud Gii kaawk'ihl
food (take it easy on the food)
k'uuk'aayda
food (taking food when you go somewhere)
taawhlgiida
food (tired of a certain food)
k'unsda
food (used in a sentence)
taagaay
food box
ga taa Gudaay
food box – a wooden box / air tight
taawt'a
food for all
tl'l 'waadluxan Gan ga taa
food gathering (seafood, wood, berries)
ga taa gyiu hll halxa
food refreshing
k'alts'ii
food that does not last long i.e. dried halibut
ga taa axul
food that last long i.e. dried dog salmon
ga taa k'aay
food, mixing food together in mouth
k'unhl Gahl
food, mixing food together in mouth
ts'inhlGahl
fool
ts'iisgamuhlda
fool a person
- fooling
tll king
fooled
xaa hlgii ts'ihlda
fools day (all fools day)
gud kil kyang sii.ngaay
foot
st'aay
foot (bottom of foot)
st'aay kaaGan
foot (top of foot)
st'aa uuna
foot of a trail
- t'aay
- k'iiwaay t'aay
foot or base of anything i.e a river mouth
t'aay
foot or base of anything i.e a river mouth
t'aahlin
foot print
sk'aa st'aay
foot print (usually seen on the beach)
st'aasalang
foot prints
- st'aa siilaay
- st'aay siilaay
- st'aa sil
- st'aa st'aa
- st'aay sil
football
- sdaaskaaxadang
- sdaaskaaxuunang
- sdaaskaaxuunangwaay
- sdaakaaxuung.uu
- st'aaskaaxadang
- st'aaskaaxuunang
- st'aaskaaxuunangwaay
- st'aakaaxuung.uu
footprint
st'aasil
for
- Gan
- Gang.gii
- Ganxan
- sGaawdagii
for awhile (acting up for a while)
diigwang
for goodness sake!
- aaw.waay ya
- ee st'ay aanjuu.
- iist'aay anjuu.
for him / her (another word for 'laa Gan)
'laant
for nothing
- haay.yang.xan
- k'aabow
- k'abow
- sing k'aahlad
- sink'ahlGaaw /
- sink'ahl.hlad
for some reason / for any reason
gina Gaaganxan
for the first time
- tllsinuudt
- tllsanuud
for what ever reason the result was
gassiing Ga Giid duuGa
for you
- dang Gan
- dang Ganah
- dang Gansda
- dang gii
forbidden (don't tempt fate)
Gan iina
forbidden (it is forbidden)
Gan iina ga
force your way in i.e. crash a party
isdllt'axung
forceful
skaldiidlljuu
forcing self to do something i.e. potlatch for a divorce
skaldiiuull'waa
forecast the weather
siing.gang
forecasting (weather forecasting)
siing.Gang
forehead
kul
forest
kayd k'aaws
forest
- hlk'inxa
- hlk'inxadaay
- hlk'inxaay
- hlk'inx id
- hlk'yaan k'aw
forest (trees growing)
- kayd k'aaws
- kayd k'aw
forever
sGwaanang
forever getting ready
k'waasdaxagang
forget
k'aaysgid
forget – i forget.
dii k'aaysgiid
forget – i.e. when someone interrupts you and you forgot what you were saying
kil k'aaysgid
forget – made me forget something when someone ____ you
kilk'aaysgid
forget – stuck you for words / baffled someone for words / not understanding the words
- hihldang k'aayt'is
- kihlgyang k'aayt'is
forget (forgetting quite often)
k'aaysgiid k'uungaja
forget (talk too much and forget)
kihl k'aaysgid
forget about it
k'aaysgid.daay
forget often
k'aaysgiid k'ung.aja
forgetful
k'aaysgiidaga
fork (a fork that people eat with)
- taa kidGaaw
- taa kidGaawuu
- taa kidGaawaay
fork (fork for digging clams – a clam gun)
hlGiijaaw.uu
fork-tailed storm-petrel (oceanodroma furcata) & leaches storm-petrel
- jiik'iiga
- jiik'iida
- sdaagwaana
fort
sk'aagya
fort
- t'aw t'is
- t'aw ts'is
- t'aw ts'ii
- t'aw ts'iigaay
- t'aw ts'iiGaay
fort (a pallisaded fort)
xaajaay
fort (a pallisaded fort)
- xaas
- xaajaay
fortune
iljuu
forward (boat/car being put in forward – clutch)
kunaahlGang xaaGid
fossil
– literal: turn to rock
hlGaa ga Gihl
found
- kiixa gan
- kiixaay.ya gan
found something
kiixaa
four fingers for measuring
sdl sdansang
fox
naaGajii
fox sparrow – heavier (passerella ikiaca)
hlk'inxa huulaay
fox sparrow – smaller (passerella ikiaca)
ts'ah ts'ah
foxy
sdllguhldal
fragile
st'ang.xaay.ya
fragile / weak
st'ang.xaay.ya
fragile or weakling
st'aangxaay.ya
frail
st'ang.xaay.ya
frame (wash frame to dry berries)
- hlGaydlln
- hlGaadlln
frame drying rack
- kid hlGaajiijaaw
- kid hlGaajiiaaw
framework
hlGaajuus.sGas
framework i.e. to help build a house
hlgaajuu
framework sitting there
hlgaajuu.'uu
freedom
tllguuxan.nuu tl'l 'waa hllnga
freeze
kahl
freeze
kyaasgiida
freeze – a container with water in it freezes and it breaks
kahlt'uuga
freeze (quick freeze in weather means south east wind to come)
t'aad k'aaxuusda
freezer (to freeze)
kahlda
freezing
kaalGagihl
freezing
- taakaahldii
- taakaahl
fresh
Gaawdla
fresh (feel fresh – a human being)
k'aalts'ii
fresh (food)
Gaawdll
fresh water algae (enteromorpha intestinalis)
Gandll sGiinawaay
freshwater clear
Gandlaay k'aadllga gan
friday
sing tleyhll
friend
- hltaaxwaay
- hltaaxwadaga
friend (woman talk to, woman talk about, man talk about, man talk to)
hltaaxwii
friend (you can call a friend this)
k'aanaas
friends
taaxulang
friends (formal speech – kihlgula)
- dii taaxulang …
- hltaaxuulang
frighten (afraid of something / afraid)
- hlGwaxagihl
- hlGwaxagil
frighten (startled / all of a sudden)
xaahll
frightened
hlGugaga
frightened (easily frightened)
hlGuuguga
frightened (startled / all of a sudden)
xaahll
frightened (what you say)
- hamayaa
- haamayaa
frigthen (right now afraid)
hlGwaaga
frog (crab from bushes)
hlk'yan k'uust'an
frog (tree frog)
waaxas
from
- sdaa'uu
- sdaa
- sdad
- sindii
- sindiiyuu
from (right from)
guuiisdaxan
from here
- aan sda
- asiis.sda
- asiisda
from me
dii sda
from myself
sdaagang
from out there
k'aadasda
kay llnagaay sda / from second beach
hlGaagilda sda / from skidegate
k'il kun sda / from sandspit
from something
'laaysda
from that
gaay sda
from the boat
tlwaay sda
from the inlet
kaahl guusda
from there
waasii sda
from us
iidsda
from you
- dang sda
- dang.guusdaxan
front
xaana
front (in front of)
- front (of a person)
xanhlGa
front of anything, front of something, front part of anything
kaaGan
frost
- k'aalaanGid
- k'aalaanGad
- k'aalang.Gad
- k'aalang Giidan
- k'aalaanGud
- k'aalang.uut'ahl
frown (looking mad)
sgaas.sGid
frown (really looking mad/look of disdain)
tl'uusGid
frown / crabby
- xulsGid
- gam xulsGid Gang – don't frown.
frown away from someone – eyes closed
k'aawuuhlda
frozen
- kalga
- kaahlts'igihl
- taakaalga
frozen (getting frozen)
kaahlts'iiGil
frozen stiff
kaahl chuu ts'ii gihl
fruit
- Gaan
hll gaan uu hll daa gan.
fry (frying)
- GaaGalang
- GaaGalang.uu
- GaaGal.lang
fry (will fry)
GaaGalang Gas ga
fry it
GaaGalang hla
fry/sizzle
- xaal k'aadaga
- xaal k'aadagada
frying
xaal k'aadiiga
frying noisy
xaal jiihldaga
frying now
GaaGalang dii
frying pan
- GuuGalang.uu
- GuuGalangwaay
- GaaGalang.uu
full
- st'ah
- st'aaxuuga
- ts'aadGuudii
full (a cup or bucket not full)
- k'aalas
- k'aala
full (as in the bucket is 'full' of water)
st'aaxuuga
full (bucket, sack etc)
st'a
full from food
- sk'isdll
- sk'is.slaay.ya
full i.e. a boat load of fish – a person can not be st'aaxuuga!
st'aaxuuga
full mouth
xiihlii st'aaxuuga
fun – making fun of
kihl nangxisGalang
fun (a lot of fun)
gud llga
fun (lots of fun)
gud llga Gudsdll
fun (make fun of)
kihl naanga
fun (making fun)
nangxiisGalang
funeral
k'aaysdll
fungus – tree fungus (ganoderma applanatum)
- gyallaga snaanGa
- gyallga snaanGa
funnel
kunjuudal
funny
- aak'iixa
- Gan guudangah
funny (said when someone is telling a funny story)
sa kihlging
fur
Gaaw
fur skin bottom sheet that you lay on
uungiiGaawuu
future tense (added to end of sentence)
- Gas ga
