Dictionary of Shm’algyack
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92 - <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> Shm'algyack<br />
dried fish strips<br />
dried fish strips: 'kiewoaksh.<br />
drift<br />
to drift away: shagyoaksh.<br />
driftwood<br />
driftwood; White person, European:<br />
umsheewa.<br />
drink<br />
to be wet, to drink; water: aksh. to<br />
give a drink: gil'aksh.<br />
drop<br />
drops <strong>of</strong> water, water drops: le'wul. to<br />
drop, let go; to lose someone to death:<br />
ggal'oa.<br />
drum<br />
drum: 'noahl.<br />
drunk<br />
to get dizzy, drunk: sheen.<br />
dry<br />
dry items (clothes, fish): shiloonu.<br />
place to dry seaweed:<br />
ha'libaashagganshk. to be dry:<br />
guunksh. to dry: shiloonksh. to<br />
string up, put on drying pole: ggahlg.<br />
dry rot<br />
dry rot: mahaaya.<br />
duck<br />
black duck: amgeeg. duck: hou'ts.<br />
durable<br />
to be durable, live a long life: aigyad.<br />
duration<br />
duration, length (<strong>of</strong> time, space):<br />
shga'nakt.<br />
dusk<br />
dusk: hla tgiyaa sha. dusk; to<br />
descend, go down: tgiyaa.<br />
dusty<br />
to be dirty, dusty, soiled: 'dsa'dsiksh.<br />
each<br />
each: mihla.<br />
eagle<br />
eagle: ckshgeeg.<br />
Eagle Clan<br />
Eagle Clan: Lack-shgeeg.<br />
ear<br />
ear: 'tsimoo.<br />
earth<br />
earth, ground, land, soil: yuub. earth,<br />
world: ha'lidsogg.<br />
earthquake<br />
earthquake: 'yaagw.<br />
eat<br />
to eat: gub, yaawckg. to eat fish:<br />
ckhoan. to eat Indian ice cream:<br />
ckdaiksh. to eat with: ckdee.<br />
eclipse<br />
moon eclipse: 'dseen gyamgm'aatk.<br />
sun or moon eclipse: 'dseen<br />
giamgm'aatk.<br />
edge<br />
next to the water, at the water’s edge:<br />
geeka.<br />
effigy<br />
disguise, effigy, mask: ameelg.<br />
egg<br />
egg: hlgumad. seagull egg:<br />
hlgumadm ggagoom.<br />
eggs<br />
herring eggs: cksh'waanck. salmon<br />
eggs: laan.<br />
eight<br />
eight abstract, round or flat objects:<br />
'yee-kwdal. eight people:<br />
'ye-kwhladoal.<br />
elbow<br />
elbow; night pot: ma'oan.<br />
elderberries<br />
elderberries: loa'ds. People <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Elderberries: Gishbackloa'ds.<br />
elderberry bush<br />
elderberry bush: shggan loa'ds.<br />
elderberry jam<br />
elderberry jam: goowaagg.<br />
eldest<br />
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