Dictionary of Shm’algyack
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<strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> Shm'algyack - 27<br />
gukshg verb to wake up<br />
·Ahlgadee hashackaa hlguwoamhlg<br />
dm gukshgt. The child doesn’t want<br />
to wake up.<br />
gushck verb to be bitter<br />
·Na dsaba hlgu hana'ack goa dm<br />
gubm, da ahlgadeet wilaay goahl<br />
wila gyoad dowla lu'kwil gushcka<br />
gubm. The little girl was cooking what<br />
we were going to eat and didn’t know<br />
what she was doing, so what we ate<br />
was bitter.<br />
gushguuds noun sparrow<br />
·Lu'kwil ckshdaamcka wil how<br />
gushguuds. The sparrow’s sound is<br />
very loud.<br />
guudack verb to ask, inquire<br />
·Ahlgandee wilaayhl goa dm wila<br />
gyoayu dun guudacka n'dse'etsu<br />
goa dm wila gyoayu. I didn’t know<br />
what to do so I asked my grandmother<br />
what to do.<br />
guul verb to harvest, reap, pick (<strong>of</strong><br />
food)<br />
·Wie dm guul maay sha gya'wn.<br />
Hla hailda mikmeegt. Well, we’re<br />
going to pick berries today. A lot are<br />
ripe.<br />
guulka noun westerly wind<br />
·Hailda ggoab hla baa guulka. There<br />
are a lot <strong>of</strong> waves when the westerly<br />
wind blows.<br />
guunksh verb to be dry<br />
·Hladm guunksha na lumaakshu.<br />
The clothes will soon be dry.<br />
·Hla luguunksha ggiehlam'do'otsk.<br />
The iron pot has gone dry.<br />
·Na yoaksha nakshu na hoyayu<br />
dowla ahlgandee daackga ndm<br />
hoyt. Dsihla guunksht dowla<br />
daackgu ndm hoyt. My wife washed<br />
my clothes and I couldn’t wear them.<br />
When they were dry, I was able to<br />
wear them.<br />
guunkshm hoan noun dried fish<br />
PLURAL: luunkshm hoan<br />
·Hashackanee guunkshm hoan? Do<br />
you want dried fish?<br />
guyna noun path, road, trail<br />
·Yaaka guyna da ggaldsap. Follow<br />
the trail to the next village.<br />
gwaanksh verb to be cooked, done<br />
·Hla gwaanksha wineaya. The food<br />
is done.<br />
·Hla gwaanksha goa dm gubm aam<br />
dowla 'dseen. Our food is cooked so<br />
come right in.<br />
gwaantg verb to touch<br />
PLURAL: gwitgwaantg<br />
·Giloamdsa gwaantga<br />
'nakshuuneeshg. Don’t touch the<br />
window.<br />
gwaashg verb to borrow<br />
PLURAL: gwishgwaashg<br />
·Ahlgadee aam dm gwaashgn dish<br />
ligit naa. It’s not good to borrow from<br />
anybody.<br />
·Na 'gwinooy hlgu 'yoota gwee<br />
daala da 'koy, hashackt dm<br />
gwaashgt da 'koy. The young man<br />
asked me for money because he wanted<br />
to borrow it from me.<br />
gwai'hl noun sack<br />
·Sha hailda gwai'hla gyad, 'nee<br />
hoym hla sha hla'ashgm. We have<br />
lots <strong>of</strong> sacks, that’s what we use when<br />
we gather seaweed.<br />
gwalg verb to burn<br />
·Hla gwalga lag. The fire is burning.<br />
·Na gwalga waaba gwee. That house<br />
burned.<br />
gwalka verb to trim hair by burning<br />
ends<br />
·Ha'wahlgandee nee wil gwalka<br />
gyad na ggawsht. I haven’t seen<br />
people trim their hair by burning the<br />
ends.<br />
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