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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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