Dictionary of Shm’algyack
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34 - <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> Shm'algyack<br />
ha'dackg verb to be bad<br />
·Lu'kwil ha'dackga lacka. The<br />
weather is bad.<br />
·Ha'dackga wila gyoa hlgu 'yoota<br />
gwee, baashu goa dm wila waalt.<br />
That young man is doing something<br />
wrong, I’m afraid <strong>of</strong> what he’ll do.<br />
ha'dackgm sheepg noun<br />
syphilis<br />
·Ahlgadee aam ha'dackgm sheepg.<br />
Syphilis is not good.<br />
·Labite waal 'yoota gwee, 'ken<br />
ha'dackgm sheepg dish 'need dowl<br />
sheepgt. That man messed up, he got<br />
syphilis, and got sick.<br />
ha'dal noun cedar bark strips for<br />
baskets<br />
·'Gilmsh Dzaak ha'dal dish 'need.<br />
Jack gave her cedar bark.<br />
ha'dooshg noun broom<br />
·Macka ha'dooshg. Put the broom<br />
away.<br />
ha'dsaick noun index finger<br />
·Na hoyu ha'dsaick ndm wilaay goa<br />
dm needsu lack book. I use my index<br />
finger to know what I’m seeing on the<br />
book. (Turn pages with it.)<br />
ha'dsalt noun devil fish<br />
·Lu'kwil hashacku ndm backa<br />
ha'dsalt. I really want to taste devil<br />
fish.<br />
ha'dseekwsha noun wooden<br />
bailer for water<br />
·Ndahl wil shguhl ha'dseekwsha?<br />
Where is the wooden bailer?<br />
ha'dsinaash verb to have good<br />
luck, be lucky<br />
·Aam dsa ap ha'dsinaasha shuunta<br />
gwa'a. It will be nice to have good<br />
luck this summer.<br />
ha'dsiyaan verb to be lucky<br />
·Ahl ha'dsiyaanee da sha gya'wn?<br />
Do you feel lucky today?<br />
ha'dsi'uult noun snail<br />
·Ama nee wila yaan, hailda<br />
ha'dsi'uult da gwa'a. Watch where<br />
you walk, there are lots <strong>of</strong> snails here.<br />
ha'kalaaw noun club for killing<br />
slaves, fish or animals<br />
·Ndsu ha'kalaaw awaan. Give me<br />
that seal club.<br />
ha'kan noun to make it tough for<br />
·Lu'kwil ha'kanm 'yoota hla baaldm<br />
dm hlimoamt. The man made it hard<br />
on us when we tried to help him.<br />
ha'kayaan noun wooden war club,<br />
wooden slave killer<br />
·Shuulga ha'kayaan hoy hlaagi<br />
gyad. The clubs used by people in the<br />
past were dreaded.<br />
ha'koa noun back<br />
·'Man ha'koayu. Rub my back.<br />
ha'li prefix upon<br />
·Shgu ha'li'daa da awaa<br />
'nakshuneeshg. Put the chair by the<br />
window.<br />
ha'libaashagganshk noun<br />
place to dry seaweed<br />
·Sheeds dm hoym da<br />
ha'libaashagganshgm. We’re going<br />
to use sheets for drying the seaweed.<br />
ha'lickbaickshg noun sawhorse<br />
·Na dsaba nagwaadu waab adat<br />
hoy ha'lickbaickshg. My father built<br />
a house and he used a sawhorse.<br />
ha'lidal noun battlefield<br />
·Goayu ha'lidalshm? What are you<br />
fighting over?<br />
ha'lidsogg noun earth, world<br />
·Hashacku dm gyeksha ha'lidsogg. I<br />
want peace on the earth.<br />
ha'ligalmeelg noun playground<br />
·Wie dm dsabm ha'ligalmeelg. Well,<br />
we’ll fix up the playground.<br />
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