Dictionary of Shm’algyack
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12 - <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> Shm'algyack<br />
dedsa'bil verb to play with<br />
compulsively<br />
·Giloama dedsa'bil na ggawshn.<br />
Don’t play compulsively with your<br />
hair.<br />
dee noun hill<br />
·Lack dee awaan wil wun wun. The<br />
deer can be found on the hill there.<br />
deelmckg verb to answer, reply<br />
·Goahl gn ahlgadee deelumckgt?<br />
Why didn’t she answer?<br />
·Na guuduckdu hlguwoamhlga<br />
gwee goa wila gyoat dowla<br />
deelmckgt da 'koy. I asked the child<br />
what she was doing and she answered<br />
me.<br />
deeltg verb to retaliate, take revenge<br />
·Lu'kwil hashacka 'yoota dm<br />
deeltgd. The man really wanted to<br />
take revenge.<br />
deetck'aksh noun high tide<br />
·Dm gwindaawhlm da Gitsgaan<br />
dsihla deetck'aksh. We’ll go over to<br />
Ketchikan when the tide is high.<br />
de'kwun verb to be very ripe<br />
·Ha'weenhl de'kwun moalksh?<br />
Aren’t the crabapples ripe yet?<br />
diboygid noun shrew, small mouse<br />
·Na ggalmeelgm da lack geeka dowl<br />
dsaggabaa hlgu diboygid. We were<br />
playing down the beach when a little<br />
mouse ran across.<br />
didoa verb to have, own<br />
PLURAL: doa<br />
·Didoa hailda 'dsoacksh da 'koy. I<br />
own a lot <strong>of</strong> shoes.<br />
·Doa hailda ggaid da 'koy. I own lots<br />
<strong>of</strong> hats.<br />
didoolsh verb to be alive<br />
·Hloula didoolsha hlgu 'yoota. The<br />
young man is still alive.<br />
·Na goo wunu ashda 'guulda sha,<br />
goo wun. Hloula didoolsht hla gwn<br />
ackgu da awaat. I went hunting one<br />
day and I shot a deer. It was still alive<br />
when I got there.<br />
dihl conjunction and<br />
·Hla goamshm dihl magwa'ala dihl<br />
goaym. In the early winter, the late<br />
winter, and in the spring.<br />
dipckan noun stump, old tree still<br />
standing<br />
·Hloula hietga dipckan. That old<br />
cedar stump is still standing.<br />
di'deeld verb to do faster, quickly<br />
·Di'deelda hahlalsha'nm hla<br />
hashackum dm meelgm. We do<br />
things faster when we want to dance.<br />
doashda noun across the way, the<br />
opposite side<br />
·Doashda wil wun hailda gibaaw.<br />
There are a lot <strong>of</strong> wolves across the<br />
way.<br />
doa'yil noun spoiled person<br />
·Doa'yil hlguwoamhlg, 'neegn 'naga<br />
weehawtgd. The child is spoiled,<br />
that’s why she cries a long time.<br />
dock verb to carry, take<br />
·Shgu dm dockm lag. We have to<br />
take wood.<br />
·Hee Gitsgaanu ashda 'guulda sha<br />
dowlan docka wineayam. I went to<br />
Ketchikan the other day and I took our<br />
food.<br />
dockdock verb to hold onto<br />
·Shguu mdm dockdocka hagwilhoo<br />
dsihla 'dsuu baashg. You have to<br />
hold onto the rope when the wind<br />
blows hard.<br />
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