English - Vernacular

ḵ'a̱ygyiḵ'a̱k

waists distributive pl.)

ḵ'a 'ha'wiini

wake someone up

wake up someone

dza̱g̱a̱ yaa

walk across (pl.)

dza̱g̱a̱ waalxs

asba ts'ink yaa

walk to one side

ḵ'a̱łik yaa

walk to the front (pl.)

g̱olts'a̱x kpaaẅ

want something suddenly

lułaantga g̱oot

warbler (Audubon's __)

ma̱xłag̱a̱lg̱a̱liis

warbler (Audubon's _)

warmly (dress _)

warm one's back by the fire

warm one's back by the fire (pl.)

warning (without __)

warps (in weaving)

wash (waves __ the shore)

g̱a̱lmyooksts'altk

g̱a̱nlumaaksa̱

'liig̱a̱ngyaksk

washing machine

g̱a̱nlumaaksa̱

wash one's face

watch (night _)

watch (wrist _)

ts'iksnaaxsm waats

water (clear __)

water (clear _)

water (clear spring __)

water (dip __; draw __)

water (give a drink of __)

water (hunt on the _)

water (open __)

water (out of the _ onto land)

'ya̱g̱a̱gwinuusk

luwaalm ts'maks

ba̱xbeeg̱a'aks

wave (breaking __)

waves (capped _)

xba̱g̱mg̱oop

waves (whitecap __)

sgyen ts'm ts'mmuu

way (get out of the _)

way (in the __)

way down on the beach

wag̱ayt gyeeka

wag̱ayt gyiika

weak (always __)

weak (sometimes __)

g̱a̱xba̱'a̱laskw

weather (calm __)

weather (hot __)

weather barometer

g̱a̱nlaayt'igm la̱xa

weave (diagonal __)

weave (diagonal _)

weave cedar bark

webbed fingers (person with _)

Ha'lik'wilii Sah

Western black oystercatcher

wet (soaking _)

Wets'uwetin people

whale (killer _, false killer _)

ligi libag̱ayt goo

whatever kind of

where (place __)

where the wind dies down

aamsg̱a̱'na̱k

while (a long _)

while (for a __)

while (for a _)

while (in a ___)

while (quite a __)

aam sg̱a̱'nak

whirlpool (caught in a _, sucked into a _)

'ntaga̱liilbiksk

xba̱g̱mg̱oop

white-haired (__ person)

white people (pl.)

miksmooksgmgyet

whitewinged scoter

who (the one __)

who (the one _)

wife (grandson's __)

wife (man who has two __)

la̱g̱a̱xna̱ks

wild crabapple bushes

sg̱a̱n moolks

willing (always __)

willing (always _)

wind (east-southeast __ in the autumn)

wind (have the __ knocked out of you) due to a blow or fall

wind (north __)

wind (northeast __)

wind (northwest __)

gyida̱g̱a̱niitsk

gyisa̱g̱a̱niitsk

wind (offshore __)

wind (onshore _, south _)

dzog̱m haywaas

wind (southeast __)

wind (southeast _)

wind (southwest _)

wind (strong __)

g̱a̱tgyeda baask

g̱a̱tgyedm baask

g̱a̱tgyetga baask

wind (strong _)

wind (where the __ dies down)

wind around (pl.)

g̱a̱lg̱a̱wlk

wine (homemade berry _)

winter (deep __)

wise ones (pl.)

wilg̱a̱g̱oosk

suulgm hana̱'a̱x

witch's hair lichen

witchcraft (kill with __)

with (be _) (pl.)

with (be put __)

with (be put _)

without origins

without purpose

without warning

gyibaawmts'm'aks

woman (American _)

woman (cheater _, clever _)

na̱xnog̱mhana̱'a̱x

woman (Chinese _)

woman (court a _, flirt with a _)

woman (fisher _)

hukaadm hana̱'a̱x

woman (masculine _)

woman who has two husbands

la̱g̱a̱xna̱ks

wood (dry rotting _)

wood (kindling _)

wood (willow _)

hapsg̱awg̱a̱n

hapsg̱awlgmg̱a̱n

wooden spoons (pl.)

hakhapsg̱awlgmg̱a̱n

hakhapsxawg̱a̱ng̱a̱n

g̱oog̱ayg̱a̱n

woods (out of the _)

woods (up in the __)

wooks (make __)

woolen longjohns

g̱aaydmts'alxs

woollen sweater

sweta̱mts'alxs

work (do extra _)

'wa̱hti txa̱s'niitga̱

worm (ribbon __)

luwa̱ntga g̱oot

luwa̱nwa̱ntga g̱ag̱oot

ama̱daalg̱a̱sk

worship (house of __)

wa̱p amadaalsk

g̱a̱'ama̱daalḵ'a̱sk

hukama̱daalg̱a̱sk

k'a̱ hat'a̱xk

Wow! Such a thing happened!

wren (house __)

g̱a̱nt'a̱ga̱

wring out (pl.)

hats'a̱'a̱n'on

ts'iksnaaxsm waats

written material

libag̱ayt waal

wrong (do something _)

wrong way (go the __)

g̱alam g̱ooyt