Tuesday, April 22, 2014

M: Masset Haida - English


M

maahl = planting seed
m as in "mother"

Word beginnings include:
ma, maa, mii, muu

maahla
(n) seed not contained in a fleshy fruit ie grasses
Ts’ats’a maahlee. Carrot seed.

maahlaa
be green (applied to potatoes only).

maalii
- (v) marry, get married
Gu ’la maalii’wagan.  They got married (lit. Married each other.)
Tl’a maalii sGwaanangganggang.  People usually get married once and for all.
’A nan labléedgaas.uu ’iitl’tla maaliigan.  This minister married us.

maaliidgaa
be married
  • maaliigaa
Nan jaadaa maaliidgaaga ’la gwaalgaagang.  He is love with a married woman.
Bill Annie maaliigaagang.  Bill is married to Annie.

máaluud
(n) salmon or trout fry

maamaats’ak’ii
(n) a certain (dragonfly) design used in spruce root weaving.

maamaats’ak’iyaa
have dragonfly design on.

mad
(n) mountain sheep; mountain goat (neither exist on the islands)
  • mada
  • madee

madaa
be mountain sheep; goats in location

mahl
- fast
’La mahldagaganggang. He always talks fast.
’Laa.aa ’la mahlgulagan. He was yapping about him.

mahl
- (v) split; burst open; crack
’Waadluu tl’a k’amahlgagaangaan. Then they burst open.
Gwa.alee ga xi k’amalgan. The bag split (from being too full).
Tlagee ’la ’un k’amahlgagaangaan. It (a giant grub) used to crack open the ground here and with its back (crawling about beneath the surface).
Gwa.alee ga xi k’amalgan. The bag split (from being too full).

mahlgula
- (v) talk bitterly on and on about something
BuudgeeGaa ’la mahlgulagan. He talked bitterly on and on about the boat.

majaa
- have vermillion on
Xáad majaa. Ochre

mal
- a short 1-dimensional extended object
Kwaayee ’waasda malwiigan. The short rope fell off there.
Sk’aangwee ’la mal.iidang. He took off with the short stick.
’la ’i maljuugang. He is short.

malaa
- have split; have cracked; have burst open
’Waagyaan t’iijee k’amaalaanii. Then the rock split.
Tluwee sk’amalaagang. The canoe has split.
T’iijee k’amalaagang. There is a crevice in the rock.

mal.adaa
be a certain-sized

maluudaga
make a glug-glug sound, gurgle
  • maluugada

maluugadas
- (v) air make a glug-glug sound leaving, bubbling from someplace/something
- make a glug-glug sound (a container or its liquid contents)
Gandlee kalgeesda maluugadiijang. The water is making a glug-glug sound leaving the bottle.

man.ad
(n) minute
  • man.adgee

manggii
monkey

manggiigaa
be naughty (applied to children only)

mas
(n) vermillion
  • majee

masda
- apply vermillion to; paint with vermillion
Kanang xahl ’la masdaayaan. He used it to apply vermillion to his chest.

masdayaa
have had vermillion applied to

masii.n
(n) machine, engine

masmúus
(n) cow; steer; bull

masmúus gíid’ii
(n) calf (young cow)

mats’angee
(n) grain, weave, texture
Ts’uwee mats’angee ’i siidalaang. The cedar has fine grain.
Sabliigee mats’angee hlgaamdalaang. The bread has a course texture.
Mats’angee ’laangaa hlgaamdalaang. Its (tree’s) grain is course.

mii
small and cute child

miits’angaa
- (v) be important; be wonderful; be significant
- pretend that is important (that it takes skill and knowledge to work on properly); consider important
Ginnhan ’la gudaa miits’angaagang.  He thinks any little thing is important.
Ginn ’waadluwaan diinaa miits’angaagang.  Everything I have is important.
Tl’agiyee ’la tla miits’angaagang. He is behaving like fixing the fishline takes special skill.
Maalii kígs ’la kil miits’angaagan. She spoke as though fixing a wedding cake takes special knowledge.
Tl’aayuwee ’la gu miits’angaagang. She considers the thread important.

muulaa
(n) sawmill

muuluu
(n) donkey, mule