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004 Naish C & Story G - Tlingit Verb Dictionary - Translation.txt
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{Number = 004}
{Type = Translation}
{Title = Tlingit Verb Dictionary}
{Author = Constance Naish, Gillian Story}
{Source = N&S 1973:15–252}
{Translator = Constance Naish, Gillian Story}
{Page = 15}
1 he turned it over to the Haidas
2 my wife deserted me
3 I abstain (from things such as eating meat)
4 they are keeping from various foods and activities (in observance of Lent)
5 his speech is acceptable / satisfactory
6 my uncle is popular / my uncle is acceptable to people
7 that dog really likes me / follows me around
8 he’s beginning to go round with him / becoming friendly
9 he accompanied him / went with him
10 he accompanied him
11 I accuse you to my father
12 they said this to trap him, so that they could accuse him
{Page = 16}
13 we’re getting used to it (wood stove)
14 they’ve grown accustomed to using certain words all the time
15 maybe I’ll get used to it
16 are you getting used to living down south?
17 he acted like a boss
18 your nephew is acting like a baby
19 he’s always on the go: he must be working
20 add more apples (to those already in the dish)!
21 my aunt added more
22 we’re going to add more (food, etc.)
23 they added five more men
24 he added “come here!”
25 I’m addressing you as my younger sister, so that you will become my younger sister
26 he always addressed him (and treated him) as younger brother
{Page = 17}
27 I admire the way you spoke
28 adopt them / make them your own!
29 they adopted me
30 the glacier is advancing toward the beach (the ice is sliding down gradually)
31 you will advise me about making money / about money matters
32 that’s how I advised you
33 my father used to make canoes with an adze
34 my uncle knew how to work with an adze
35 it’s going to affect us / we will be involved (for example, in some cultural activity)
36 the earthquake affected us
37 it was afloat and being carried out to sea by the waves
38 it was washing against the fishtrap
{Page = 18}
39 are you afraid of my dog?
40 I’m afraid of what he will say
41 my mother agreed / is willing for me to go
42 he’s on the alert (wondering what my happen)
43 I’m alert (wondering what you are going to do to me)
44 be prepared for anything, for he doesn’t know the job (and so an accident might occur)!
45 he is still alive / can still move (after being dug up from landslide)
46 they will throw you alive into the furnace
47 we are not allowed to sentence anyone to death
48 I have the right (I am allowed) to give it
49 his strength amazed me: he broke a large nail (by snapping it across)
50 they will all be amazed
51 he’s really ambitious
{Page = 19}
52 we’re going to anchor over there
53 I anchored my boat
54 they dropped anchor
55 he keeps moving his boat and anchoring it further out
56 when the tide is falling near the boat, move it further out!
57 he’s anemic
58 he’s angry all the time, with everyone
59 they are angry at each other (and won’t speak)
60 I’m going to be angry with you (said jokingly, but meant deep down)
61 they announced, “the salmon are swimming in the creek”
62 you hear my sayings: I announce them loudly / I call them out
63 stop now! you are getting me annoyed (with your chattering)
64 the waves beating (on the shore) are loud: it’s getting him annoyed (tired of it)
65 he annoyed me by keeping on talking (so that I had to keep on replying)
{Page = 20}
66 I made him talk so much that he was annoyed (and hardly knew what he was saying)
67 everything I do annoys him
68 he’s not annoyed with us / not tired of us (that is, of our visiting him)
69 he’s beginning to annoy me / I’m getting tired of him (that is, of his constant borrowing)
70 answer me!
71 he answered him, “to whom should we go?”
72 you haven’t answered me (replied in writing)
73 he’s calling you: answer him!
74 I answered already / I said “yes” already
75 I’m anticipating difficulty / I’m expecting some bad trouble is going to hit me
76 he appeared to them again
77 he appeared to them
78 he appeared (came where all could see him, having been previously out of sight)
79 I apply it to you (that is, something I have experienced I apply to you to illustrate my point)
{Page = 21}
80 my father appointed me (to fill the position)
81 they were appointed
82 I really appreciate what you have done for me
83 I’m apprehensive all the time concerning him (fearful he will cause trouble, etc.)
84 I’m fearful that he’ll say something that will offend someone
85 they wanted the approval of men, more than the approval of God
86 they sent guards to arrest him
87 they tried to arrest him
88 he is ascending (climbing up) the mountain
{Page = 22}
89 the deer climb up to the mountain pastures (in July)
90 “who pulled it out?” he was asking (people)
91 he’s asking me about it
92 don’t ask him!
93 they were asking each other (asked among themselves)
94 they went through the houses asking
95 keep on asking me!
96 I hesitate to go alone, so I’m asking you to accompany me
97 I’m always asking her to go along
98 he keeps asking to go with me
99 I asked her for fruit / berries
100 he asked me for money
101 he’s always asking me for money
102 he asked for a fishtrap
103 he asked for money
104 our master has come and is asking for you
105 the medicine man asked for more (blankets, bracelets, money, etc.)
106 ask for more adzes (medicine man instructing his helper)
{Page = 23}
107 that is where they assemble
108 they are coming together / assembling for a meeting
109 I’m very surprised at what you are telling me
110 he stood with his legs apart
111 he began to walk with legs far apart, struggling to carry the buoy weight
112 they (one attacking force) attacked in our absence
113 the dog jumped out at him
114 their town was attacked (and captured)
115 we attacked / invaded (as a war party)
116 they went on a war party (to attack the enemy)
117 I avoided the man who was driving (coming here by car)
118 a big brown bear is an awful sight
{Page = 24}
119 the sound of people weeping sounds awful
120 the house we used to own leaks: it’s no good now
121 their work is bad
122 the deer meat they have left hanging outside is going bad: it is getting mold on it
123 it’s always bad weather when fall comes
124 we bailed all the water out of the boat
125 bail it out with the bailer!
126 he finished baiting his halibut hooks
127 I’m baiting with herring
128 the skin has no hair on it
129 he’s getting bald-headed
{Page = 25}
130 he’s bald like a rich man
131 he was baptized
132 they were baptized
133 they were baptized
134 I’m making barbs on a spearhead
135 he’s making barbs on an arrowhead
136 his dog barked at him
137 the dog will bark at you
138 he barks while a person is still a long way off
139 children are bashful / timid with people
140 long ago a young woman was trained to be shy of men
141 he batted the ball (which was thrown to him)
142 hockey (that is, batting the can)
143 I batted it (hit the ball up)
{Page = 26}
144 I’m going to take a bath
145 I bathed the baby
146 strong men bathed (in the sea for training)
147 I’m going to bathe my feet
148 it’s battered
149 how are they?
150 the yarn is all colors
151 you are really upright / honest
152 my father is a seine fisherman
153 is your mother still living?
154 there isn’t anything
155 what’s the weather like outside?
156 it will be the same weather tomorrow maybe
157 he’s beating the drum (or, less usual, he’s ringing the bell)
{Page = 27}
158 the bell is ringing (lit. beating itself)
159 he always beats the drum too fast
160 he started off on correct beat and is getting too fast
161 the waves are really beating hard on shore
162 the waves always come in and beat hard on the seaward side
163 he beat me up
164 we’re going to beat them up (said by children)
165 he beat me up, hitting me in the face
166 beat it (soapberries) up with your hands!
167 we’re beating up soapberries
168 they beckoned them
169 you’ll beckon with your hand
170 he became a preacher
171 put your son to bed (to sleep)!
172 daughter, put your children to bed!
173 they are doing that (behaving like that) all the time
174 they don’t behave like that / they don’t do such things
175 long ago they used to kill people who behaved like that (who used to do those things)
{Page = 28}
176 I belched
177 he believed
178 you do not believe my words
179 I believe you (what you say)
180 he believes me all the time
181 I’ll put on a belt
182 he had dollars in his belt
183 I put on a belt
184 he bent the nail
185 I bent my gun
186 he bent over
187 bend your knees right up!
188 he can bend one leg
189 he didn’t bend his arm
190 he can’t bend his knee
191 he was betting me something
192 he’s going to make some big bets
193 he told on it (something which had been done in secret (usually something wrong) and he informed everyone about it)
{Page = 29}
194 they will betray me to them / they will deliver me into their hands
195 he betrayed him
196 one from among you is going to betray me
197 they bewitched him
198 he’s going to bewitch you
199 she’s bewitched (as an act of jealousy on another’s part)
200 I dream that someone is doing bad things to me (and become sick through this)
201 there was lots of grass there
202 there’s plenty of food
203 let it (wall) be ten feet high!
204 cows’ horns are big
205 the berries are very large
206 this potato is too big
207 this bracelet is too big for me
208 he saw the big crowd
209 there were fourteen of them there
210 it was that big (with gesture) (of cactus)
211 that big tree is large around (at the base)
212 it’s a thick rope
213 the bush is large around (has thick limbs)
{Page = 30}
214 the screw is too fat (for the hole)
215 this needle is a little too fat
216 make yourself bigger!
217 I bound up his hand / I bandaged his hand
218 a mosquito bit me
219 a dog bit me
220 a shark bit me
221 the mink is biting hard on my hand
222 he bit off the thread
223 does it have a bitter taste?
224 it will be bitter if you cook it that way
225 we blackened the paddles in the smoke
226 the lamp chimney got black
227 my firewood went down and turned black instead of burning (esp. of hemlock)
{Page = 31}
228 he was blamed for the trouble
229 I blame you
230 if an accident happens to you, they’re going to blame me
231 they blamed him for it (accused him of doing it); but he denied it
232 he blasphemed against God (that is, said what was not right about him)
233 he blasphemed against God (that is, spoke about God against the facts)
234 they are blasting (rocks)
235 his hand was bleeding
236 we were really blessed
237 they’re getting lucky
238 God blessed us
239 it is the thing I was blessed with (that I wish to share with others)
240 I’ve been blind for ten years
241 I was blind, and now I see
242 I blinked
{Page = 32}
243 he’s blowing on his hands
244 we are going to blow the horn
245 he blew the cannibal’s ashes around
246 the barrel is being blown around by the wind
247 it’s always being blown away
248 the clouds have blown away
249 the leaves blow away
250 I blew my nose noisily
251 it’s blowing hard this evening
252 the storm is blowing on them
253 the north wind is blowing
254 the wind blows from any direction
255 he blew it (light) out
256 I blew up a seal stomach
257 they are blowing up the rocks with dynamite
258 the knife is dull / blunt
259 don’t! you’re going to blunt it
260 my pencil is blunt
261 my pencil is blunt
{Page = 33}
262 that’s enough of that boasting
263 he’s always bragging (saying how good he is)
264 he boasts / talks big of his status and wealth (but with no truth in it)
265 the captain is taking the boat out
266 boil the water!
267 it’s not boiling yet
268 he boiled fish / salmon
269 they boil humpy salmon
270 boil the meat!
271 they used to boil elderberries
272 they bolted the door
273 these herring are really bony
274 halibut isn’t bony
275 I’m uninteresting / I’m no good at jokes (said when pressed to speak at a party)
276 he was born there
277 he’s going to borrow it
278 he’s getting credit (borrowing along) from the store
{Page = 34}
279 our table has been borrow4ed
280 he borrowed my gun
281 go and borrow it (globe)!
282 he borrowed a pencil
283 he annoys me / he keeps interrupting (because he thinks his work is more important)
284 don’t bother me!
285 don’t bother me (to children demanding attention)
286 he’s bothering him
287 it (ball) is bouncing
288 flat stones bounce on the water
289 they used to braid their hair
290 braid it!
291 she has her hair braided all the time
292 I’m going to braid my hair
293 the iceberg broke off from the glacier
294 the canoe split (down the center)
295 he’s breaking off small chunks at a time
296 he’s breaking off pieces of dried fish
297 he broke the plate (into many pieces)
298 the pencil is broken (crushed by something heavy, not snapped across)
{Page = 35}
299 he broke the plate in half
300 he broke the cup to pieces
301 I broke an egg
302 they break the light bulbs
303 I broke a stick
304 the engine broke
305 the broom broke
306 I broke the bush
307 I broke my needle
308 he broke the pencil into short pieces
309 he broke upo all his halibut hooks
310 I broke the rock in pieces with fire
311 the bread crumbles easily
312 he was smashing up the door
313 the rope is broken
314 the scar keeps breaking open there
315 I broke the yarn
316 the thread is going to break (beginning to ravel)
317 I broke the door off from there
318 the children broke it (fence) right off
319 he broke (a prong) off the alder tree
320 he breathed slowly
321 he’s still breathing
{Page = 36}
322 he’s getting out of breath (while running)
323 we get short-winded
324 I’ll get my wind back now (esp. needing rest when packing deer)
325 things produce their young then (in May)
326 the dog produced young ones
327 it’s bright (of particularly brilliant star)
328 bring a knife!
329 bring a ball!
330 bring a bucket!
331 bring a bow!
332 bring a herring rake!
333 bring hammers!
334 bring the baby!
335 bring salmon!
336 bring the cloth!
337 bring water!
338 bring the bundles!
339 bring some rice in your hands!
340 bring the large pot!
{Page = 37}
341 broil the salmon fast (still tastes somewhat raw)!
342 he broiled the herring (catching the broth in a clam shell and pouring it over)
343 he brushed his clothes
344 clothesbrush
345 it (cooking) is bubbling
346 it’s beginning to bubble, fermenting
347 tiny bubbles are coming up from the bottom (that is, from the mud)
348 it’s bubbling up from the bottom of the water
349 as the salmon swim along, they make tiny bubbles
350 the spring is bubbling out / coming out real strongly
351 it leaks real fast / it keeps bubbling out
{Page = 38}
352 he told them to build a large boat
353 I bumped my foot
354 he bumped his nose
355 your pot (that is, your cooking) is going to burn
356 the wood is burnt
357 it (house) is burning down from top to bottom
358 the boat burned up
359 because the sun was strong, our faces got sunburnt
360 I’m burning tree stumps
361 he’s burning (old) clothes (on the beach)
362 that skin has been burned / shriveled
363 he scalded his hand with hot water
364 I burned my hand making up the fire (stove)
365 I was forced to move back (from fierce fire) because I was burning hot
366 he burned it to ashes
367 they used to burn yellow cedar bark to ashes
{Page = 39}
368 the cold bursts them (raven eggs)
369 a cloudburst came on us / rain burst forth
370 the water burst forth (that is, the dam broke)
371 the water poured down suddenly and fast / the water broke forth (when trapped above)
372 the sack (of flour) has burst open
373 his appendix burst
374 the seal stomach burst open making a popping sound
375 did they bury him in Angoon?
376 the dog is burying the bones
377 he gave his uncle a good burial
378 four days have passed since they buried him
379 where have you buried him?
380 I’m just busying myself with my garden
381 button up your shirt!
382 he buttoned it up
383 we’re going out to camp, so we will buy food to take with us
384 don’t buy a thing: we’ve already bought some!
{Page = 40}
385 I bought a hundred pound sack of potatoes
386 he bought a ball
387 he bought a pencil for his daughter
388 he bought lots of bread
389 I’m going to buy lots of things (at the sale)
390 I caulked my boat with rags (stuffed rags in the cracks)
391 call a nurse!
392 you are called to the Eagle House; they are going to pay off
393 he sang about a member of the opposite clan and caused that one to respond
394 he composes tribal love-songs which call forth a response
395 is he calling on the spirits?
396 he calls on the spirits
397 they were shouting at me from outside
398 I called out to my mother
399 I hollered at my mother repeatedly
400 her son is always running off, and she’s always calling him
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401 someone used to call out, “the tide is changing”
402 the teacher called the roll
403 there’s going to be a big matter (at the meeting), so they’re going to call the roll
404 the palm of my hand is calloused
405 there’s a corn on the side of my foot
406 it is calm / peaceful
407 it is calm with no wind or storm at all
408 his boat capsized with him
409 the canoe is tippy and given to capsizing
410 I was captured
411 they held him in jail (when not necessarily guilty)
412 they don’t care (about public opinion)
413 I cared for my grandchild
414 my mother is taking care of him
415 I care for you with all my heart
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416 she doesn’t care for her children
417 he’s carrying a book
418 he’s carrying a radio
419 he’s carrying a ball
420 she’s carrying a string of beads
421 she’s carrying a pot
422 he’s carrying a gun
423 he’s carrying a stick
424 he’s carrying an arrow
425 he’s carrying marble
426 he’s carrying ladders (one at a time)
427 he’s carrying his tools
428 he’s carrying a chicken
429 he’s carrying halibut
430 he’s carrying his coat
431 he’s carrying clams (in a bucket)
432 he’s carrying bundles
433 he’s carrying a deer on his back
434 he’s carrying his child on his back
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435 he’s carrying his rifle on his shoulder
436 she’s carrying apples in her apron
437 he’s carrying sand in his cupped hands
438 she’s carrying flowers grasped in her hand
439 she’s carrying lots of little oddments pressed together in her hands
440 she’s carrying more than she can manage, dropping some and pressing the rest to herself
441 he’s carrying it clasped against himself
442 they are carrying a dead body (finding it heavy)
443 it (dog) is carrying a bone in its mouth
444 it carried away houses too (after dam burst)
445 small pieces of driftwood were being carried along and washed up on shore
446 from there the strong tide took them way south
447 the tied took it right across (bay)
448 they carved a totem pole
449 they carve with an adze
450 he carved an oil dish
451 he knows how to carve spoon handles
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452 he’s carving a bracelet
453 he has a cataract
454 he won’t get caught: he goes faster than anybody
455 we’ve caught lots of salmon (said as looking into the net)
456 I caught the ball
457 they celebrated his birthday
458 they are going to celebrate Christmas
459 I always set a prisoner free during the time you are celebrating Passover
460 they challenged each other to a fight
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461 he dared him to steal
462 a person’s life has changed completely to the opposite direction (lit. has tipped up)
463 I’ve burned the toast / reduced it to charcoal
464 it just chars along the edge of the wood (of wood suitable for canoe-making)
465 he made charcoal
466 it’s with material from a partially burned log that they paint the face (with charcoal)
467 when they are hunting seal they paint their faces (so they won’t be seen)
468 they’ll charge him
469 how much does your mother charge for that dried fish?
470 he had charge of her treasure
471 they took charge of the child
472 they chartered a plane
473 he chased him out (from the house)
474 chase me!
475 he chased them out
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476 he’s chasing sheep
477 it didn’t cost me much
478 the rice is cheaper over there
479 the storekeeper cheated me
480 he got mad, because he had been cheated
481 he cares for his wife (cherishing her and putting her first in everything)
482 I care for them (material things)
483 I’m chewing something
484 I’m going to chew snuff
485 he’s chipping out a cottonwood tree for a canoe
486 he choked on a bone
487 don’t sip it up noisily (drawing air in to cool it); you will choke!
488 they choose / point suddenly at a man’s hand
489 you chose
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490 he chopped a cord of wood
491 he chopped up large blocks for firewood
492 everybody chops wood
493 he chopped down a sapling
494 we’re going to chop it in two
495 he’s chopping off branches
496 he’s going to chop down some small trees
497 he chopped up halibut heads for boiled fish
498 they chop up meat with a hatchet (esp. ribs for storing in seal oil)
499 they (beaver) chop off the tree limbs
500 sometimes you circumcise a boy on the sabbath
501 he was circumcised
502 we claim two towns
503 the land they were going to claim (that is, the Promised Land)
504 I claim your rifle (which was going to be destroyed)
505 I’m going to claim this and put money in its place (that is, will give its value when the owner dies)
506 he clapped his hands
507 clap your hands!
508 they applauded (by clapping) so they had to come back (for encore)
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509 I clasped a book under my arm (to carry it)
510 he’s clasping (a heavy object) to himself in order to be able to carry it
511 they kept themselves clean
512 they cleared the beach (of rocks) for a canoe landing place
513 they are clearing bushes away
514 it’s clearing from us (that is, rain is leaving us)
515 the mist has seemed to be lying solidly on you; that’s why (we say) it is going to lift
516 maybe the sky is going to clear
517 they sky is clear / there are no clouds
518 he climbed the tree (holding on around it)
519 he’s climbing a steep part of the mountain (holding on and pulling himself up)
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520 it (octopus) is clinging tightly and can’t be moved
521 the clock is going
522 it’s ten after four
523 I closed (pages of) the big book
524 close them!
525 he closed the window (pulled it closed)
526 he closed the door
527 he never closes the door
528 the hunting season is closed
529 close the door quietly!
530 he closes the door really quietly
531 he fixed a breakwater (of posts)
532 they closed up the door permanently
533 he put them close together, thus closing it
534 we closed up our house completely (no air could get in even)
535 the mayor has his mouth closed (he doesn’t wish to talk or give information)
536 the child is keeping his mouth closed (refusing to eat his food)
537 his chest healed rapidly and completely from that bullet wound
538 it has closed up / become one whole
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539 the pipe is plugged up
540 you still never opened that ‘cheese’ (that is coho eggs packed in seal stomach)
541 close your eyes
542 I’m going to close my eyes
543 I had my eyes tight closed (but was watching all the same)
544 his eyes are closed
545 it’s going to be cloudy
546 it’s not cloudy
547 he was clubbing salmon there
548 he’s going to hit it
549 I’m like a real clumsy person (when trying to thread a needle)
550 he’s clutching it
551 she’s clutching a load of things
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552 they coiled the rope
553 he coiled the wire
554 I’ve coiled my line
555 he cooled the water
556 my feet are always cold
557 my face is cold
558 we feel cold
559 maybe it’s going to be cold this winter
560 the whole house collapsed
561 the deadfall trap fell
562 I sprang the trap / caused it to collapse
563 his house was collapsed by the storm
564 we collect all sorts in our house
565 have you collected it (mail)?
566 they were getting the people together in the house
567 sockeye has changed color
568 coho also changes color
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569 he combed his hair with a comb
570 I combed my hair
571 he came to our house every day
572 we’re coming to your place
573 hasn’t he come (arrived) yet?
574 we came by boat
575 did any letters come for you?
576 a new lamp will be coming for me
577 winter is coming
578 the time will be coming round when they go seining
579 he’s coming to / coming back to consciousness after drinking
580 he’s going to get back his senses
581 we came upon a bear in its den
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582 I came upon him and saw him in the very act of taking it
583 we found him cooking
584 he comforted him
585 we’re going to comfort her / cheer her up
586 he comforted him (lit. he warmed his inner feelings)
587 I’m sitting very comfortably, just the way I want to be
588 I’m going to make myself really comfortable
589 he commands / he is in command
590 I commented on the food
591 my aunts, I have composed a song about you
592 he composed a song concerning the sale of Alaska
593 he composed a song about his relatives in the opposite clan
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594 we concentrated on the Tlingit language (put effort into speaking Tlingit)
595 what is on your mind / what is troubling you?
596 I am concerned / I have no peace of mind / I don’t feel good (about something)
597 I can’t find any reason to condemn him (that is, I don’t find in him anything for which he could be punished)
598 is there no one left who condemns you (that is, who lays the blame on you)?
599 whoever confessed Jesus is the messiah will be thrown out
600 I confessed all my sins before God
601 the fog confused me, and I went the wrong way
602 the noise of the waves confuses people
603 they were confused (that is, they didn’t understand what was happening)
604 he was perplexed / bewildered (that is, his mind was really troubled)
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605 they connected the wire
606 I connected the wires together
607 the wire is connected up with it
608 we connected it up / tied it up to this
609 he is consecrated to God
610 my father consecrated me (that is, caused me to enter into it (a particular task))
611 he came to his senses / he thought things over
612 you’d better consider yourself (think over your life): you are going in the wrong direction!
613 he’s eaten too many berries; he’ll be constipated
614 he was converted
615 they were converted
616 he converted him
617 he was converted/he stopped and turned away from his sins
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618 they were converted/they turned from their sins
619 it’s getting cooked
620 only one is cooked yet
621 cook rice for him (to eat)!
622 how do you cook it?
623 cook the meat by the live coals!
624 cook the salmon in an under-fire pit!
625 he dug up the food cooked in the pit
626 they cooked a seal whole (in its skin, over campfire for a whole day)
627 I’m going to cook herring eggs
628 they kill fish fresh from water and cook it fast
629 they used to cook inner parts of the deer on a stick fast
630 they corked up the bottle
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631 I’m coughing
632 he coughs all the time
633 how many can you count?
634 count to twenty!
635 cover it/put the cover on!
636 put the cover on the rice!
637 looks like it’s going to rain; cover the fish drying racks with canvas
638 we covered it all over with sand
639 his skull is fractured
640 I have a broken/cracked bone
641 I cracked the cup deliberately
642 the cup is cracked
643 crack the ice!
644 it’s not cracked/it won’t crack easily (that is, good material)
645 a cracked dish is no good: it harbors germs
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646 he cracked it (rock) into two pieces
647 the fire is crackling
648 do you have cramp in your foot?
649 watch yourself (take care); you might get shocked!
650 he’s starting to crawl
651 he’s crawling along on hands and knees
652 I’ve just crawled here (said by old person)
653 those kids are crazy/too lively
654 it’s not good to be crazy
655 he talks foolishly/says too much/his speech is crazy
656 whenever a storm hits my house, it always creaks
657 branches of the trees are creaking as they rub against each other
658 the table is creaking
659 I crept forward through the grass on hands and toes, keeping real low
660 they are going to creep along (stalking game)
661 they used to cremate dead people
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662 they used to cremate children too
663 put some of that tobacco in oven to crispen up!
664 he really ran me down (he said hard things about me)
665 he ran him down and criticized him to others behind his back
666 crochet hook
667 they are crocheting/hooking yarn
668 the wood/plank is crooked
669 he is cross-eyed (that is, has a crooked eye)
670 he is crooked (working for his own ends only)
671 the crowd is jammed together (is thick) there
672 we are crowded (with too many things in our house)
673 our little things (that is, all our many knickknacks) are crowding us
674 he is crowded (cramped for space) by his machines
675 they crucified him/nailed him on a cross
676 the (new) one dollar bill is crumpled up
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677 the paper is crumpled up
678 he’s crumpling paper
679 I crumpled the paper (in my hand)
680 they crunch carrots and pilot bread
681 dogs make lots of noise chewing bones
682 he wept
683 you (pl) will cry
684 the child went home crying
685 she cried out when she saw the mouse
686 he (child) cried loudly (in temper)
687 I’m going to make him cry
688 she made me cry
689 he’ll be really crying soon (although he’ll try to hold it back)
690 the child is almost crying (he doesn’t want to, but can’t hold it in any longer; his face is puckered and he is about to break into tears or sobs)
691 the sickness was removed by the medicine man
692 it’s sick people that they cure (in this manner)
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693 I curled my hair (with iron)
694 it’s curly
695 her hair is curly
696 she had a ‘permanent’
697 it (dog) is curly-haired
698 they cursed him (that is, spoke to him in an attitude of anger)
699 he cut the cloth in two, with scissors
700 I cut it with a knife
701 he cut the rope from there
702 cut that bush from there (with a knife)!
703 cut that bush from there (with a saw)!
704 I cut the skin in several pieces
705 he butchered it up/cut it in quite small pieces
706 they cut deer open (in abdominal section ready to clean it)
707 my mother has never had her hair cut
708 she’s going to cut my hair
709 I cut open the halibut
710 he cut up humpy salmon (for boiling)
711 I cut myself with the axe
712 he cut his hand
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713 they cut through anything soft (e.g. soap) with wire
714 he cut the seal blubber in small strips
715 I’m cutting carrot in small pieces
716 one doesn’t cut onion thus (that is against one’s thumb with cutting edge of knife facing one)
717 I dabbed it on there
718 they stuff up the cracks in the dammed-up place
719 beavers dam up rivers
720 they are going to dam it to get drinking water
721 I dammed the water in order to extend it towards the beach
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722 he damped the clothes
723 the dried fish is getting damp
724 it (fish) is damp
725 it’s going to get damp (it will become warmer)
726 we are going to dance tomorrow
727 dance (with rapid little foot movements)!
728 dance (sliding your feet)!
729 I’m going to dance lightly
730 I’m going to dance (by swaying my body only)
731 it’s a dangerous thing when the waves are beating hard
732 brown bears are dangerous
733 it’s getting dark (on the verge of being dark, with no moon, etc.)
734 it’s dark in the woods always
735 it’s real dark
736 it’s daylight
737 in summer it is full daylight by 9:00
738 it’s getting dusk/daylight is fading
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739 I thrust a light in his face and it dazzled him
740 a dazzling light
741 it (light) is so strong it can’t be looked at
742 he decided to go back (by boat)
743 they decided to go back (by boat)
744 they’ve invited us: at the party they are going to put clan emblems on that one
745 the young fellows decorated it (tree)
746 they decorate baskets (by interweaving grass on the surface)
747 down in a ravine the snow is deep
748 the pine needles are thick (on the ground)
749 the snow is getting deep
750 they make the moss thick there
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751 I shoveled the snow there and made it deep (on sides of roadway)
752 make the flour thicker (that is, sift more onto table)!
753 he always loses (that is, they always beat him)
754 the big dog defended himself
755 he really talked hard for himself
756 he deflated it (balloon)
757 I’ll try to talk you out of something valuable
758 the white man defrauded them of their land
759 I was delayed for four days
760 her father prevented her (from attending)
761 storms delay people
762 he doesn’t delay after meals (he jumps up quickly and goes off)
763 I’m going to be detained here one week
764 what was it delayed him?
765 I delayed my father (each time he started leaving I said something else to him, so he couldn’t get away)
766 you delayed me in speaking / you slowed down my talk by butting in
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767 I didn’t speak up right away / I was slow to speak
768 what made you be delayed in speaking? / what kept you from speaking right away?
769 there are delicate matters in the mayor’s speech
770 it’s a touchy subject and if not dealt with diplomatically it could cause trouble
771 things you need to treat delicately, which you should hesitate to talk about
772 she demonstrated how they sew
773 he performed magic before the people
774 the bucket is bent in
775 he dented my hat
776 don’t! you’ll dent the bucket
777 I denied what he said / contradicted him
778 we cannot deny it / we cannot say it isn’t true
779 I denied it / I told him “no” (esp. when asked if one still has any dried fish, money, etc. to give or lend)
780 when they asked him, he denied it all the time
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781 he descended the mountain
782 they’re coming down the mountain without anything (that is, having hunted unsuccessfully)
783 I’m anxious to acquire it
784 he really desired a bear / he was anxious to go after it and get it
785 all hopes of your returning had been given up
786 don’t despair!
787 we are giving up hope
788 they will destroy our temple
789 he made nothing of the speeches / he threw them out as being worthless
790 he’s determined to go trolling
791 I’m going to die
792 he was dead when I found him
793 he pretended to be dead
794 it (tree) is dead, but still standing
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795 my mother died / she no longer exists
796 how did they die?
797 he died / he stopped breathing (soft expression)
798 they all died (one at a time)
799 if we don’t take any action, they’ll all die off
800 they all died off (leaving just a few of us in the village)
801 he’s digging up clams
802 whjen it comes fall time, they dig up the potatoes
803 they are going to dig up the large boat (ancient remains)
804 I dipped it up carefully into this bucket
805 he dipped up water from it (spring)
806 it’s getting dirty (from being worn)
807 don’t! you will dirty your dress
808 the neck of my shirt is dirty
809 his boat is real dirty / there’s lots of rubbish in it
810 he got himself dirty (e.g., by tumbling in the mud)
811 it’s real dirty (dust, papers, and rubbish all over)
812 the bucket is dirty inside
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813 they disagreed with each other
814 they disagree and argue about hearsay (that is, about things they don’t really know about)
815 the paint on it (totem pole) has disappeared
816 camphor disappears
817 I’ll take you some place else / cause you to disappear as if by magic (said jokingly)
818 I’m disappointed (lit. my mind is broken)
819 I’m disappointed (lit. my mind is stinging)
820 the water is muddy / dirty
821 the children muddied the water
822 clay clouds water
823 when it rains the salmon creeks get discolored
824 if you pour the medicine in the water, it will be discolored
825 his face is discolored (from bruising)
826 children discolor it (water) with mud
827 the water is discolored (fresh water with whitish clay in it after heavy rain)
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828 your face is discolored (for any reason such as jaundice, bruising)
829 he tried to discourage him and stop him doing it
830 we tried to discourage our son from doing it
831 he’s discouraging me from doing it (he’s telling me I won’t be able to, etc.)
832 I’m not discouraging you (that is, I think you should go ahead)
833 we discussed making a large canoe
834 the young fellows are discussing it
835 I am disliked / nobody wants me
836 you’re not going to like me
837 I don’t want to go home: it’s too cold
838 don’t you like it? / do you dislike it?
839 I dislike it that he is lazy and talks back (when I tell him to do anything)
840 he doesn’t like it very well / he disapproves
841 he dislocated his knee
842 he continually disobeys
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843 I told him to leave the books, but he disobeyed me and took them
844 seal blubber is distasteful / too rich (for many people)
845 he distributed the money
846 I’m going to pass out the food
847 the hair seal dived
848 I surface-dived
849 the ducks dived
850 he dived in (lit. jumped in the water upside down)
851 I’m dizzy all the time
852 looking down from a cliff top makes one dizzy
853 he’ll do something
854 I didn’t do it / I’m not the one who did it.
855 he was hurt (lit. they did it to him in a hurting way)
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856 he no longer does trapping: he’s too lazy
857 whatever his father does, he does too
858 what are you doing?
859 I wasn’t doing anything: I’m just writing
860 he did has he was told
861 I did it because they told me to
862 whenever they are going to talk to him, he dodges it
863 you know how to dodge (in tag ball)
864 he ducked (so that blow aimed at him missed)
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865 they (big team) were trouncing (the other team) without giving them a chance
866 they are donating money for the Hall
867 he’s donating money
868 I was doubled up last night, it was so cold
869 it flaps then folds its wings alternately in flight (woodpecker)
870 the pain doubled him up
871 he doubts whether I could do it / he doesn’t have faith that I could carry it out
872 I’m not confident that I could do it / I consider myself unworthy
873 stop doubting (that’s enough of it)!
874 they used to drag (laden) sleds along
875 he dragged it over here (heavy object on a line)
876 he dragged it over here (light object)
877 they’re going to take us south
878 dog salmon drags his tail along on top of water
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879 the oil drained out
880 that pot has gone dry (all liquid has gone from it)
881 he drew (the curtains) across
882 draw back the curtains!
883 I drew back instinctively
884 when I saw the bear I stopped short
885 whenever a brave man is going along he doesn’t draw back
886 soap (in a compress) draws out a boil
887 I dreamed that I beat him up
888 I never dream
889 he dressed him / gave him clothes
890 dress the child
891 she’s dressing her (a child, esp. for a special occasion)
892 drewss your doll (and make her look pretty)
893 I wonder why he’s all dressed up?
894 they drill everything, wood, iron
895 he drank water
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896 he drinks fruit juice
897 we are going to drink (sip) Hudson Bay tea
898 he’s always drinking (tea or coffee)
899 he drinks water through a straw
900 it’s because it is hot I am sipping it noisily
901 don’t sip it like that; you will choke!
902 I’ve already drunk up this cupful
903 drink it up!
904 it’s dripping off our eaves very slowly
905 it’s dripping off our eaves fairly fast
906 it drips into a can (fairly constantly)
907 it’s dripping off our eaves real fast
908 he drove them into the cow barn
909 he’s driving the sheep pretty fast
910 rain water was driving in (during heavy storm)
911 put a drop of your medicine in mine
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912 it (a spark) dropped on the roof
913 my father was drowned way out
914 all of them were drowned
915 your laundry has dried already
916 my throat is dry
917 we are going to dry deer meat
918 all my clothes were dried by machine (that is, in the clothes dryer)
919 this (pot) isn’t dry
920 the flour is dry
921 he dried out the pot
922 after the north wind has been blowing, everything seems to be dry
923 it’s dry and crisp (somewhat chilly)
924 I’m going to make dried fish this summer
925 he’s smoking sockeye
926 the book has dried apart / come unglued
927 he is dumb
928 I dumped it (garbage)
929 he dumped the clothes
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930 I dyed my topcoat red
931 I’m going to put polish on my shoes (changing their color)