image from McMinn and Maino, Pacific Coast Trees
Diijii aant'ee? What is it?
- Ching aant'ee. It is a tree.
- Nchaagh--'angii! It is really big!
- Nees--'angii! It is really tall!
- Uut'aang' doobing, doo-nteelh, tbiing. Its leaves are small, narrow, and sharp.
- Uut'aang' lhtsow. Its leaves are green.
- Uut'aang' gaash kwt'aang' kwaant'ee. It's leaves are like a yew's leaves.
- Chin-sii'tc doobing kwt'iing. It has small cones.
- Chin-sii'tc dilbai. The cones are grey.
- Uusits' nchaagh, st'aang. Its bark is large and thick.
Diijii bilh aa't'iing? What do they do with it?
- Naahneesh uusits'--bilh ghilyii', yaa'nii. Cahto people built houses with its bark, they say.
- Uusits' yeeh--kw'it noo'ng'aang, yaa'nii. They put its bark down on top of the house, they say.
- Yeeh-lai'k' aant'ee. It is the roof.
- Taahshoo' Naahneesh chin-ch'djoosh--bii' nooninyiing, yaa'nii. Sometimes Cahto people lived in the hollow trees, they say.