In Alaskan Haida, the definite article takes high tone if added to a low-tone syllable, and also takes the high tone from stems ending in a sonorant, nasal, or /iː/ or /uː/ "unless their vowel is lengthened", e.g. x̱akw "halibut" becomes x̱agwáay. See Lawrence (1977:61) Lawrence, Erma (1977). Haida dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
In Alaskan Haida, -gyaa takes high tone if the noun does not have a high tone already. See Lawrence (1977:65) Lawrence, Erma (1977). Haida dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
As seen in this example, the suffix takes high tone after a low-tone stem. Also note that the suffix -(a)ng 'one's own' disappears after this suffix. See Lawrence (1977:68) Lawrence, Erma (1977). Haida dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
The stem of a verb, which is "the form which most people will give as the basic form of a verb if you ask them how to say 'to do so and so'", may be determined by removing -saang from the future form of the verb, e.g. kíngsaang "will see" has stem kíng "to see". See Lawrence (1977:78) Lawrence, Erma (1977). Haida dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
This clitic hl becomes hahl if the previous word ends in a lateral consonant. See Lawrence (1977:149) Lawrence, Erma (1977). Haida dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
When both pronouns are object pronouns, the pronoun translating to a subject in English comes last. See Lawrence (1977:147) Lawrence, Erma (1977). Haida dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
An exception to this construction is that gyáagan is used for "my" instead of the expected *díigyaan, e.g. gyáagan x̱áay "my dog". See Lawrence (1977:65) Lawrence, Erma (1977). Haida dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
Keen also translated 3 books of the New Testament into Haida: Acts, published in 1898; and the gospels of Luke and John, published 1899. Hatch, Melville H. (Autumn 1957). "A Biographical Memoir of Rev. Keen". The Coleopterists Bulletin. XI (3/4): 62–64. JSTOR3999009.
Lachler, Jordan (22 June 2016). "Dictionary of Alaskan Haida"(PDF). Dictionary of Alaskan Haida. Sealaska Heritage Institute. Archived from the original(PDF) on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
Lachler, Jordan (22 June 2016). "Dictionary of Alaskan Haida"(PDF). Dictionary of Alaskan Haida. Sealaska Heritage Institute. Archived from the original(PDF) on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2016.