Rou Soulatlouy - Shouwa du lalhvi'yum? (health)

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Soulatluk speakers cited: DP = Della Prince, JS = Jane Searson, EB = Elsie Barto, ?? = unknown
Researchers cited: kt = Karl Teeter, gr = Gladys Reichard, jc = Jeremiah Curtin
Shouwa dulalhvi’yum?[DP-kt]
(Spoken by Ashley Tarasenko, Diane Warren, Silas Havok, Brian Mead, Jr., Thomas K. Smith, & Catalina Bao-Braña)		How are you feeling?
1. Hilaqh gouts gou lalh.[JS-gr]
(Spoken by Thomas K. Smith, Brian Mead Jr. & Catalina Bao-Braña)		I feel good (again) today.
2. Gouts ya ka lalhvi?[DP-kt]
(Spoken by Della Prince)		Don’t you feel good?
3. Gurra bichi lalhuvik.[EB-gr]
Gurra bich lalhve. [??-jc]

(Spoken by Brian Mead, Jr. & Thomas K. Smith)

I don’t feel well.
4. Lhu galhitsgurraw.[EB?-gr, DP-kt]
(Spoken by Della Prince)
Galhitsgurral. [JS-gr]
I’m tired.
5. Shwiwayat.[EB-gr]
(Spoken by Brian Mead, Jr. & Thomas K. Smith)		I’m tired and hungry.
6. (Yil) da rruqil.[EB-gr]
(Spoken by Brian Mead Jr., Thomas K. Smith, & Catalina Bao-Braña)		I’m sick. (“something happens to me”)
7. Huqhawulu’.[EB-gr]
(Spoken by Brian Mead, Jr. & Thomas K. Smith)		I have a cold.
8. Vusaqh.[EB-gr]
(Spoken by Brian Mead Jr., Thomas K. Smith, & Catalina Bao-Braña)
I have a fever.
9. Sighutk. 

Sighutgous.[EB-gr]
(Spoken by Brian Mead, Jr.)		I have a headache.
10. Yil da’gh jaqiluwililh.*

(Spoken by Brian Mead, Jr.)		My stomach aches.
11. daqha’n hilatwilh[EB-gr]
daqha’nulatwilh [DP-kt] 

(Spoken by Della Prince)
traditional Wiyot doctor
12. huwighurruk da laguvilh [DP-kt]

(Spoken by Brian Mead, Jr.)
white/Western doctor
13. da wanuqi’ gou da dou’wouluwouy [DP-kt]

(Spoken by Brian Mead, Jr.)
hospital (“where you take sick people”)
14. Nashgit mi gou wenoutwut!*

(Spoken by Brian Mead, Jr.)
I hope you get better soon!

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