Rou Soulatlouy - Mus / mes / vus / ves / wes (fire)

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Soulatluk speakers cited: NR = Nettie Rossig, DP = Della Prince, EB = Elsie Barto, JS = Jane Searson, WaB = Warren Brainard, JJ = Jerry James, ?? = unknown, BJ = Birdie James, AR = Amos Riley
Researchers cited: kt = Karl Teeter, gr = Gladys Reichard, ak = Alfred Kroeber, jc = Jeremiah Curtin, jh = John P. Harrington
mus/mes/vus/ves/wus/wes [NR+DP-kt, EB+JS+WaB+JJ-gr, ??-ak, ??-jc, BJ+AR-jh]
fire
1. Vus douyou’! [WaB-gr]
Make a fire!
2. Shouna vus gawu douyouyit. [DP-kt]
Let’s start to build a fire.
3. (Yil) vus hi’ douw. [DP-kt]
I built a fire.
4. (Kil) vus hi’ dout. [DP-kt]
You built a fire.
5. (Qilu’l) vus hi’ doulh. [DP-kt]
S/he built a fire.
6. Burrudawulh hi gawu laguvilh. [JJ-gr]
S/he started to work with a fire drill.
7. Vadi’ gawu biduwarughitsrrunuvilh. [DP-kt]
S/he starts/started twisting the wood.
8. Diquwishilh. [JJ-gr]*
It makes/made a spark.
9. (Qilu’l) vus rra’dedoulh. [DP-kt]
S/he builds/built a big fire.
10. Mus wulh ga biwu ghutsurr. [JJ-gr]
The fire is/was not very big.
11. Qilhwa’ gida’ mus ji du’ doulh? [JS-gr]
I wonder who made a fire there?
12. (Yil) vus jouwa du vou douw. [EB-gr]
I went and started a fire there.
13. (Kil) vus jouwa du vou dout. [EB-gr]
You went and started a fire there.
14. Vus jouwa du vou doulh. [EB-gr]
S/he went and started a fire there.
15. (Vus) hi ruwibak. [JJ-gr, DP-kt]
The fire went out.

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