verb ai 1
s/he makes self; s/he affects self; it is h/ own fault, s/he has only self to blame
Plural:
oliyusultuwok
Verb Stem:
-oliyusi-
Preverb:
-iyusi- (with other initials)
Changed Verb Stem:
eliyusi-

Notes

(kulopessuwiw in example sentence is variant of qolopessuwiw)

Keywords

blame
affect
fault
make 1

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Nekom-ote nit eliyusit. She brought it on herself.
Nekom-ote 'toliyusin: ma-te koti-ciksotomu. That's his own fault: he won't listen.
Mesq macahahq not ktaqhomuhs 'tiyal nihiht, "Ktoliyusiniya. 'Tahcuwi wen psi-te keq tpitahatomon mesq papehcikesihq, kosona kulopessuwiw." Before that old man left, he said to them, "You have only yourselves to blame. You have to think about everything before asking, or it comes back on you."

Audio Recordings

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word Alberta
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