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tárih to 'deal' gambling sticks to (in the game of Indian cards)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5694 | revised 10 Nov 2005

tárih • V • to 'deal' gambling sticks to (in the game of Indian cards).

Source: WB 1320, p.383

  • ta'ítam kuntáriheen. So they dealt him the 'cards.' [Reference: WB 13: Coyote's Gambling Song 011]

Grammatical note: G754.7?

Sentence example (1)

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  1. ta'ítam   kun-tárih-een  
    so   3pl.(:3sg.)-deal.cards-ANT  
    So they dealt him the "cards".
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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