Ararahih'urípih
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imtháatva / imtháatvu- to play "sticks", the "stick game," a kind of shinny

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2520 | revised Dec 22 2014

imtháatva / imtháatvu- • V • to play "sticks", the "stick game," a kind of shinny

Derivation:  imthat-va
imthat-PL.ACT

Derivatives (5)
imtháatva "shinny game, "stick game""
imtháatvar "shinny stick"
imthátvaan "shinny player"
imthatváram "shinny field"
imthatváram "a placename near Somes Bar"

Source: WB 606, p.345

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  1. chími   kun-ímthaatvu-naa-vish  
    soon   3pl(>3s)-play."stick.game"-PL-FUT  
    They were going to play shinny.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   ífuth   pa-kun-p-ímthaatvu-naa  
    then   then   afterward   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-ITER-play."stick.game"-PL  
    And afterward they played shinny again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   kúkuum   vúra   vaa   chí   kun-ímthaatvu-naa-vish  
    then   then   again   Intensive   so   soon   3pl(>3s)-play."stick.game"-PL-FUT  
    Again they were going to play shinny.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  4. kári   xás   kun-piip   asaxêevar   v-eekxaréeyav   xákaan   chími   kun-ímthaatv-eesh  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   mossy   3sPOSS-spirit.person   both   soon   3pl(>3s)-play."stick.game"-FUT  
    And they said, Baldy Peak Spirit (said), "Let's play shinny together!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  5. pa-'arara-'avans-éextiivha   uum   yítha   pa-kum-éextiivha   ú-thvuuy-ti   imtháatva  
    the-human-man-(athletic).game   3.SG   one   the-3sPOSS-(athletic).game   3s(>3)-be.named-DUR   shinny  
    One game, of the Indian men's games, was called 'the stick game' (i.e., shinny).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  6. pa-panamnih-imthatváram   uum   vaa   káan   u-kyâasipree-hi-ti   pa-Georgia   mu-tasa-'îikukam   xás   yúruk   pa-xánthiip   u-'iihy-írak   u-'ípanhi-tih  
    the-Orleans-shinny.field   3.SG   so   there   3s(>3)-begin-ESS-DUR   the-Georgia   3sPOSS-fence-outdoors   then   downriver   NOMZ-black.oak   3s(>3)-stand.(long.object)-where   3s(>3)-extend-DUR  
    The Orleans stick-game field began there just outside Georgia's (Mrs. Georgia Henry's) fence, and it ended downriver where the black oak stands.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  7. xás   kun-sáanvu-ti   áhup   ú-thvuuy-ti   imtháatvar   káru   tákasar  
    then   3pl(>3s)-carry.(things)-DUR   wood   3s(>3)-be.named-DUR   shinny.stick   also   shinny.tossel  
    And they carried sticks, they were called shinny sticks and a 'tossel' (i.e., a double ball).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text