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imtháatva shinny game, "stick game"
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2521 | revised Dec 22 2014
imtháatva • N • shinny game, "stick game"
| Derivation: | imtháatva-a | (= imthat-va-a) |
| play."stick.game"-DEVERB | (= imthat-PL.ACT-DEVERB) |
Source: WB 606.1, p.345; JPH mat 15:786
- chími numtháatvi. Let's play sticks! [Reference: JPH mat 07:265]
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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