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ixtíivha / ixtíivhi- game (athletic)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3531 | revised Oct 31 2014
ixtíivha / ixtíivhi- • N • game (athletic)
Source: WB 812.1, p.356; KM 32.45
- vúra uum koovúra kuméextiivha pooxtiivhárahiti. There were all kinds of games that people were playing. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 045]
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ta'ítam kun-pá-xtiiv-pu-naa aachíchhar vúra kun-p-ihmarápiithva so 3pl(>3s)-ITER-(athletic).game-DENOM-PL happy Intensive 3pl(>3s)-ITER-run.around.(pl.) So they played again, they ran around again happily. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textpa-'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