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tákasar / takasara- 'tossel' or double-ball used in shinny
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lexicon ID #5583 | revised Dec 20 2015
tákasar / takasara- • N • 'tossel' or double-ball used in shinny
Derivation: | tákas-ar-a |
tákas-INST-DEVERB |
Source: WB 1280, p.382; JPH mat ?:788
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káru pa-mú-tiik yánava káan pa-mu-tákasar also the-3sPOSS-hand visible there the-3sPOSS-shinny.tossel And there in his hands she saw his shinny-tossel. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textyukún vaa xákaan u-'iifshípree-nik pa-mu-tákasar you.see that with.(one.person) 3s(>3)-grow.up-ANC the-3sPOSS-shinny.tossel You see, he had grown up with that tossel. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textvíri p-oo-tâat-sip pa-mu-tákasar yá káruk ithivthaneen'ípan ú-kuuyva so NOMZ-3s(>3)-handle.with.implement-up the-3sPOSS-shinny.tossel visible upriver at.end.of.world 3s(>3)-strike When he tossed his tossel, he saw it landed at the upriver end of the world. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textta'ítam u-p-ithvúk-aheen pa-tákasar so 3s(>3)-ITER-bring.on.back-ANT the-shinny.tossel And it brought the tossel back. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textyá yúruk ithivthaneen'ípan kúna ú-kuuyva pa-tákasar visible downriver at.end.of.world in.addition 3s(>3)-strike the-shinny.tossel He saw the tossel land in turn at the downriver end of the world. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textxás 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 textxás pa-tákasar uum ahup-tunvêech-as u-nhítunv-ahi-tih then the-shinny.tossel 3.SG wood-small.(pl.)-PL 3s(>3)-tie.together-ESS-DUR And the tossel was little sticks, they were tied together. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textyítha uum pa-'ávansa p-oo-'avíkvu-ti pa-tákasar one 3.SG the-man NOMZ-3s(>3)-take.(one.object)-DUR the-shinny.tossel One man carried the tossel. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textxás âapun pa-tákasar t-óo kyívish then on.the.ground the-shinny.tossel PERF-3s(>3) fall.down The tossel fell on the ground. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textpúya-va pa-yítha p-eeshnaaních-haak uum píshiip t-u-'úum pa-tákasar u-phíriv-irak and.so-so the-one NOMZ-light-when 3.SG first PERF-3s(>3)-arrive NOMZ-shinny.tossel 3s(>3)-lie.(two)-where If one was swift, he arrived first where the tossel lay. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textpúya-va pa-tákasar t-óo kyívishri-haak púya-va t-óo tâat-sip and.so-so NOMZ-shinny.tossel PERF-3s(>3) fall.down-when and.so-so PERF-3s(>3) handle.with.implement-up When the tossel fell, (one of them) tossed it. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textpúya-va hâari uum pa-yu'-kúkam pa-'ávans-as píshiip t-u-'úum pa-tákasar u-phíriv-irak and.so-so sometime 3.SG the-downriver-side the-man-PL first PERF-3s(>3)-arrive NOMZ-shinny.tossel 3s(>3)-lie.(two)-where Sometimes the men on the downriver end arrived first where the tossel lay. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text