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tákasar / takasara- 'tossel' or double-ball used in shinny

Dictionary Entry
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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  1. káru   pa--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 text
  2. yukún   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 text
  3. víri   p-oo-tâat-sip   pa-mu-tákasar      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 text
  4. ta'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 text
  5.    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 text
  6. 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
  7. xás   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 text
  8. yítha   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 text
  9. xás   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 text
  10. púya-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 text
  11. púya-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 text
  12. púya-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