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    kunímthaatvunaavish   
    soon    they.were.going.to.play.shinny   
    They were going to play shinny.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    ífuth    pakunpímthaatvunaa   
    then    then    afterward    they.played.shinny.again   
    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    kunímthaatvunaavish   
    then    then    again    Intensive    so    soon    they.were.going.to.play.shinny   
    Again they were going to play shinny.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    kunpiip    asaxêevar    veekxaréeyav    xákaan    chími    kunímthaatveesh   
    then    then    they.said    mossy    its.spirit    both    soon    they.will.play.shinny   
    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'avanséextiivha    uum    yítha    pakuméextiivha    úthvuuyti    imtháatva   
    the.Indian.men's.games    3.SG    one    game    it.was.called    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. papanamnihimthatváram    uum    vaa    káan    ukyâasipreehiti    paGeorgia    mutasa'îikukam    xás    yúruk    paxánthiip    u'iihyírak    u'ípanhitih   
    The.Orleans.stick-game.field    3.SG    so    there    it.began    Georgia    outside.her.fence    then    downriver    where.the.black.oak    it.stands    it.ended   
    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    kunsáanvuti    áhup    úthvuuyti    imtháatvar    káru    tákasar   
    then    they.carried.it    wood    it.was.called    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