Ararahih'urípih
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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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  1. 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