Ararahih'urípih
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tâat to handle with an implement; to toss the 'tossel' in a shinny game

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5533 | revised Dec 20 2015

tâat • V • to handle with an implement; to toss the 'tossel' in a shinny game

Derivatives (6)
tâatsur "to cut off (salmon tail)"
táatramnih "to hook into"
tâatripaa "to hook (something) out of water, toward land"
táatruprav "to scoop out; to dig out"
táatvarayva "to hook around"
uhtatváraar "tobacco tonging inserter, i.e. sticks used in sweathouse to light pipes"

Source: WB 1334, p.384

Sentence examples (13)

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  1. uhtatváraar   
    tobacco.[coal].inserter.instrument   
    sweathouse tobacco lighting stick
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  2. u'ihukárahitih    veeshura'ípan    pakuntâatathunatih   
    there.is.a.flower.dance    horn.end    that.they.are.tossing.her.around.with   
    They're having a puberty dance, they're tossing her around on the ends of their horns."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  3. víri    pootâatsip    pamutákasar    yá    káruk    ithivthaneen'ípan    úkuuyva   
    so    when.he.tossed.it    his.tossel    visible    upriver    at.end.of.world    it.landed   
    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. kári    xás    áhup    mûuk    utâatsur   
    then    then    wood    with.(by.means.of)    he.poked.it.off   
    And he poked it off with a stick.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  5. púyava    xákaan    vúra    patá    kunxús    kíri    nutâatsip   
    you.see    with.(one.person)    Intensive    that    they.thought    I.wish    we.should.toss.it   
    Both (men) thought, "Let's toss it!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  6. púyava    yítha    uum    tóo    tâatsip   
    you.see    one    3.SG    he.had    tossed.it   
    And one tossed it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  7. yúruk    tóo    tâatrupuk   
    downriver    he.had    tossed.it.outdoors   
    He tossed it downriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  8. púyava    xás    uum    píshiip    tóo    tâatsip   
    you.see    then    3.SG    first    he    tossed.it   
    So he tossed it first.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  9. káruk    tóo    ptâatroov   
    upriver    he    tossed.it.back.upriver   
    He tossed it back upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  10. púyava    patákasar    tóo    kyívishrihaak    púyava    tóo    tâatsip   
    you.see    when.the.tossel    it.had    fallen    you.see    he    tossed.it   
    When the tossel fell, (one of them) tossed it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  11. káruk    tóo    tâatroov   
    upriver    he    tossed.it.upriver   
    He tossed it upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  12. púyava    yúruk    tóo    tâatrupuk   
    you.see    downriver    he.had    tossed.it.outdoors   
    So (one of them) tossed it downriver
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  13. púyava    payu'kúkam    tá    kuntâativrukahaak    púyava    kári    tá    kunkôokha    payúruk    va'áras   
    you.see    if.the.downriver.end    PERF    they.toss.it.over.the.goal.line    you.see    then    PERF    they.won    the.downriver    people   
    If the ones on the downriver end toss it over (the goal line), then the downriver people won.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text