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

  2. kári xás ífuth pakunpímthaatvunaa.
    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.
    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."
    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.
    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 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.
    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