Ararahih'urípih
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imtháatvar / imthatvara- shinny stick

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lexicon ID #2522 | revised Dec 22 2014

imtháatvar / imthatvara- N • shinny stick

Derivation imtháatva-ar-a  (= imthat-va-ar-a)
play."stick.game"-INST-DEVERB  (= imthat-PL.ACT-INST-DEVERB)

Source: WB 606.3, p.345

  • xás kunsáanvuti áhup, úthvuuyti imtháatvar káru tákasar. And they carried sticks, they were called shinny-sticks and a tossel. [Reference: WB 78.4]


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